Adding to Mesophist. Univ. California at Berkeley is very large (over 30,000), with many contending factions among the students. Johns Hopkins is only about 5000, and is centrally located with regard to the many east coast cultural and educational attractions. Both are excellent with regards to faculty, possibly more personal attention to students at the Masters and Bachelors levels would be given at Johns Hopkins. The lecturer probably had good reason for selecting these two.