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<p>RML, RML, RML…sigh.
What will you gain by questioning reality, RML? The US News Rankings is absolute. Whatever you say, employers use USNWR. That Chinese mom in China uses USNWR. USNWR shows on Yahoo!'s front page every time it’s newly updated. USNWR is widely respect by various people. Instead of cunningly taking portions of the survey to support your Berkeley fetish, I suggest you come back to reality.</p>
<p>As for your Columbia Stanford argument…Over the course of the years, the averaged out rankings of Columbia is lower than Stanford. It’s only recently that Columbia is above Stanford, and that too by 1 point. People aren’t stupid to not notice this. A difference of 1 or 2 points don’t matter too much. Understand?</p>
<p>1) Berkeley is in the 20s. This is fact.
2) Another fact is that its acceptance rate (23%) is high compared to the top USNWR+Brown elites whose admit rate is around 7-14%.
3) Berkeley’s SAT average is much lower than top 10 UNSWR+Brown
4) Berkeley admissions are too number focused and they don’t consider talent and personality as much as the top 10 USNWR do. Being number focused makes it extremely easy for HYPSM+Ivy candidates to get into. Which brings me to my last point
5) Berkeley is a safety school for many
6) The non stop budget cuts</p>
<p>Refute each and every one of my points RML. And I don’t want any “adjusted” reasoning like “Because Berkeley is a public school, lets take in population into consideration and divide SAT scores blah blah blah”
This goes for your favorite PA score reasoning. Because in the real world, no one knows or CARES what PA is. Pertaining to college, all people care about are:
- Prestige (general name recognition/knowledge and USNWR rank) / Academic opportunity
- Fit / Social life
- Cost
- Being happy
- Distance from home / weather</p>
<p>Around 3 of the 5 points are subjective. So this means different things for different people. But there are facts.
Berkeley is cheaper. This is a plus point.
UChicago is more prestigious. This is a plus point.</p>