is it hard to graduate from berkeley?

[sakky]

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This is part of the reason Harvard’s undergrad math program is so amazing. They have BOTH a huge, incomparably awesome selection of undergrad and grad courses, and their undergrad selection seems to beat that of Berkeley. Students can get a productive foundation before they go on.

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<p>Couple that with the fact that Harvard undergrads have full access to the MIT course catalog through cross-reg (and vice versa). Berkeley undergrads have no such comparable option. </p>

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Which means, while I don’t believe in grade DEFLATION, I think getting a good grade in those courses should mean something.

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<p>Yet the fact is, PhD programs in the easier undergrad majors (i.e. psychology) are still able to figure out how to admit the best students despite not having a reliable GPA signal. Why are they able to do it, but the technical departments can’t? Do they know something that the tech departments do not?</p>