East Coast Colleges on the level of UC Berkeley

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TK, whilst the other UCs have managed to pull off sterling marks from candidates - registering numbers/data almost similar to Berkeley’s, in terms of GPAs, the fact remains that Berkeley is the most selective school amongst all the UCs.

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<p>Berkeley’s only (slightly) more selective than UCLA if you omit spring admits. If you don’t, it’s less selective.</p>

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But I think it would be silly to say that Amherst - as an institution - is more prestigious than Berkeley.

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<p>It probably is in the northeast, whereas Berkeley is more prestigious in the world at large. While that’s always a nice fact to note, it, like USNWR rank, means very little in the real world. </p>

<p>Most UCLA alumni (~75%) live in California and I suspect a similar number holds for Berkeley alumni. So how powerful of a brand name it is in the U.K. or Italy or w/e probably won’t mean anything to most of its alumni.</p>