UC Berkeley vs. Cambridge

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Sorry should've posted this here instead...

I'm slightly stuck in a dilemma with the unis...

Never thought I'd get accepted anywhere, but apparently I got into UC Berkeley in the US...

I've also got into Cambridge in the UK...

Any opinions?

Reply 1

Kt.b

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I would totally go for Berkeley. California is fantastic and Cambridge is well, Cambridge.

Reply 2

Haz313

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Cambridge imo

Reply 3

k8ht67`

Cambridge anyday of the week.

Reply 4

polka_dott

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Cambridge!

Reply 5

jaz_jaz

Cambridge.

If berkeley was harvard then yeah, berkeleys meant to be awesome too though

Reply 6

IndiePixie

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Cambridge... Berkeley isn't even Ivy League. If you'd got into Harvard / MIT, Princeton or Yale then I'd think you had something to consider but Berkeley? Nah....

Reply 7

devil09

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Cambridge. It's really not worth a discussion.

Reply 8

nuodai

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I'd go for Cambridge - Berkeley is very good, though. If I were you I'd maybe consider going to the US for postgraduate study (if you do any).

Reply 9

Bax-man

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IndiePixie

Cambridge... Berkeley isn't even Ivy League. If you'd got into Harvard / MIT, Princeton or Yale then I'd think you had something to consider but Berkeley? Nah....

The Ivy League is based on sport, not academic prowess, no?

Reply 10

Baki

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xinolisss

Sorry should've posted this here instead...

I'm slightly stuck in a dilemma with the unis...

Never thought I'd get accepted anywhere, but apparently I got into UC Berkeley in the US...

I've also got into Cambridge in the UK...

Any opinions?

Is this for Engineering?

Which one will be cheaper.

I'd side with Berkley purely because California will most definitely be more fun than Cambridge. UC Berkley probably has a ton of funding and facilities. These American Unis are spoilt when it comes to funding. :p:

Reply 11

Davidosh

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Bax-man

The Ivy League is based on sport, not academic prowess, no?

No hence the reason Kansas state aint in it

Reply 12

uiop

isn't going to the US for uni REALLY expensive as it's not subsidised by the government? apparently fees per year are higher than the average household income.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=403320&sectioncode=26

i'd go for berkeley for the weather :wink:

Reply 13

Bax-man

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Davidosh

No hence the reason Kansas state aint in it

And the source stating that it isn't sport-related is... where? Last I heard it was an athletics conference, but has recently become a byword for the US's top academic universities.

Reply 14

sazzle7

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They're not equivalent in terms of the degree you get though, are they? American degrees aren't on the same par - their high school diploma at 18 is equivalent to GCSE. In which case I would imagine Cambridge is the better choice. I may be utterly and completely wrong though, this is just something I've been told! :smile:

Reply 15

jy9626

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I'd go for Cambridge if i were you!
Berkeley is brilliant, but the other option is Cambridge...
It's understandable if you're having a dilemma choosing between Princeton and Cambridge or Berkeley and Bristol, but i personally think choosing between Cambridge and Berkeley is easy, unless you really love Calif. (i do too! but Cambridge is too great)

But Berkeley's tuition fee is really cheap (it's public), so if you're considering financial issues, then Berkeley is really not bad either, even when the other option is Cambridge.

Reply 16

Davidosh

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Bax-man

And the source stating that it isn't sport-related is... where? Last I heard it was an athletics conference, but has recently become a byword for the US's top academic universities.

I do apologise after looking at Wikipedia I stand corrected however in terms of sporting talent the Ivy league universities are pretty useless

Reply 17

IndiePixie

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Bax-man

The Ivy League is based on sport, not academic prowess, no?

Indeed... that's where the term originated. All Ivy League universities are in the top 1% in the world academically and top ranked in the country. I wouldn't place UC Berkeley in the same league academically, though I acknowledge it is one of the better public universities in the US.

Reply 18

jy9626

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IndiePixie

Cambridge... Berkeley isn't even Ivy League. If you'd got into Harvard / MIT, Princeton or Yale then I'd think you had something to consider but Berkeley? Nah....

Ivy League is not a collection of the best unis in the US. MIT and Stanford are not ivy league schools for instance.
But true. Berkeley is not comparable to Harvard, Princeton, Yale. It's the third best school in the west and is a top 20 uni in the states, but it's not really one of the very best like Cambridge in the UK. Berkeley is better than the lower ivy schools like Brown and Dartmouth imao though.

Reply 19

devil09

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Baki

UC Berkley probably has a ton of funding and facilities. These American Unis are spoilt when it comes to funding.

Um...no. The state of California has been crippled by budget cuts, including the UCs.

jy9626

Berkeley's tuition fee is really cheap (it's public)

Er, I don't know if I'd call $47,194 "really cheap" (the 08/09 COA).

IndiePixie

All Ivy League universities are in the top 1%...I wouldn't place UC Berkeley in the same league academically

You're right...academically, Berkeley is a league above the Ivies.

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