<p>From what I heard, the top UCs - UCB and UCLA have great reputation in nearly every field of study. But the next best after then - UCSD - has the strong reputation mostly in scientific and engeneering-releted fields. The same thing I heard about UCD. So, given today’s crazy competition for admission to UCB an UCLA, which other UC campus would be preferrable for the high-achieving humanities-loving student in case s/he wouldn’t make it into the top two?</p>
<p>“UCB and UCLA have great reputation in nearly every field of study”</p>
<p>Berkeley more so than UCLA, which has some weak programs (it’s difficult to find a “weak” program at Cal).</p>
<p>I think UCD and UCI would be good for humanities, maybe UCSB too. UCSC is good too.</p>
<p>UCI creative writing; UCSC and UCSB for English/languages. UCSC for best study abroad programs.</p>
<p>" … than UCLA, which has some weak programs" </p>
<p>Which ones? :)</p>
<p>OK, which UCs are strong in foreign languages/linguistics and music?</p>
<p>This is taken from Berkeley’s general catalog. They took some ratings off of somewhere… I don’t remember where. These are for graduate studies though so take what you want from it.</p>
<p>Linguistics
- MIT
- Stanford
- UCLA
- UMass (Amherst)
- Penn
- Berkeley
- Chicago
- Ohio State
- Cornell
- UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>French
- Yale
- Princeton
- Duke
- Columbia
- Penn
- Stanford
- Berkeley
- Cornell
- Michigan
- UC Irvine</p>
<p>German
- Berkeley
- Princeton
- Cornell
- Harvard
- Yale
- Stanford
- Washington
University - Virginia
- Johns Hopkins
- Wisconsin</p>
<p>Spanish and Portuguese
- Columbia
- Duke
- Brown
- Princeton
- Virginia
- Penn
- Wisconsin
- Cornell
- Berkeley
- Harvard</p>
<p>Music
- Harvard
- Chicago
- Berkeley
- CUNY
- Yale
- Princeton
- Penn
- Rochester
- Michigan
- Illinois</p>