<p>Anyone who tells you the social scenes at Berkeley and UCLA are comparable is kidding himself. UCLA is pretty much IN Beverly Hills and has access to all the chic hangouts LA has to offer. You’re not limited to UCLA students either; you have Loyola, Occidental, and USC people to mingle with as well, not to mention Beverly’s local hotties (in addition to hotties in West LA, West Hollywood, etc.). </p>
<p>Berkeley? Seedy area and your only options to party are at the frats, which are lame and juvenile for the most part. Many of the best parties are busted by cops (some ratted out by resentful male students who can’t even get into the frats, due to low guy/girl ratio). Some parties are ghetto as hell, seedy and sketchy beyond comprehension. You’ll feel like you’re in the movie Menace II Society real quick.</p>
<p>UCLA has more social options in and beyond campus, Berkeley is limited to frat parties which are for the most part lame. Dissenters are mostly Berkeley ■■■■■■ who try to overcompensate for Berkeley’s grave problems. And I go to Berkeley, btw. HTH.</p>