<p>Brown isn’t more prestigious than Cal as an academic institution. And, it definitely isn’t more prestigious than Cal for computer science. In fact, for computer science, Cal is WAY MORE prestigious than Brown. </p>
<p>If career would be your main motivation, Cal would be the best choice here as Cal grads are paid more than grads of either Brown or UCLA are. (Berkeley [Top</a> State Universities By Salary Potential](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-state-universities.asp]Top”>Best Public Colleges | Payscale) vs Brown [Best</a> Ivy League Schools By Salary Potential](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/ivy-league-schools.asp]Best”>http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/ivy-league-schools.asp)) And, I suspect that Cal comsci grads are even more sought-after and preferred by most top employers in computer and IT industry than Brown comsci grads are, in general, as Cal is quite famous for computer science and Brown isn’t. </p>
<p>If you’re after of a great “college experience”, you can get that at all the given choices, although I would think that due to UCLA’s more vibrant location and well-rounded people, it would provide that better than either Cal or Brown would. </p>
<p>If you love to be far away from home, of course, Brown is very far away from your home. lol. Thus if money isn’t a problem here and you’re willing to give up a very promising comsci degree from Berkeley in favor of an East Coast experience, Brown would be a great host for that. But personally, I would not trade a computer science from Berkeley over the same degree from Brown. That would be a very drastic, not well-thought-out move especially if Brown’s program would be a more expensive one to attend.</p>