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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]some myth busters from a Cal alum and Cal father:

1. it's not hard to get classes at Cal, especially for your major.  the only impediment to a 4-yr graduation is rigor - cal is hard AF!  in fact, there's a saying here in the bay area:  it's hard to get into stanford, but easy to get out; it's easy to get into berkeley, but hard to get out.  this makes perfect sense - stanford and the ivies rely on student satisfaction for endowment so they need to tread carefully when hazing their students.  Cal gets funding regardless so they can be much more tiger momish.

2. professors do the lectures and grad students (GSIs) conduct small group discussions.  this is more or less similar to privates.

3. it's easy to get research opportunities at cal, even for ones unrelated to your major.  my buddy did a bunch of athro research as an engineering student. tbh, however, cal puts so much on your plate it's hard to find time to do research.

4.  most of your classes at cal will be 25-30 students.  imo, perfect size.  any less, i feel like you're being deprived of diversity of ideas and experiences.

5. professors have office hours so there's plenty of opportunity to get to know your professors.  how do you think cal sends more students to grad schools than any university in the country?

6.  transfer students are amazing, hard working, and just as talented as traditional students.  I was a transfer and had no problems getting a high gpa.  same goes for my transfer colleagues.  in fact, we tend to work harder because we have a chip on our shoulders.

7.  berkeley is indeed on par with the HYPSMLGBT whatever.  don't get mad at us for believing so, get mad at the rankings.  only one ranking has cal outside of the top ten.  times higher education considers cal as one of the world's elite six along with cabridge, oxford, mit, stanford, and harvard.

lastly, to answer the question posted by the original poster, save your money and go to cal.  your kid will be challenged, but he/she will be better for it in the end.  forbes came out with an article last year detailing the growing disillusion companies have with private schools due to the over-coddling and lack of real world education they're giving their students.  you should check it out. [/quote]
Let’s just say you sound like a Cal transfer student. As to what you missed by not attending a more prestigious undergrad school, I can only say that ignorance is your bliss.[/quote]

Then let me wallow in my ignorance, my cal-induced salary, and the 100k that I saved to get it.  [/quote]

It's ok.  You are a transfer student who knows no better because you couldn't get better.  If you did, you would be at Stanford right now.[/quote]

Is this how adults speak? This is crazy. I hope these are comments by some immature kids.[/quote]

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