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a couple things on berkeley, or school in general.... all IMO of course...
1) Berkeley is still considered by many to be the "school of rejects" in that you go to berkeley if you didn't get into stanford, harvard, yale etc. How many people would go to berkeley if they got into one of the others? It's a public school that "ranks" up with the privates.
2) coming out of berkeley is still only a lowest common denominator sorta thing. Doesn't gaurantee you knowledge, relevant job skills, or even decency as a human. It's just a certificate meaning you maybe squeeked by with everyone else you graduated with.
3) The undergrad programs are actually deteriorating. As with many good things, people want it, but the people who want it vary more than the quality of education... so you inevitably get those who "want it" but don't put the effort in, but get by and therefore "get it" but not really... So maybe the hard part is getting in, not graduating.
So keep all that in mind. I still might go to UCB for Biz school... but then again.. if I get into Stanford, Harvard of MIT....
1) Berkeley is still considered by many to be the "school of rejects" in that you go to berkeley if you didn't get into stanford, harvard, yale etc. How many people would go to berkeley if they got into one of the others? It's a public school that "ranks" up with the privates.
2) coming out of berkeley is still only a lowest common denominator sorta thing. Doesn't gaurantee you knowledge, relevant job skills, or even decency as a human. It's just a certificate meaning you maybe squeeked by with everyone else you graduated with.
3) The undergrad programs are actually deteriorating. As with many good things, people want it, but the people who want it vary more than the quality of education... so you inevitably get those who "want it" but don't put the effort in, but get by and therefore "get it" but not really... So maybe the hard part is getting in, not graduating.
So keep all that in mind. I still might go to UCB for Biz school... but then again.. if I get into Stanford, Harvard of MIT....
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SuperDyu
[B]Naw, my brother did admissions for Santa Clara university for a while, the readers dont care at all what you put down for the essay ^_^*
[B]Naw, my brother did admissions for Santa Clara university for a while, the readers dont care at all what you put down for the essay ^_^*
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Originally posted by s20001
Im gonna go there for business
Im still a sophomore so I still have time to consider if Berkeley is where I want to go
Im gonna go there for business
Im still a sophomore so I still have time to consider if Berkeley is where I want to go
See: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/ and http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/applying.html
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Originally posted by Ash
From what I read... berkeley is still a crappy place to park any kind of car...
From what I read... berkeley is still a crappy place to park any kind of car...
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yea its big time rigorous, unless you start early at your local JC and start taking some of those breadth required classes..
then it would be just a TINY bit less stressful
Competiton is tough! believe meeeeeeee i know.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by pll
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You can't directly apply to Haas for your freshman year.
then it would be just a TINY bit less stressful
Competiton is tough! believe meeeeeeee i know.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by pll
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You can't directly apply to Haas for your freshman year.