<p>You can get the same education, but you won’t have the small class sizes. Also, it would cost less for some people, including myself, to attend Harvard or Yale. Berkeley only gave me a 250 dollar grant and the rest of my FA package was composed of loans. If I went to Harvard or Yale (wasn’t accepted to both), tuition would be free for me.</p>
<p>I think most people got to Harvard and Yale for the experience of being in the east coast/different area and the small class sizes.</p>
<p>Also, about grad school, Princeton is barely ahead of Berkeley in terms of Math PhD programs.</p>