<p>actually it's interesting, but some of the top schools in the urbanite areas, Yale and USC for example, are indeed trying to get some sort of grip on the surrounding area and clean it up by indeed buying up more land and controlling housing and building developments.</p>
<p>Of course one big problem is that the low income population is against this so it's a delicate process.</p>
<p>but indeed the area of a school is not necesarily indicitave of much about the school itself as UofC, Upen, Yale, USC, Columbia have shown.</p>
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Gentle - Rooster just ****es me off with his blatantly anti-Berkeley posts. I guess when ur school mascot is a tree and u keep getting stomped on by the rival school in the big game.... there is some bitterness involved.
<p>The rivalry between Stanford and Berkeley, in terms of academics, is not that disparingly unequal as suggested; Berkeley certainly isn't Stanford in terms of money, reputation, programs, etc. It's true, simply put, Berkeley can't compare to Stanford when the entire university is looked at; it can't be. Berkeley is a state institution that is obligated to take as many students--some of whom may not be as qualified--because California taxpayers fund the university (however, to be honest, only 30% of Berkeley's budget comes from public funds) and as public university, it is obligated to take in students. Stanford doesn't have to do that because it's sources allows it to take in the most high-calibered students and can risk rejecting even valedictorians with perfect SAT scores.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, Berkeley provides a good if not great education experience--in all areas applicable and in terms of academics, Berkeley is not so far behind.</p>
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<p>So maybe in this respect Stanford is unique among all schools in that it has PROFOUNDLY reshaped the community it is in. It has also profoundly reshaped California.</p>
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<p>The University of California has profoundly reshaped, impacted, influenced California--arguably more so than Stanford University.</p>
<p>And for rankings...I posted this three other places, and this is an excerpt:</p>
<p>"The kinds of data used to rank schools in the U.S. News and World Report survey are not indications of educational excellence. Some results highlight competitiveness, particularly in admissions. Examples are the acceptance to rejection ratio among applicants, average SAT scores, and class rank. Endowment per undergraduate, faculty salaries, alumni giving are indications of fiscal status, not necessarily of quality of education. So-called reputation rankings-- in which college presidents, deans, and admissions officers rate other schools-- are also misleading; they may overlook a fine but little-known college, and even if they do point out a good one, they do not tell you for whom that school is a good choice and why."</p>
<p>The above is from St. John's College who doesn't participate in the U.S. News Rankings; the program at St. John's College is incredibly different from other universities and truly represents the total school program.</p>
<p>oh i posted.. b/c i thought those schools are really eqaul.. hahaha.. although I guess i will learn how to hate amherst while spending next 4 years in williams ;)</p>