Re:Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21...
by brainmapper on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:52PM
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It wasn't designed to be the best one, it was just the first one. So every great scientist who wanted to live in a nice area with nice weather and great state support (which UCB had in the old days) went to UCB. Then when the other UCs were established it took a long time for them to work their way up. (Yes UCLA is also great! And UCSD and Davis are really good too.)
Re:Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21...
by midnightclubbed on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:53AM
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That's not how the UC application process works. You apply to the UC system but each school reviews applications independently and without knowing which other schools you applied to.
It is quite possible (although unlikely) to apply to UC Berkley and UC Merced but only be accepted to UC Berkley.
Re:Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21...
by dragonwriter on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:04AM
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> It is quite possible (although unlikely) to apply to UC Berkley and UC Merced but only be accepted to UC Berkley.
It’s theoretically possible, but given that UC Berkeley is impacted in lots of places and Merced is under capacity everywhere, not plausible (actually, given certain system-wide guarantees, its far more likely to apply to Berkeley but not Merced and still get offered admission to Merced than to apply to Berkeley and Merced and get offered Berkeley and not Merced.)
Well, they're not independent. You apply to the UC system and you get a decision back telling you which schools you've been admitted to. So the system is free to decide that one campus is better than another one and implement that decision by assigning better students to the favored campus and worse students to the disfavored one.
I believe that's how Berkeley ended up as the 'top' campus in the first place - it was the best one because it was supposed to be the best one. UCLA is different; it "worked its way up" via applicant preference, by having better weather and/or proximity to Hollywood.