<p>My son was not too surprised by the Berkeley rejection, since he applied to Engineering and is out of state. But I just wanted you Berkeley admits to know that there will be at least one student at Stanford next fall who wasn't allowed to attend your great school!</p>
<p>I'm just the opposite. Want to trade acceptances?</p>
<p>I don't think he'd want that! But he'd have been happy to go to Cal if the tables were turned.</p>
<p>interesting. So it DOES happen for all those doubters out there!</p>
<p>But gladmom, Stanford is obviously an excellent school, and a degree from there speaks volumes. Best of luck to you and your S!</p>
<p>Berkeley is notoriously hard for Out-of-Staters, so I'm not surprised. Congratulations on the Stanford acceptance!</p>
<p>^ Agree with vicissitudes. Congrats on the acceptance. What engineering major is he considering?</p>
<p>I've seen many other students in the past accepted to Stanford but rejected at Berkeley. Perhaps it's a bit of Tufts Syndrome (though applicant is "not considered" for Berkeley). There were a few this year, as I saw just from browsing the decision threads.</p>
<p>Then I use this as nothing more than solid proof that Cal is better than Stanford :).</p>
<p>Ok so there's people that have been accepted @ stanford but rejected at berkeley..I got rejected from UCSD and accepted @ berkeley, so there are ppl who get accepted @ stanford but not UCSD? :P</p>
<p>Thanks for the congrats! He is thrilled. No one from his very small (550 total students) public school has ever gone to Stanford or an Ivy.</p>
<p>ucbchem: He wants to do the Management Science and Engineering major at Stanford. He has very strong interests in economics/business as well as engineering, so he thinks this will suit him.</p>
<p>He didn't apply to any of the Ivies, mostly because of the horrible weather. He can't wait to escape the midwest and luxuriate in the central california weather that both Stanford and Cal have. He runs every day here, even if it is below zero, and he uses handwarmers inside of his gloves when it is below 20. It snowed here yesterday.</p>
<p>Good luck to you all.</p>
<p>i dont understand why people fish for admissions attention on the internet</p>
<p>I too have an interest in business/economics as well as engineering. I have a chemical engineering degree and an MBA...IMO, it's an unbeatable combination of technical know-how and business savvy.</p>
<p>The Stanford major sounds quite interesting.</p>
<p>Oh, and he'll love the Stanford campus. It has much more open space than the Berkeley campus does for running.</p>
<p>^^ who needs the campus when you have the hills around it?</p>
<p>True, both have hills...</p>
<p>And the point of this thread is...........?</p>
<p>Rejected by Cal
Accepted by Stanford
Comp Sci major
:)</p>
<p>@gladmom,</p>
<p>just a quick note, most people in california would consider stanford and berkeley to be northern california, not central california. i know if you look at a map of california they're kinda near the center, but that's just not how it works. central california is like bakersfield and fresno and merced and san luis obispo. once you get up to like san jose area it's generally norcal. and the stuff north of SF... well those are just the crazies who live in the forest...</p>
<p>just for future reference. :)</p>
<p>castel: You're right, there isn't much of a point to this thread. I am just obsessed with college admission and colleges right now, and I am interested in the Stanford/Berkeley dynamic. It seems that a few other people are, too.</p>
<p>bandislife: I should have said central COASTAL California. When I think of northern calif, I think of Willits and Eureka. Just a midwesterner's perspective. Anyway, I think that the year-round climate around Palo Alto and Berkeley (even with the cold fog) is as good as it gets anywhere. The fog is even kind of a fun surprise factor -- you never know when it will blow in.</p>
<p>Ec10: ditto your happyface!</p>
<p>kyled: yeah, you can run out of campus right into the Berkeley hills. The scenery is absolutely beautiful. I think my son is used to flatland running, though.</p>
<p>Lol I got rejected from Stanford yesterday and into Cal.. Maybe I'll go there and be extremely bitter at the sports events >:D</p>