<p>UCSD, NYU. Haha.</p>
<p>NYU, UCSB, GWU, Stanford (if I get in... will know in 3 weeks)</p>
<p>I chose Cal over University of Chicago, Northwestern and UC Davis.</p>
<p>nth big.
ucsd and ucd</p>
<p>Duke, Harvey Mudd, some no-names</p>
<p>Duke, Northwestern, JHU, WashU, Illinois, Michigan</p>
<p>ahhhhh.... berkeley ...... how great :)</p>
<p>winterpolaris: Sac is that close? That's awesome.</p>
<p>UCLAri: UCLA's poli sci program is spledid! A top 10 winner! </p>
<p>Happy? Geez, I make one comment about UCLA's program being "reasonably decent" (which could be interpreted in so many ways; positive interpretation was what I was going for) and I have flippant comments.</p>
<p>Eiffelguy,</p>
<p>I put the little smiley afterwards to show that my comment was made blithely, there was no need to be upset. Smileys mean it's OK!</p>
<p>Calm down man...I didn't really mean to be flippant in any way. More like...droll.</p>
<p>USC, UCLA, and other UC schools..gahh</p>
<p>UCLAri: Hahaha...that's what happens after a 3 hour and 15 minute AP Calc Exam...sorry about that...</p>
<p>Seriously though, if you're studying poli sci at Cal, do yourself a favor: get to know David Karol. It may sound terribly self-aggrandizing because he's a UCLA product, but he studied under John Zaller, who is easily one of the top three scholars nationwide in American Politics. Cal got a good scholar with Karol.</p>
<p>I put a note on my CalMail account to study under him...thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>I chose Cal over UPenn Wharton, Cornell, UCLA. My decision had nothing to do with money. </p>
<p>I knew I would choose Cal over Wharton and Cornell from the beginning... I guess I just wanted to apply to see if I would get in... </p>
<p>Now because of guys like me, I heard my high school got a bad name among ivies. My high school was notorious for people picking Berkeley over Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, etc... because staying in California was just wayy too important to us... and the Berkeley name and experience was too enticing to pick the others...</p>
<p>That's what amazes me (seriously) about the UCs. Here in DC, private school means good.</p>
<p>In California, with the notable exceptions of Stanford and USC, public school means good. It's like upside-down land!</p>
<p>Give your thanks to Clark Kerr UCLAri. :)</p>
<p>Clark Kerr is my hero, really.</p>
<p>UCLA (bio chem)
UCSD (bio chem)
CMU (ECE & SCS)</p>
<p>GO CAL!!! EECS</p>
<p>UCLA engineering (this was the main one I was considering), USC with scholarship (went there for interview, was not impressed), UCSD engineering, UC Davis engineering.</p>
<p>After Cal Day, Berkeley was the easy choice. And I was put at ease when I went there last Saturday and it was still a really lively place. How could it not be? There are so many shops and stores around that are constantly open.</p>
<p>NYU Stern (honors, scholarship) - pretty hard decision, but i ultimately wanted to get awayy for college and after visiting berkeley on cal day, it was easy to decide
University of Michigan
USC
Boston University (half-tuition scholarship)
Penn State</p>
<p>USC
UCLA
UCSD
UCD</p>
<p>Berkeley toughens you up for reality. Reality isn't a place where you should have grandiose dreams of making $1 million a year, or concocting grand ideas of solving the world's problems. It's simply delivering results, and getting promoted. Otherwise, people dont care if you exist. That's the sad reality. </p>
<p>My dad, who is part of the top management at a company says that if he sees a resume with "Graduated From Berkeley", he's sold. That's not the case for any other school with the exception of MIT because fresh grads from other schools typically are disconnected with reality.</p>
<p>Also, remember that a school's primary goal is for academics. And Berkeley's academics are truly remarkable, considering the fact that its a state school. It doesn't get the mass funding of USC, Stanford, or Harvard, yet more of its departments are ranked number 1 then any other college in the world.</p>
<p>And I've always stood by my decision strongly.</p>