Was there ever a time when UC Berkeley was academically better than Stanford?

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@xiggi

there is indeed not much of an argument, and mostly because there is no battle. Since it’s a given that most competitive students from California apply to the UC system as a matter of routine, it’s hardly surprising that a large percentage of the Califonia students who are admitted by Stanford also were admitted at Cal. </p>

<p>But, for a “battle” to exist there ought to be a reasonably quantifiable number of students who choose Cal over Stanford. And, as I have claimed before, that is hardly the case. Because of this, and also because of the reasons you stated, the student bodies are not as comparable as some claim. Student bodies reflect enrolled students and not admitted students.

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@ericatbucknell

we have been given a number: letting alone applicants, 26% of stanfords ADMITS last year were also admitted by berkeley, a very significant percentage. that works out to approximately 608 students admitted by stanford last year who were also admitted by berkeley. since it was also given that berkeley was NOT one of the top twenty schools chosen by stanford admits, we can also derive that AT MOST eight (and almost certainly several fewer) students admitted to stanford last year actually enrolled at berkeley.</p>

<p>assuming that berkeley cross-admits (who are likely disproportionately californian) are NOT more likely to enroll at stanford than admits as a whole (and this is likely false), we can derive a best-case cross admit ratio for berkeley of 1.8% (with 441 of 608 cross-admits choosing stanford and 8 of 608 choosing berkeley). the real percentage is probably closer to half that.</p>

<p>in other words, your second ‘reason’ is the correct one. indeed, very, few stanford admits–in-state or otherwise–choose to enroll at berkeley.

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