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foxyfauxy (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 07:05:48 PM)

I REALLY don't want to move to California...but it is a great school...allegedly. Are the admissions for grad school really that competitive? And specifically the law school...?

VJDTropical (Sunday 16th of November 2008 08:52:34 AM)

Are the professors very liberal too ? I'm curious

vapoorize (Sunday 16th of November 2008 08:56:13 PM)

As for the professors, I would say there are more liberal professors than there are conservative ones (disregarding moderates). But the general trend among universities is that the more "elite" a university is, the more liberal the faculty tend to be.

VJDTropical (Sunday 16th of November 2008 11:00:50 PM)

It's sad sometimes..I have heard that there is liberal or secular bias but nobody seems to care..I mean my cousin(whom is a Christian like me)was disliked just for being a Christian in one of the most elite medical colleges in the UK..colleges to me seem to be controlled by these disgusting elites and individuals whom despise Christianity(and Judaism to some extent)..I'm just tired..I don't want this to happen to me..I'm going to college right now and I'm very apprehensive

vapoorize (Sunday 16th of November 2008 11:06:04 PM)

Well, interestingly enough, despite the obvious disproportionate political spectrum, only about 1/4 of college professors consider themselves atheist or agnostic. The rest believe in some form of deity. And here at Cal, there are so many Christian student groups. I remember my first year here and it was a grocery store full of christian clubs. I'm taking a religious studies course right now on religion and science and despite what some belief, the class isn't some excuse to bash religion.

vapoorize (Sunday 16th of November 2008 11:08:36 PM)

In fact, we learn about how religion and science can complement each other and how scientific inquiry actually started due to religion. Yes, Berkeley is quite liberal, but due to the diversity of the campus, people are generally very accepting of others. There isn't some militant liberal group that goes around campus indoctrinating or anything.

CareFreeMe11 (Thursday 20th of November 2008 07:58:14 PM)

vapoorize - I thought Ivy League universities tend to have conservative or even neocon faculty members. Considering how wealthy most of these guys are

vapoorize (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:57:35 PM)

Well a lot of the Berkeley faculty are wealthy as well, but I hardly think that University professors are vain enough to choose their political affiliations solely on the fate of their incomes.

VJDTropical (Sunday 16th of November 2008 08:51:32 AM)

But just because they are republicans doesn't make them conservative ( paleo or Goldwater conservative in particular ) ... true conservatives ... they could be neocons for all I know ...

vapoorize (Sunday 16th of November 2008 08:56:01 PM)

I'm confused as to what you're asking then. If you want to know about the political spectrum of a large student body, I can only give you a general trend, but there is still diversity within the community. There are socialists, liberals, libertarians, conservatives, and all those in between.