Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21 levels

Re:Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21... by babesh on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:13PM (#28310187)

It depends on your definition of huge.

Berkeley is a graduate school masquerading as an undergraduate school.

When I went, the undergraduate population was roughly 10k whereas the graduate population was roughly 20k.

The undergraduate school is factors smaller than the largest undergraduate schools.

EDIT: Largest undergraduate schools are around 60k! Even UofT Austin is around 40k.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-lis...

EDIT2: The prestige comes from 1) famous grads 2) the professors who are supported by the graduate students. The undergrads gain from the reflected prestige.

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Re:Judge freezes UC Berkeley's student enrollment at 2020-21... by TedShiller on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:49PM (#28310425)

I've known people who chose Berkeley over Stanford. It's a personal choice and there is no right answer for the lucky few that gain admission to both. However, this is considered a fairly unusual decision. People are attracted to the higher selectiveness and the smaller size.

Personally, I would prefer it if people weren't like that. But it's the way it is.

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