UC vs IVY LEAGUE

jth5082
Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:11:24 +0000

Generally, HYPS considered better than Berkeley. But in Science and Engineering, not even a competition. For those technical fields, MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, Caltech replaces HYPS. It is a matter of course to choose Berkeley over Ivies to people looking forward to majoring in those fields. Moreover, Berkeley academics are not much fall behind Ivies. Some rankings;ARWU, THES etc, places Berkeley as a peer group with HYPS. (ARWU 2010 ranked Berkeley in the 2nd right after Harvard, THES 2010 ranked 8th)
In addition, perception on Berkeley outside of America is slightly different from college confidencial’s. They looks berkeley as one of the best college in U.S… They regrad as HYPSMCB. (Pretty sure because I am Asian and have shared a lot conversations on U.S. universities with students who are preparing to study abroad, and even industry recruiters.)

Personally, I think USNWR that most people in college confidential rely on, has a disadvantageous criteria on public schools, and that makes Berkeley so underrated.