<p>I think Berkeley is just easier to get into in general. It’s a great school, but I think a school like Yale is not only more selective, but more prestigious (that’s not to say you will get a better education there). I’m just saying that’s why “the top privates” are considered “better.”</p>
<p>For example, I go to a sort of feeder school where ~20 people get into Ivies or Ivy-level schools every year. I think far more get into UCB. I think that a big reason for that is because my school is full of Asians lol and Berkeley doesn’t have affirmative action.
Also, at my old high school (not a feeder school; maybe 5-6 people TOPS make it into an Ivy or Ivy-level school), the people who aren’t able to get accepted at Ivies/Ivy-level schools are able to get into UCB. </p>