<p>Acceptance rate doesn’t necessarily mean that anything is better. UCLA has a lower acceptance rate because it receives more applicants than Berkeley does. So, basic percentage math, if Berkeley were to accept 2,000 kids but only had 10,000 applicants then it would have 20% acceptance rate, but if UCLA accepted 1,500 kids but had 15,000 applicants then it would have a 10% acceptance rate.</p>