<p>The positive schtick gets old as well. You can pigeonhole me whatever you want, its obvious there's too much cognitive dissonance for you to understand. </p>
<p>And I'm not bitter about HYS. I don't even want to go to Yale or Stanford law and evidently I'm over half to get into Harvard Law anyways. I'm more ****ed about how crappy the college experience at Berkeley is academically and socially. And I already admitted many of the thigns I pointed out are more specific to OOS students versus in-state students, like the cost to benefit ratio is much worst for out of state students and likely to get worst as California continues to milk out of staters. </p>
<p>Pigeonhole all you want. You can make a lot out of going to Cal but prospective students should ask only one question in making their decision: how good is Cal to my nearest opportunity cost? I think that most out-of-staters will realize that its not worth it and many in-staters will too. You have to do everything yourself, housing, academics, social life, whatever; it all eats up a lot of time wheras you can take some aspects for granted at other schools, especially social life and housing. The dilution of intelligence in the student body means that discussions are boring, mediocre affairs. Etc, etc. Keep pointing to non-representative articles about a few students, most who did a lot of thigns off-campus that weren't even exclusive to berkeley anyways. </p>
<p>The truth will speak for itself.</p>
<p>Why do you insist on equating your experience with the truth, as if your one experience at Cal is representative of the most common denominator? Aren't you willing to even consider that your experience, miserable as it's been, is just one slice of a larger reality?</p>
<p>I am, I'm just saying that there are certain parts of Berkeley that are underwhelming. I said before, I just want the idea out there so people can decide. People may not decide to listen to me and go to Berkeley, but they might decide to focus more energy on interacting with the great faculty instead of trying to interact on an intellectual level with the student body. At the very least they can mitigate Berkeley's bad sides, and make the most out of what Berkeley has to offer if they know where Berkeley is weak.</p>
<p>Every school has its weaknesses. Sure, Berkeley may require more effort than other schools. I think most people that do the slightest bit of research on the school realize this off the bat and are preparred, or at least in their mind, willing to go this extra distance. Honestly, I believe it will prepare me for the world much better than a school thats going to hold my hand all four years.</p>
<pre><code>I didn't enjoy my time at Chicago, and when people ask, I tell them what I think; however, I don't make it my ultimate goal to deterr people from going there based off my negative experience. Both schools offer different plusses and minuses. Different strokes for different folks... just because you did not enjoy or get the most of your Berkeley experience does not mean that everyone is destined for the same fate. You can say that you're speaking the truth all you want, but anyone with a grain of common sense can see you're just a disgruntled kid with a grudge to settle. Sorry if that seems harsh, but from what I can see, that is the "truth".
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