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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you come out with a STEM degree at a school like UC Berkeley, that is incredibly impressive. Much more so than Middlebury or Colby or Swarthmore. UC Berkeley STEM is cutthroat and hard as hell. [/quote]

Sounds like you are describing a tour in a combat zone.

Not everyone's dream for their kid's undergrad experience.

But hey, it is what impresses you. [/quote]

I went to a SLAC. I don’t think I could make it in STEM at UC Berkeley personally. Maybe I could but I doubt I would stand out like I did at my SLAC. But heck ya, those Berkeley kids are impressive. Ask any STEM university professor and they would say the same thing.[/quote]
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I went to a SLAC too.  I got into the Chemistry PhD program at Berkeley.  I didn't go, both went to a top social science PhD program instead.  I'm sure I would have fine at Berkeley as well.  I did get to TA in Chemistry at the other school and the kids in my section did much better than those in other sections.  I think this was because I learned to teach better at the SLAC and English was actually my first language.[/quote]

Sure, you would have excelled at Berkeley. More likely, Berkeley would have chewed you up and spit you out. Sure you were the best TA in your grad program! Did you go to undergrad at Swarthmore by any chance? [/quote]

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