Would anyone here pass up UC Berkeley for a full tuition scholarship...

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My question for you is: why do you feel the need to attack people on an open forum?

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<p>I said what I said because I didn't find it credible that you were choosing between "a school like OWU", Berkeley, and the Ivy League. I just thought you were trawling. Perhaps it's 'cause I've been on CC too much, but there are so many useless threads started for purposes of parsing prestige, building schools up, or putting schools down. </p>

<p>I frankly thought that if you had applied to a school like OWU, you would have done your homework and already thought through whether you want the big school experience, something smaller, the ivy league, etc.</p>

<p>Ultimately, no one can answer for you what you find more important if you haven't figured out yourself what is. If it's prestige, that's pretty easy: just go by USNWR rankings and do a little bit of your own assessment and choose accordingly.</p>

<p>If you are more concerned about fit -- what feels best to you -- only you can answer that. Unless you write a more articulated post and ask us about what schools or how certain schools match your fit.</p>

<p>It's pretty much as simple as that.</p>

<p>To post twice in a row: "Cal vs...fill in the blank" posts seemed a pointless exercise that only elicits endless bickering about whether Cal should be equated with this or that echelon of school. And I think you already have ideas about that, or can find them easily if you look around here.</p>

<p>To use an analogy:</p>

<p>You're choosing a car. Someone asks you: SAAB 9000 or Hummer, which do you choose? The most obvious response is: what do you like? Describe for me what you like. 'Cause those are very different cars.</p>

<p>Hence, I concluded that it's a useless -- in combination with the other one you posted -- were useless threads or perhaps were posted just to trawl. Sorry if I hurt your feelings.</p>

<p>Why don't you ask people who went to the schools you are thinking about about their experiences (rather than asking a bunch of people who may have only the vaguest impression about the schools you are asking about) what they really liked or disliked about them?</p>

<p>If I am too opinionated for you, sorry.</p>

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<p>I think most knowledgeable people would agree that, say, a freshman English or math or Spanish class would probably be BETTER at many mid-rank schools than at Berzerkly.</p>

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<p>To follow up on what OneMom was saying, I guess I'd also totally disagree with someone calling Ohio Wesleyan unknown. To make an analogy with a joke of a friend "the odds are good but the goods are odd" in this context is that if someone calls Ohio Wesleyan University unknown on the East Coast, it is very likely he or she hasn't gone to college.</p>

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<p>Bedhead, just try and understand that different people have different ways of finding information, and like to ask questions to satiate a particular area of curiosity. If you feel to respond would be be to waste your time, just skip over the board and move on to another one. It's your choice whether or not you want to answer the question posed. An open forum means an open area for discussion, even if a question asked doesn't measure up to one person's level or necessity.</p>

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<p>darkhope:</p>

<p>"Rabban...just to tell you...cmc is way harder to get in than ucb...and seriously you are streching ucb's reputation way too far o.O i know that cal is crazy for grad school but to compare it w/ schools you are comparing w/ for undergrad is close to madness o.O"</p>

<p>CMC is far from mediocre, but it isn't a whole lot harder to get into. Look at the GPA and score ranges; they're in the same ballpark (and you have to consider that Berkeley doesn't superscore and has many more students). I'd really wish people'd stop bagging on Berkeley's undergrad program; it's still excellent, even if its grad programs are better.</p>