Let's Do The Time Warp!
Cal Student Orientation was really cheesy. A lot of funky icebreakers and building school spirit by putting others down, mainly Stanford. I guess the Stanford rejects at Cal (that is, the majority of Cal students) are still pretty bitter about not getting in. Yes, we're the number 1 public school in the nation, but Stanford is still several spots above. Might as well stop being in denial.
Apparently most science majors are Asian and most are doing MCB. The one non-asian in my group had a Mao emblem on his backpack (wtf) and impressed the FOB asian girls with his ability to write in chinese. So much for diversity.
I remember during the summer a Junior walked by a CalSO group and yelled "Berkeley sucks!!" Then someone asked why, and she was like, "actually I love Berkeley. I just like scaring Freshman." Summer finals were coming up too at that time too.
Anyway, two more months for me! :D
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Stanford has a
Stanford has a cooler-looking website too and they have a linear accelerator, although I probably don't need that. I don't think their EECS program is any better than Berkeley's, though, and they don't even have an undergraduate business program--and if they do, it's nowhere near the comprehensiveness of Berkeley's.
That's why you go to
That's why you go to Stanford for an MBA, Jinghao. :P
Shhh!
Berkeley doesn't need to know that.
Or perhaps all of the
Or perhaps all of the insults about Stanford is due to the Stanford/Cal rivalry.
And that all the Cal students know for a fact (at least as far as undergrads are concerned) that Stanford is overrated (and overpriced).
But at least Stanford kids
But at least Stanford kids don't need to sit in 600 person class lecture halls!
I think I'd rather pay
I think I'd rather pay 120,000 dollars less over four years to go to class with 300 other students per room than choose the alternative. By the way, it isn't bad if you sit in the front and if the professor knows & likes you.
Yeah, that is a worthy
Yeah, that is a worthy argument. But I'm not sure I'd like to be on the unforgiving end of a curve.
It feels nice to be on the
It feels nice to be on the non-"unforgiving end" of the curve, though.