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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The hate boner on Berkeley is so strange. If your child isn’t t Saavy enough to get through a large institution or smart enough to get through weed out courses, you just have a mediocre kid who needs a lot of support (like a private college) to graduate. That’s ok, but Berkeley is a top global university with the best researchers in this country with a staggering amount of once-in-a-lifetime rewards. You cannot expect to be in an environment with access to that and be hand held as a public university.[/quote]

It's not that students cannot handle the massive size, it's more that you pay a lot for out of state tuition and still have to deal with the uncertainty of getting your course selection, being a number in big lecture halls, not having access to professors because the queue is too long, etc. Are you getting your money's worth when you go to a large state university and not in the honors program? [/quote]
If Berkeley was some average state school, sure. But, it is at the top of the top. I think the experience humbles a lot of students, who have to realize that there is a planet full of people quicker, better, and smarter than you'll ever be, and many students are impassioned by that to work harder and get further. If you are willing to go beyond mediocrity, there is no resource Berkeley doesn't have. If you are simply looking to get an easy degree and have an easy time transitioning to college, go to a fancy private that will give you the red carpet. It's just two very different ideologies on how education should embolden students and both work.[/quote]

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