<p>ok so i know cornell acceptance rate is about 30 percent and berkeleys is about 23 percent but i think cornell applicants are a little stronger than berkeley applicants. i am in state for california so i know that is going to help me get into berkeley. the question is which would be harder to get in for me, cal or cornell?</p>
<p>Actually, Cornell's acceptance rate is 20 percent for the Class of 2012. And the answer is Cornell because you are in state for Berkeley.</p>
<p>holy crap it is 21... i thot it was like 30.</p>
<p>Cornell is much harder than Berkeley in state.</p>
<p>I'd say they're about the same.</p>
<p>People underestimate the difficulty of getting into Berkeley in-state... OOS is extremely difficult, but in-state is pretty damn hard too.</p>
<p>It probably depends on which school in Cornell you want to get into.</p>
<p>if you get can get into Cornell Arts&Sci and Eng, you are more than likely to get into Berkeley in-state... i dunno about Berkeley Eng but you should be fine for all other colleges.</p>
<p>For 2007 Berkeley in-state was 25% and OOS was 20%:</p>
<p>But it appears applications were up sharply at Berkeley for 2008, so its overall admit rate went down to 21.4% (from 24% in 2007). I'd say it's only slightly easier to get into Berkeley in-state than Cornell CAS or Engineering, and for OOS Berkeley's probably as difficult as cornell CAS or Engineering. Some of the "contract colleges" at Cornell are a little easier to get into.</p>
<p>Berkeley EECS acceptance rate dipped lower than 10% a few years back.
For Engineering, Berkeley is harder to get in (regardless of residency status)
For everything else, Cornell.</p>
<p>There is one kid that I know from my son's school (in California) got rejected from UCB and UCLA but get into Cornell. He is a very good kid so it was a surprise that he did not get into either UCB or UCLA in-state.</p>
<p>Depends what program you're applying to and your stats. Some of Berkeley's majors, like the infamous EECS, is extremely tough to get into. However Cornell's ILR is not that selective when compared to Berkeley. However, Cornell's Arts and Sciences is very selective-with a 14% acceptance rate and really qualified applicants. I think someone with a higher GPA but lower SAT would find it easier at Berkeley and someone with a lower GPA but higher SAT would find it easier at Cornell. Overall, however I'd say Cornell is more selective than UC Berkeley. The above applies assuming you're instate for Berkeley and you're applying RD to Cornell. If you apply ED to Cornell though I think its slightly less selective than Berkeley.</p>