<p>You are the one who will be spending the next four years of your life at one of these schools. My daughter is a senior at UCLA. When ever she tells someone she goes there, or we tell someone our daughter goes to UCLA, people are always very impressed. UCLA is plenty prestigious. The main thing is that YOU have to be happy where you will be. In the end it is not the school or the degree that gets the job, it’s the person. Being in LA has been invaluable for my daughter as she has already had 4 internships in advertising/marketing, which is her area of interest. UCLA has a beautiful campus, beautiful weather, very motivated and dedicated students from all over the world. It really isn’t that different from Berkeley in that it is a world class university where you will have endless opportunities. </p>
<p>I have 2 daughters and we let them both decide where they wanted to go to college. I would never, in a million years force my daughter to go to one school over another, especially when the two schools are really equivalent. As a parent I advise you to stick to your guns and make your father understand that where you will be happy and where you will thrive is the right university for you. good Luck!</p>