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THEY ARE FORGETTING UC Berkeley EECS!! One of the most difficult programs in the nation. Deadly cutthroat from what I've heard.
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<p>Well, I don't think they are forgetting anything, so much as they are evaluating entire schools. Heck, if you wanted to rank individual programs, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire top 25 all came from MIT and Caltech. For example, it would be something like, in no particular order: MIT EECS, MIT ChemE, MIT Physics, MIT Math, MIT ME, Caltech Physics, Caltech Math, Caltech EE, Caltech CS, etc. etc. </p>
<p>The sad truth is that while Berkeley has some tough majors like EECS, it also has some creampuff ones. Like American Studies. You ever notice how many Cal football players major in American Studies, just like the football players at other schools tend to study Physical Education? Is it because Cal football players really like to "study America", or is it just because the major is easy? For example, in the 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic football team, of the 4 Cal players named to the first or second team, HALF of them majored in American Studies. And in 2004, of the 3 out of 8 so honored Cal players who had declared their major (hence not counting undeclared majors) were majoring in American Studies. American Studies is one of the smallest majors on campus, graduating only about 130 students a year out of the roughly 5000 graduates a year, yet seems to draw a LOT of football players.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111805aad.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111805aad.html</a>
<a href="http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112304aad.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112304aad.html</a></p>
<p>I don't want to harp on American Studies exclusively. The point is, there are majors at Berkeley that really aren't very hard. The athletes have to major in SOMETHING. Contrast that with what is happening at, say MIT or Caltech where even the easy majors are still extremely difficult.</p>