Harvard vs. Claremont McKenna vs. Berkeley

<p>I've been accepted to the three aforementioned schools. I'm debating which would provide the best education in the area of government/public policy/economics. I know Harvard seems to be the obvious choice. Does anyone have any comparative information on any or all of the three schools? Btw I live in San Francisco and want somewhat of a social life.</p>

<p>I don't have comparative info, but Harvard is an unbelievable place to be for someone interested in government/public policy/economics. I ate pizza sitting around on the floor of the Lowell House living room with the Secretary of Labor (there were maybe 15 kids there); I showed up at the current events table at Leverett house one night and George Will was sitting there to have dinner with us (again ~15 kids); every single presidential candidate spoke at the Kennedy School last fall. There's something memorable going on literally every day. Check out <a href="http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/calendars/iop.nsf/index.html?ReadForm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/calendars/iop.nsf/index.html?ReadForm&lt;/a> to see what's going on at the Institute of Politics.</p>

<p>There are other threads on social life, so I won't get into that again, but...suffice it to say that most people find Harvard to be a very good time.</p>