UC Berkeley: JUST BE READY FOR ITFrom what I have heard, other schools seem to be harder than Berkeley, but I personally think that this is a misconception, having lived at UC Berkeley for the past month and a half. The science, yes, are extremely difficult; u get all those people trying to get into premed, etc who need the grades in those classes so the distribution of grades is wide because the teachers are hard. But, if you are planning to go into social sciences: econ, language, asian american studies, political science... ...