<p>Easymack63, you worry too much about me. Why? You're not my father. If you think that I am just wasting my time by posting here, well, that's my problem, not yours. What is it to you? What do you care? You may be doing things that I would think are just a waste of time, but hey, it's your life, and you can live it the way you want to. I too can and will live my life the way I want to. If I really am wasting my time, then that's nobody's problem but mine.</p>
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...whats your GPA? I bet since Cal is just soooooooo inferior, you must have like a 4.0.
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<p>And if I do (or close to it), then what would you have to say then? </p>
<p>Believe me, there are a LOT of people who do very well at Berkeley who also point out Berkeley's faults. Calkidd, for example, did well enough at Berkeley to get into grad-school at Harvard, and yet, let's just say that he's not exactly Berkeley's biggest fan. The same could be said for several other people on CC. The fact is, Berkeley has a lot of *<strong><em>ed-off students and alumni, including many who have done quite well. And that's not just because of bad luck. Berkeley has done a lot of things to *</em></strong> them off. </p>
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Oh I've seen him mocking students many times before, particularly transfer students. If not on this board, then on the old one. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/...how.cgi?8/79011%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/...how.cgi?8/79011</a>
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<p>That old post has nothing to do with transfer students, except in passing. </p>
<p>However, it you are talking about me mocking students, once again, I would point out that I am not mocking ALL Berkeley students, but only certain ones. And not to be overly harsh, but I will stand my ground and say that those students deserve to be mocked. Look, the fact is, Berkeley really does have a lot of students who don't want to study, don't want to work hard, don't want to go to class, and basically don't want to do anything at all. Anybody's who been to Berkeley should know what I'm talking about. If you don't, just go walk down Greek Row during the middle of the regular semester and you will see students who literally haven't stepped foot in class for weeks and who have been doing nothing but party and drink. Hey, don't get me wrong, I like to party and drink too, but the purpose of college is to educate yourself, not to go on a month-long alcohol binge. Berkeley needs to do something about these lazy students.</p>
<p>And don't come back with the refrain that "other schools have lazy students too". So what? Just because other schools have lazy students, does that mean that Berkeley should too? Look at it this way. If Berkeley fixes its problems and other schools don't, then Berkeley will be better off than those other schools.</p>
<p>And now, finally, to bluebayou, what you have stated is exactly what the thread SHOULD be talking about. The fact is, there is no evidence that people from grade-deflated schools get any serious compensation from the adcoms at medschools or law schools. The date that does exist, in fact, strongly points to the opposite conclusion. A lot of people want to believe that adcoms will know that Berkeley's grades are difficult to get and will compensate accordingly, yet these people have not seen the data, or, in some cases, do not WANT to see the data. The data indicates that adcoms want to see high grades, and they don't care that certain schools are more difficult than others. </p>
<p>It's a tough pill for some people to swallow, I know. But to them, I would say, look at the data. Look at who is getting admitted to law/med-school and who isn't. Look at the kinds of grades that Berkeley prelaws and premeds have historically needed to get into top law/med-schools. Then you can determine for yourself what the truth really is. Don't take my word for it, don't take anybody else's word for it, just look at the data and figure it out for yourself.</p>