<p>2.18 billion? that’s a huge amount of money, alright. but, compared that amount to what UVa, Michigan, USC have…let alone Stanford, Yale and Harvard… that’s a pretty small amount. Harvard has like 26 billion? </p>
<p>I like Berkeley (in fact I am applying there next year), so don’t get me wrong by saying those things. but let’s be objective here and accept that those things are Berkeley’s downsides. If Berkeley’s alumni are as eager to help Berkeley back as those alumni with oozing school spirit as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton peeps… it would have probably tappled Stanford, Princeton and Yale in all ranking games, grad or undergrad level.</p>