<p>"For example, Harvey Mudd only ranks 18th on the overall liberal arts colleges--but it is ranked #1 in the selectivity rank--meaning it is the hardest school to get into of all the liberal arts colleges. "</p>
<p>Just got bumped up to 14th.</p>
<p>"Additionally, they have 6 nobel laureates and 389 guggenheim fellows among the faculty at UC Berkeley."</p>
<p>Yes, but there are two things to realize:
1. The Nobel Laureates per student capita is much less than places like MIT, Caltech, and U of Chicago.
2. As an undergrad, you will not have access to thus said faculty. They have Nobel Prizes because they focus on research and therefore only care about grad students.</p>
<p>"Also--as I previously pointed out the average unweighted GPA of students at UC Berkeley is 3.84. Compare this to Princeton's average UW GPA of 3.83 "
First, these number are the "Admit Profile" So it tells you little about who actually went to Berkeley.
Yeah, Berkeley has a great GPA average, but I'm a little shocked that its mean ACT is 28 and SAT is 1342. Princeton's average SAT is roughly 1500. </p>
<p>Berkeley is a really good school though. I have a lot of very smart friends that go there. I just thought that I'd put some of Calcruzer's numbers in perspective... because taking on a school like Princeton requires a little argument from both sides.</p>
<p>Programs that are especially outstanding at Berkeley for undergrad are: EECS and PreMed.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>