<p>"OP, you seem to have your mind made up on this and just want people here to agree with your viewpoint that Berkeley’s name doesn’t matter all that much. You’re free to believe this, but I don’t think you’re going to get much agreement here, especially when you throw around patronizing stuff like “I don’t know how old you kids are.”</p>
<p>Well first, you’re right. I have made up my mind. I want to hear what others have to say as I am posting for someone else. And I feel like I have to give a proper response so people aren’t just saying stupid things like “Dude pick Cal cuz it’s Cal, yeeeeeee baby”</p>
<p>I’m a UCLA alumnus and it didn’t matter if I went to UCLA or UCB or UCI or UCR for my undergrad, I can tell you that right now. Nobody looked at my UG when I applied to jobs. All my interviewers saw and said was, “Oh I see you did AmeriCorps for a year and worked at so and so. Tell me more about that.”</p>
<p>UCLA and Berkeley alums are a dime a dozen. Now if this were UCB or UCLA Engineering vs Cal Poly Pomona Engineering, I might have a different opinion about that.</p>
<p>Oh and your UG institution is completely irrelevant once you go to graduate school, especially if it’s a professional school like law or medical school.</p>