<p>How would you rank these three schools in these terms:</p>
<ol>
<li> Difficulty of work</li>
<li> Manageability of work (far a student who is taking diff eq and linear alg in senior year)</li>
<li> Social setting (life after class, parties, friendliness)</li>
<li> Interesting neighborhood</li>
<li> Least bureaucracy bothering students</li>
<li> Ability to get needed classes and graduate undergrad in 4 years</li>
<li> Most likely to give scholarships or any type of money</li>
<li> Easiness to get research as undergrad</li>
</ol>
<p>How is anyone supposed to answer this question legitimately. Can anyone go to Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford? Of course you’re going to get different answers based on which colleges people go to.</p>
<p>@bitesize:
This is nitpicky and semi irrelevant since ranking like this is completely conjecture butttt ranking number 6 all the same doesn’t seem right. I’ve heard from countless Berkeley friends and acquaintances that it can be extremely difficult to get into some necessary classes.</p>
<p>I agree with bitesize’s rankings on all except #1, 2, and 6.</p>
<p>Around here, Stanford has a rep for being academically lax and Berkeley is known for being extremely competitive (as is MIT). So for #1 and 2 I would say MIT, Berkeley, then Stanford. As for #6, Berkeley is a public school; from what I’ve heard, there is a lot of competition in signing up for classes so I don’t think Berkeley’s 4 year grad rate is as good as MIT/Stanford’s. I could be wrong, but I think that makes sense logically.</p>
<p>MIT, Berkeley, and Stanford are all very prestigious institutions. Students graduating from these top class universities usually obtain lucrative job offers at some of the world’s greatest corporations or at government agencies.</p>
<p>I would like to say that ranking these institutions in terms of prestige (both national and global), academic rigor, and future career prospects, is very difficult. Categorizing them according to student culture, neighborhood, and campus beauty is more feasible.</p>
<p>However, if I had to rank these institutions according to Engineering expertise, MIT would have the edge and take 1st place with UC Berkeley and Stanford tying as 2nd. As an overall institution, I believe that Berkeley and Stanford are better than MIT. It is important to remember that both Stanford and Berkeley are more or less on the same tier.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I hope that people in College Confidential do not make idiotic assumptions such as MIT > Stanford > Berkeley. This is clearly not true in any manner possible. Suggesting that MIT > Berkeley=Stanford would be a more reasonable statement.</p>