<p>Berkeley is a large campus, which for some people, find it attractive, and thus offers a far more enjoyable campus experience than smaller ones. When you are in a large school, you’d have a community composed mainly of young population, so most activities cater to the students, not to a wide range of demographic. </p>
<p>The city of Berkeley is thriving… and culturally rich. There are lots of shops, restos and businesses that support the students’ needs and social activities. And you’d have easy access to San Francisco, a huge and thriving commercial center. </p>
<p>The facilities of Berkeley are huge, and by mere looking at them, you’ll know it right away that they must have cost a lot. Some of Berkeley’s facilities can only be found there. Berkeley is a world-class university after all. So, having the most advanced facilities is something expected of them. </p>
<p>Berkeley is, largely, a student-run university. All sorts of organizations, frats, clubs, etc abound, and are recognized by the university. Getting involved in clubs or orgs would make Berkeley atmosphere in-tact, smaller and alive. There are over several hundreds of them that exist on Berkeley campus. </p>
<p>Many intro classes at Berkeley are large. But that is also quite true in most universities. Such scenario exists even at Stanford or Harvard. On CC those things were severely exaggerated. In reality, such scenario exists even at HYPSM, the schools regarded superior to Berkeley for undergrad education. </p>
<p>And, lastly, Berkeley grads are respected by employers. Berkeley grads can head-to-head with the best of top privates’. Berkeley grads are heavily recruited by big name companies and pay them well. In fact, the biggest recruiter of Haas, for example, is McKinsey, and McKinsey is quite notorious when it comes to hiring talents. The statistics would show that Berkeley grads make more than those of the Ivies’, save for Harvard, Princeton and Dartmouth’s. </p>
<p>grad schools respect a Berkeley degree too. On most top grad or postgrad programs anywhere, Berkeley is always in the top 10, in terms of representation. Berkeley is top 6/7 at Harvard and Yale Law schools, and at Harvard Business School, for example. And, of course, it is the number one feeder school to their own graduate programs, said to be top 2 or 3 in the world.</p>
<p>Emory is great too. But Berkeley is better, and way more prestigious as a whole.</p>