<p>CU’s biology program is pretty decent. If the only real upside to Berkeley is it’s prestige, I wouldn’t do it. Save yourself the money, enjoy the running program, enjoy living at home, and since your’e planning on getting a masters anyway, go to a to a top grad school. It might not be Cal, but I’m sure you can get into another top school! If someone went to a bad udergrad school but then went to MIT for grad school, I’m sure it wouldn’t be held against them. And CU is by no means a bad school.</p>