<p>Honestly, I have never met anyone that is a UCB alumni that I consider “smart” or is attending a top 3 program that considered Berkeley a good school (and I know a lot from High School and from trying to contact recent alums). The only jaws I drop with the Berkeley name are those that know it only in passing due to its graduate program or attended podunk schools where any USNews Top 25 school would impress them.</p>
<p>Just avoid Berkeley and you will save yourself a ton of headaches.</p>