UC vs IVY LEAGUE

Ramblinman
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:30:33 +0000

I suppose coming from California I feel that everyone from CA gets into the UCs, so there really isn’t as much prestige involved with them. The exception is Berkeley and maybe UCLA, but I would say that they are probably only comparable to the lower ivies, and Berkeley’s engineering is fairly close to the ivy engineering.

Berkeley isn’t too bad of an area in terms of climate, but Cambridge would be a much nicer place to live. Also Berkeley isn’t quite as intellectual as I’d like, as it is fairly easy to get into.

I’ve always seen it like there are multiple tiers Community College, CSU state college, UC state college, fairly good private college, ivy league.

It just seems that almost everyone here will end up going to a UC unless they want to strive for more, again with the exception of Berkeley which is a definite option if financial aid at an ivy league falls through.