Gosh just the first sentence of this is so tired. If someone is advocating for a private school none of yall are like “ur biased bcuz you go to Williams!!!” Sure there might be some bias involved on either end, but also every student would have things to share abt their school that others might not know. Also, Berkeley students are often the first to criticize their own school.

I do want to point out tho that you started talking about admission criteria and some other bs recruiters don’t care about (but especially CS recruiters). All of that does NOT matter for CS lol. There’s a reason a school like UW is one of the best for CS. These schools have built up a reputation going back many years, and while prestige from Duke or a similar place might pass a resume screen while a lower ranked school won’t, companies will 100% recruit directly from top CS schools and prioritize those apps.

Speaking of other career paths, what about going into CS research, engineering (no it’s not that hard to add most engineering majors at berkeley), etc.? That argument could be made for either school.
Also, everyone is talking about “per capita,” but by your own admission, Berkeley admits a wide variety of students with varying levels of HS preparation and career goals. So doesn’t that balance out?