<p>No need for a radio with Manfredman around.</p>
<p>I recommend Northwestern because (<em>shakes eight ball</em>) Jeri Ryan (of Star Trek Voyager fame) went there.</p>
<p>/that's one reason
//actually, it's apparently a really nice place. And, from my perspective, it has the best climate of all places listed.</p>
<p>Best climate? Psh posh. </p>
<p>But Berkeley is so overrated.</p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>
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<p>GEORGE TAKEI (Sulu) WENT TO BERKELEY! Get outta here!</p>
<p>As vietnamese in the URM, first-generation college student and low-income, which one of these schools would help me the most with financial aid and grants. I heard berkeley doesn't give alot but Northwestern does.</p>
<p>Northwestern's financial aid is pretty solid but they don't give out ANY merit aid, it's all need-based. If you are truly from a disadvantaged family, you should have no problem getting a lot of grant money.</p>
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<p>I imagine that's true of each school, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>I would do Rice or NW.</p>
<p>These are all excellent but very different institutions with different strengths and weaknesses. Rice is by far the smallest and has the lowest student/faculty ratio at 5 to 1. In practice this ratio is even lower in comparison to the others as Northwestern, Berkeley, and JHU all have the lowest student/faculty ratios in their graduate and professional schools, whereas the primary focus at Rice is on undergraduates. At 2800 undergrads it is the smallest of all Division 1 universities. Among the four schools listed it also has by far the largest endowment per student, ranking 4th in the US in that category. Northwestern has about 18,000 students, including 8300 undergrads, 7400 graduate students and 1450 professional students. JHU has an enrollment of about 19,000 with only about 6000 undergrads. Cal lists 23,000 undergrads and 10,000 graduate students. 93% of Cal students are from California, 60% from LA or the Bay area.</p>
<p>If you reside in California, Cal will cost the least. Otherwise Rice is the least expensive. NW, JHU and Cal have dorm and Greek system arrangements that are fairly typical of medium to large university settings. Rice has one of two residential college systems among US research universities (the other is at Yale).</p>
<p>I agree with bobbobbob that Rice and NW offer the best opportunities for undergrads. They are also the most selective, however. The choice between to two depends largely on your field of study and preference of size, campus environment and climate. Houston is really hot in the summer, but very pleasant from October to May. I hear that NW is beautiful in September and May. I was last there in November--freezing rain.</p>
<p>I live in Dallas right now and Houston would just be horribly more hot than Dallas, but I get to stay in-state, i dunno if that is a good or bad thing.</p>
<p>Besides the gruesome climate, does Houston have any other distinguishing features? I lived in San Francisco for a couple years, and loved the climate around there. </p>
<p>Leonard Nimoy went to Boston College for a while. And Shatner went to McGill. Wasn't it the group Manfredman that had the do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do song? How 'bout a few bars, Manfred?</p>
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<p>that is most definitely not true from where i'm from, tell someone you go to northwestern, they are extremely impressed, tell someone you go to berkeley, you might as well tell them u of i. Berkeley only out-prestiges northwestern in california.
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<p>This is definitely not true at all. In most parts of Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa, UC Berkeley is perhaps the second most prestigious American university. Harvard is the most prestigious but UC Berkeley is not far behind. When you say you go to THE University of California Berkeley, people will look up to you and treat you like a princes or prince. </p>
<p>I'm Japanese and have lived in 4 countries: Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and England. In those places, Harvard, UC Berkeley and MIT are neck and neck in prestige. And in those places, Northwestern is only known by a selected people. Only those people who would want to go to business school because Kellogg is quite famous but then again, Harvard, Haas and Sloan are unbeatable. </p>
<p>I am a graduate of International School Manila, one of the best upscale high schools in Asia. From our batch, and the batches before us, no body has applied to schools like Northwestern and Rice. They're good schools, but sad to say, they're not as famous as UC Berkeley, Harvard and MIT. Even our school director and advising officers have not mentioned those schools to us. They only encourage us to apply to the top schools or places like: Harvard, UC Berkeley, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Imperial, LSE and the like. </p>
<p>In those places where I once lived, we go by this tenet: If you are very smart, very rich, pretty and has a very strong personality, UC Berkeley is the best fit for you.</p>
<p>I agree. If you are pretty, UC Berkeley is the best fit for you.</p>
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<p>I think you might be missing a few. For instance, what about UCSD? UCSC? Maybe I'm not sure what you're saying, or am not familiar enough with these schools, but I'm pretty sure a few more schools than just Yale and Rice fit the bill.</p>
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<p>Do you really know this, or is it just speculation? In addition, graduate classes, as far as I know, are available to capable and willing students at each institution.</p>
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<p>Well, as far as out of state admissions goes, I'd put my money on Berkeley being the most difficult.</p>
<p>Sort of interesting that most of the top biz schools have a catchy moniker: Sloan, Kellogg, Haas, Ross, etc. Would be cool if Mary-Kate and Ashley cut Harvard a check for about $200 mil and got the Harvard Business School to call itself the Olsen Twins School of Business.</p>
<p>I love...burritos at 4 a.m.</p>
<p>Parties that never end.</p>
<p>And twins!</p>
<p>Wow. So many Cal kids here :-). Personally I have a bit of a problem with all the CC kids transferring so easily into Cal. I'd go with Northwestern, then Rice, then JHU, then Cal for my major. Its all up to personal choice though and one should visit the campuses.</p>
<p>haha Berkeley has plenty of ugly hippies, believe me! And yeah all those dumb kids who get in are a turn-off, too ;)</p>
<p>Wow, sansai. Do you not know someone exposed your lies? Why keep telling us about your little "international school of manila"?</p>