UC Berkeley on the East coast/midwest

RML
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:43:29 +0000

Actually, the star power of Berkeley is highest overseas, far away from its home area. Just ask RML!



OH, I would not argue with this. I think it’s primarily because of two reasons:


Berkeley is just as selective as those super-selective schools for overseas applicants for many years running now. For international applicants, it’s relatively easier to get into the lower ivies or schools like Duke or Chicago than Berkeley. And oftentimes, selective schools are presumed to be highly prestigious schools.
Berkeley often does extremely well on international league tables - consistently within the top 10 in the world. When an international ranking game ranks Berkeley (or HYPSM, Stanford, Caltech) outside of the top 10, the publisher losses a certain amount of credibility.
The majority of overseas students doing research about US schools are those grad and post grad students combined. And oftentimes, these students look at subject table rather than overall undergraduate ranking. Berkeley performs extremely well when assessed on per department basis. 35 out of 36 subjects assessed at Berkeley were all in the top 10. Berkeley also has a top 10 law school and medical school.
Many Berkeley alumni abroad are rich and highly influential. Many have occupied / or are occupying high or very important post in large companies or government. For example, the Chief Justice of the Philippines is a Berkeley alumnus. the eldest son of the president of the Philippines went to Haas. The Chief post of Indonesia’s education department is a Berkeley alumnus. One of the multi-millionaires that controls the huge tobacco industry in HK and China is a Berkeley alumnus. I could go on and on and I would just bore you to death.