<p>For a different opinion from above, from someone who also attended both schools but in the opposite order, read post of jamescchen here:
<a href=“Cornell vs. UC Berkeley - #16 by Melodie - University of California - Berkeley - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/888248-cornell-vs-uc-berkeley-p2.html</a>
I’m not in a position to evaluate either view, but I will say that being a grad student somplace is a lot different than being an undergrad there. I say that having done bachelors, then M.Eng at Cornell. I’ve noticed from CC that people tend to have more loyalty to their undergrad insitution than to their grad schools. Four years someplace, at that formative stage, can have some influence. In addition to whatever other actual issues there are.
There was someone who transferred to Cornell from Berkeley in D2s cohort, as an undergrad. That would be a better perspective. if I can track him down I’ll get his thoughts. My understanding was he preferred Cornell.</p>