Re: Why do people hate on Berkeley?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:35 pm
1) This is TLSCasey2889 wrote:I'm applying there. It's my 5th choice (3.98/172 @ ivy) after S/Y/H/Col, but it looks like a lot of folks on this board dismiss the place altogether. Is there something I'm missing? They're pretty consistently ranked top 5-7....yet people with credentials to get in are fawning over places like "MVP" (Michigan, Virginia, Penn, I presume..?) and not even applying to Boalt.
What's the deal?
2) There's a "T" in the school's name.
3) The economy sucks, and Boalt is in a small, yet hotly contested market, making its relative placement power weaker than MVPDN.
4) This is TLS.