What schools are UC Berkeley's peers?

themegastud
Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:58:51 +0000

“This is probably due to the fact that people who apply to HYPS have the money to go there. UCB is one of the tops schools in the nation, no doubt, but it is not filled with people who can afford to go to HYPS.”

With the endowments and aggressive (need based) financial aid programs of HYPS, they’re more affordable than Berkeley. If one has money, they can likely fit the Harvard bill. If one doesn’t, Harvard will meet their calculated financial need. You see how this works? Berkeley, however, won’t always be able to meet one’s financial need, despite the gap between the cost of attendance and one’s EFC being smaller.

Ironically enough, the people who do have the money to go to HYPS would make a better financial decision by going to Berkeley. Saying Berkeley is filled with people who couldn’t afford HYPS is erroneous. And if that was the reasoning behind many at Berkeley who didn’t apply to HYPS… well… perhaps they didn’t deserve HYPS.