Crazy to value UCSD over UCB?

College Search & Selection
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<p>UCSD’s schedule of classes is here for comparison:
<a href=“Student/Class Info”>Student/Class Info;

<p>All of the arguments about class sizes in economics and other subjects are less relevant to the OP, who wants to major in biology or neuroscience. Given the popularity of majoring in biology, and the popularity of pre-med, the OP should expect the lower division courses in biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and psychology to be among the largest classes at any given school.</p>

<p>Re: small classes at Berkeley</p>

<p>Here is a small lower division class at Berkeley this fall (30 student limit, historically does not come close to filling up, comes with both a faculty member and a TA):
[UCB</a> Online Schedule of Classes: Search Results](<a href=“http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=FL&x=0&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=--+Choose+a+Department+Name+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&y=0&p_course=h54&p_dept=math]UCB”>http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=FL&x=0&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=--+Choose+a+Department+Name+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&y=0&p_course=h54&p_dept=math)</p>

<p>The corresponding course this past spring had 11 students:
[UCB</a> Online Schedule of Classes: Search Results](<a href=“http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=SP&x=0&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=--+Choose+a+Department+Name+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&y=0&p_course=h53&p_dept=math]UCB”>http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=SP&x=0&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=--+Choose+a+Department+Name+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&y=0&p_course=h53&p_dept=math)</p>