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<p>It is true that Cal is famous world-wide. It’s one of those very few schools around the world that would “wow” people may it be an ordinary guy in the street, an academician, a top employer or a high political leader. As a whole, it’s hard to find distinction in prestige between Princeton and Berkeley or Stanford and Berkeley or MIT and Berkeley or Caltech and Berkeley. Based on my observation, the only schools that are more famous than Berkeley are Harvard and Oxford. </p>
<p>Having said that, Cornell is also very-well regarded internationally. Though I don’t think that the gap between Berkeley and Cornell in prestige isn’t that wide, as Cornell is also considered a top 15 school globally.</p>
<p>When I was in HS, I really thought that Berkeley and Stanford are an Ivy school. :D</p>