Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:50
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interesting take. What specifically about Yale's undergrad education do you think makes up for the engineering gap?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
DP but I think attending Yale signals better student quality than Berkeley
Doubtful. Both will get your foot in the door, the rest is what you do with it.
It’s actually true. Berkeley these days just randomly pick students with very limited amount of information (mostly two year gpa). Employers know that.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:48
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d take any of the ivies over Berkeley
Like Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell over in state Berkeley for stem? Yeah, no way.
Absolutely, yes.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:48
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
On the east coast, Berkeley is viewed the same as Michigan or Virginia. Decent enough but not worth opening a bottle of champagne.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:47
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:I’d take any of the ivies over Berkeley
Like Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell over in state Berkeley for stem? Yeah, no way.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:43
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interesting take. What specifically about Yale's undergrad education do you think makes up for the engineering gap?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
DP but I think attending Yale signals better student quality than Berkeley
Doubtful. Both will get your foot in the door, the rest is what you do with it.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:42
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Yale graduates less than 100 engineers a year and I bet a high percentage don't work as engineers. I think the likely of ever seeing a Yale engineer working as an engineer in the wild is slim at best.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:42
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
I’d take any of the ivies over Berkeley
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:41
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
A Berkeley engineering degree won’t hold anyone back compared to HYPSM either.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 19:28
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
I wouldn't necessarily think so, especially for STEM. Now I haven't visited Yale's engineering facilities, but I have visited a few of the top public schools and I can't imagine that Yale can match breath of Cal's engineering or the facilities available to students. Nah-man's kid(s) attend an Ivy, so of course he is going to prefer Ivy. My bet is that he is working CS and not engineers at Google and Palantir.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interesting take. What specifically about Yale's undergrad education do you think makes up for the engineering gap?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
DP but I think attending Yale signals better student quality than Berkeley
Anonymous
07/14/2025 18:54
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Interesting take. What specifically about Yale's undergrad education do you think makes up for the engineering gap?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
DP but I think attending Yale signals better student quality than Berkeley
Anonymous
07/14/2025 17:54
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Interesting take. What specifically about Yale's undergrad education do you think makes up for the engineering gap?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 16:44
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Nah, even with Yale being weaker in engineering compared to Berkeley, I’d still pick Yale - it offers a much better undergraduate education.
And, as an engineer, I can tell you a Yale engineering degree won’t hurt you or stop you in any way. I’ve worked with great Yale engineers at Palantir, Google and other companies.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:36
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
For Engineering, Berkeley over Yale any time.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:35
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:What if the choice was an Ivy but you graduate with $200,000 of debt or UCB with no debt?
It depends how much you value prestige. Is it worth $200k to see people gasp when they hear where you went to undergrad? LOL. Oh, the endless chase for prestige.
What can you can afford, how significant is $200k for you, and what are the career plans after undergrad? Some industries like finance recruit heavily at HYPSM. Look closely at the program, Berkeley MET is very sought after if you’re more entrepreneurial focused.
As always the answer is it depends on the student fit and goals, don’t buy into BS, hype and prestige.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:07
Subject: Berkeley vs HYP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Berkeley individual STEM departments are higher ranked, but the overall prestige of HYP combined with much higher resources per student makes HYP a no-brainer.
Though Berkeley STEM is legendary, the school is seriously strapped for resources. Students have a hard time getting lab time to do research, for instance. Berkeley's housing issues are a mess. Berkeley notoriously has massive bureaucracy issues and crumbling infrastructure.
Even in the Bay Area, HYP carries more clout and prestige. Telling people in SF that you went to HYP will raise eyebrows and draw a small gasp. Saying you went to Berkeley won't be as impressive because there are a zillion Berkeley grads running round the Bay Area and it's a much bigger school.
comments like this are so funny and why I keep coming back here.
I know! Some people need to get over themselves.