<p>If you have, please share any insight you have into the process. Thanks. have a nice day. :D</p>
<p>Why would anyone wanna do that. Boo cardinal HAHjahhuuehr34</p>
<p>idk man, its probably the same as NYU to Columbia. There are just so many people that try to transfer to a better school in the same location.</p>
<p>OHHH WHATTTHEEE; dude..."better"? wowww</p>
<p>Yes Stanford is a better school than Cal.</p>
<p>they're both excellent schools and one is better the other in certain fields</p>
<p>Cal vs. Stanford:</p>
<p>Location: Berkeley vs. Palo Alto; Advantage: Cal
Enrollment: about 20000 vs. about 6000; Advantage: Push (its your life...)
Mascot: Golden Bear vs. a tree!?!?; Advantage: Cal (If Stanford is full of such mart people how did they come up w/ nothing more creative than a tree for a mascot?)</p>
<p>OK, I guess you might say I'm a Cal fan lol. Both are awesome schools and should be treated as 2 of the best in the country; not no. 1 or no. 2 vs. each other. You can't go wrong w/ Cal or Stanford but....GO BEARS!!!</p>
<p>I would choose Stanford over UCB any day of the week.</p>
<p>In fact, I would choose nearly any school in the Top 25 over UCB.</p>
<p>Is Stanford or Cal stronger in English?</p>
<p>Cal is better ranked throughout the world. It's a better deal--public schools are the way to go.</p>
<p>Cal is better ranked throughout the world? Really? Well, I'm an out of stater here at Cal, so it's not exactly a better deal...</p>
<p>STANFORDDDDD . Michael Phelps is there......lol</p>
<p>Yes, look at the world university rankings. Cal is frequently in the top five.</p>
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<p>You cannot accept such rankings on face-value. I have seen world rankings where Texas A&M is ranked higher than Rice, when Rice is clearly the better school.</p>
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<p>Really? I could not tell with the hundreds of heads sitting in front of me during my economcs course.</p>
<p>More seriously though, I am looking at the class rosters for the courses I selected for next semester at Georgetown, and none have exceeded seven students. I do wonder which public school, except for William and Mary, offers such a luxury.</p>
<p>a very good point. Private schools have much smaller faculty-students ratio......</p>
<p>i know that means more interaction, but the thing i'm trying to figure out is if smaller faculty-student ratio means better education...? isn't georgetown a better choice if you're interested in int. relations, politics, etc. but that's beside the point - is there a great difference in terms of educational quality between Cal and Stanford? i don't want to start a debate between which is better, because there was already one of those a while back and it was pretty annoying, but i would just like to know the real difference. thankyou.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily, we have good linguistics and philosophy programs.</p>
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<p>yes, but i would like to know, does that smaller faculty-student ratio of Stanford truly differentiate itself from Cal in terms of the quality of education one would receive?</p>
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<p>I think so. Think of all the implications of just having less students:</p>
<p>1) Less competitition
2) More personalized atmosphere
3) Classes are oriented toward discussion, not lecture.
4) It is easier to maintain a relationship with your professors ie. they can work more with you, and so forth.
5) (For me at least), it is easier to get a research position under professors, as there is less competition
6) The professors at Top 25 privates are usually at the same caliber, if not better than that of their public counterparts.</p>
<p>I could think of more, but I have more work to do.</p>
<p>You are focusing on the right school: Brown. The university has more of a 'small-town' feeling, whereas Berkeley feels like a city, for me at least. </p>
<p>I am sure Stanford would be the same, if not better.</p>
<p>Edit: Sorry, the sixth point is not causally the result of having less students. It is meant to state that comparable private schools are at no loss in faculty resources.</p>
<p>hmm I have to think about this. How much easier it would be to just stay at Cal instead of taking a chance on schools that didn't want me the first time around. Maybe I should stop running after them and be happy with what I have. If I graduate in 3 years, I can financially afford to stay here and pay the out of state tuition. Aggh I hate making tough decisions like this.....</p>