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<p>Um, what? Berkeley is known to be primarily a science school–it has a reputation for engineering and the hard sciences, not to mention the social sciences. (And of course, it’s tops in arts/humanities, too.)</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc1.html#RANKBYAREA]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc1.html#RANKBYAREA)</p>
<p>Cal’s ranked #1 in physical sciences/math, social/behavioral, and arts/humanities. It’s #5 for biological sciences and #2 for engineering. </p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html)</p>
<p>Of the 27 sciences that Berkeley was ranked in, it placed in the top 10 in 26 of them. The same can’t be said of UCLA.</p>
<p>Of course, this is a bit old. If you want more recent:</p>
<p>[usnews.com:</a> America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008: Complete Guide to Programs in the Sciences](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/phdsciindex_brief.php]usnews.com:”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/phdsciindex_brief.php)</p>
<p>I see Berkeley ranked in the top 3 for multiple disciplines (I don’t see UCLA).</p>
<p>[USNews.com:</a> America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008: Top Engineering Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php]USNews.com:”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php)</p>
<p>Ranked third there.</p>
<p>[usnews.com:</a> America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008: Complete Guide to Programs in Social Sciences & Humanities](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdhum/phdhumindex_brief.php]usnews.com:”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdhum/phdhumindex_brief.php)</p>
<p>And ranked in the top few there, too.</p>
<p>Of course, these are grad rankings. If you want undergrad, just search the forum for “gourman [insert discipline]” (collegehelp has probably posted every list for somebody or another) – Berkeley is almost always ranked in the top 10. Now, no doubt UCLA is a great science school and competes well with Berkeley; but to say that it is “stronger in the sciences” and would thus help students more in becoming doctors is untrue. In fact, I think Berkeley’s med school placement % is a bit higher than UCLA’s. And UCLA reputedly doesn’t like accepting its own undergrads to its med school, so not even in-state status helps.</p>