I will recheck my math, @ProfessorPlum168, and will head to the Berkeley sub-forum as well. Based on the estimated cost of attendance docs each school provided, the difference is about $3,200 per year for housing ($19,134 UCB vs. $15,900 UCLA) and $1,000 per year for tuition ($43,200 UCB vs. $42,200 UCLA). But based on what @crknwk2000 says, it may be that UCB is too conservative in its assumptions.