<p>BC is at 93 and UCB is 101. Obviously this ranking has a completely different set of criteria than US News’s (from what I gather, it’s more objective-based), but it’s still a ranking.</p>
<p>And I would like to reiterate what I said earlier about trusting your gut feeling.</p>
<p>schee-- that ranking site happens to suck ass and be far from “more objective”. It uses a very similar set of numbers as USNews (without PA) but doesn’t let people know how it’s weighing each category and has many other problems.</p>
<p>I grew up in Cambridge/Boston area… UC Berkeley all the way lol. UC Berkeley is better than BC. (At least that is the general consensus among my pals in Cambridge)</p>
<p>^ definitely true, also considering the Berkely is #1 in English major you should go there. Berkely is waayyy more prestigious than boston college.</p>
<p>For those advocating Berkeley for having more prestige, is more prestige going to get someone into law school? Last I checked it was G.P.A. and LSAT that really count. So it gets down to best fit and as the Berkeley alum correctly observed it is what you do in college that really makes the difference.</p>
<p>people keep saying that UC-Berkeley is more prestigious and I have no doubt that is true, however is UC-Berkeley the best place to go academically and socially? that’s up to the OP to decide and I think the OP has already decided based on his “gut feeling”, the only reason he’s questioning his decision making is because of everyone’s “reputation” factor including people like RML and his father. I have no problem with the OP deciding to go to BC in this decision if he/she decides that it’s the best school for him/her.</p>
<p>If the OP is going to go to law school, the prestige of the undergrad wouldn’t matter. It’d actually be a better strategy if the OP were to go to BC and get stellar GPA where the competition is most likely lower.</p>
<p>Look, nobody doubts that UCB has a superior batch of professors. But how much access are you going to have with them? I have an uncle who’s one of the most famous profs there, and he hasn’t taught an undergrad in decades. Research and helping grad students is where it’s at for profs at UCB. BC’s English dept is excellent and the classes are small. I had an English class there where I was the only one who signed up for the course, and they didn’t cancel it…</p>
<p>Here’s another ranking with BC higher than UCB</p>
<p>Those who live by the rankings die by the rankings. I must have missed the part where Moses came down from the mountain carrying the US News Guide to America’s Best Colleges.</p>
<p>I suppose I have to admit, I’m scared of Asians. My sister took the “conventional” route and went all four years of high school, and her school is pretty much Asian. Crazy competition that, according to her, “came down to nothing” when she started HMC.</p>
<p>I kind of know the feeling missyujin, although, my school barely has any Asians. I visited UCB and all the Asian people made me feel uncomfortable ;)</p>
<p>Good thing I never visited UCI. Asians are insane!</p>
<p>As an American of Asian descent, I’m very grateful to not have been part of that sort of cutthroat environment where the ends trump the means.</p>
<p>HMC is a liberal arts college, and therefore actively promotes a spirit of collaborative learning and personal growth.</p>
<p>However, one good thing about learning in a competitive environment is that one has to be assertive and aggressive to get what one wants. And, that sort of mentality prepares one well for “the real world,” where there are too many people vying for very limited resources.</p>