Choice between UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UCB for his career goals 100%. Prepare him that he might hate it the first two years. His peer students will try to sabotage him and he should be wary of collaborating, it’s that bad. Some classes grade on a curve where only 10% can be As etc and a solid portion are Cs, Ds and Fs. UCB attracts and accepts cut throat kids who aren’t above playing dirty and cheating. There is simply too much pressure and at stake for some of these kids to not mess up your lab experiment when you walk away, screw up your code if you don’t log out, or give out the wrong notes. It’s not a new thing, spouse went there 30 years ago and had to endure it. He said it greatly diminishes once you get past the weeder courses. Everyone is nice outside of class just don’t trust them in class.

Why would anyone want to attend a school like this? Sounds absolutely horrid.

Seriously! It can’t possibly be this much of a disaster or who would go?

Because it’s prestigious! It’s similar to how frat types will go through complete humiliation and set their morals aside to get in.

[Anonymous]

Do either of these schools do anything to address this? And how are there so many horrible cheating kids?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, he is attending a private high school and most of his friends prefer private schools because it seems comfortable for them. Also, it does not hurt that many have applied to JHU and he is the only one who got in.

JHU is in a rough and unsafe place in Baltimore.

I went to Maryland law school in Baltimore and I wouldn't want to venture off to nasty sides of Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCB hands down.

Yes, undergrad generally is sink or swim on your own, but EECS department is fantastic and very closely connected to tech jobs in California.

Eecs at Berkeley is very exclusive with only 50 to 100 accepted each year and jobs are guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

Berkeley. You want to be close to the jobs.

[Anonymous]

You can easily graduate in 3 years with APs at UCB and students can take graduate courses as an undergraduate in AI, machine learning, parallel computing etc.

[Anonymous]

Privileged, party of one.

Seriously, he'll be fine in either place. And if he's that smart, he can figure out the differences in environment between the two. That's where the big differences are, as you are aware. But a degree from either of these places? Ridiculous to agonize over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, he is attending a private high school and most of his friends prefer private schools because it seems comfortable for them. Also, it does not hurt that many have applied to JHU and he is the only one who got in.

JHU is in a rough and unsafe place in Baltimore.

I went to Maryland law school in Baltimore and I wouldn't want to venture off to nasty sides of Baltimore.

Hopkins undergrad is not in a rough and unsafe part of Baltimore. UMaryland law is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, it's JH that has always had a reputation for being cut-throat--as in, students destroying library texts in order to put their pre-med classmates at a disadvantage when studying for exams and applying to med school.

Cal has one of the best CS programs in the country. Why not be confident in one's ability to succeed in it? Plus, better weather and more socioeconomic diversity.

I went to Hopkins and that definitely does not occur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, it's JH that has always had a reputation for being cut-throat--as in, students destroying library texts in order to put their pre-med classmates at a disadvantage when studying for exams and applying to med school.

Cal has one of the best CS programs in the country. Why not be confident in one's ability to succeed in it? Plus, better weather and more socioeconomic diversity.

outdated where as cal is actually insanely competitive with grade deflation. look up berzerkley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UCB hands down.

Yes, undergrad generally is sink or swim on your own, but EECS department is fantastic and very closely connected to tech jobs in California.

Eecs at Berkeley is very exclusive with only 50 to 100 accepted each year and jobs are guaranteed.

stop spreading garbage misinfo

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uc-berkeley-professor-warns-even-212928726.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UCB hands down.

Yes, undergrad generally is sink or swim on your own, but EECS department is fantastic and very closely connected to tech jobs in California.

Eecs at Berkeley is very exclusive with only 50 to 100 accepted each year and jobs are guaranteed.

stop spreading garbage misinfo

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uc-berkeley-professor-warns-even-212928726.html

Learn to read moron, I am talking about EECS.

[Anonymous]

Hopkins

[Anonymous]

Berkeley.

[Anonymous]

UCB EECS, the department reputation, the location! it’s a no brainer.