UCLA vs Berkeley

[Anonymous]

Absolutely apply to both. I got into both, toured both - thought UCLA was going to be the end all-be all for me, but I ended up going to Cal. LOVED my experience.

But to answer your actual question - if your child wants to stay in California over the long run, UCLA would be a great choice. If s/he wants to move back to the East Coast or move internationally, I would choose Cal. It just has a better, longer-seeded reputation outside of California. People in DC seem extremely impressed when I tell them I went to Cal; surprised me a lot when I moved here - being from California, it was just a good school that a lot of my friends also went to.

And more - your child needs to think *really* hard about whether s/he is a southern California person or a northern California person. Because they are VERY different places, and his/her college experience will be influenced by that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely apply to both. I got into both, toured both - thought UCLA was going to be the end all-be all for me, but I ended up going to Cal. LOVED my experience.

But to answer your actual question - if your child wants to stay in California over the long run, UCLA would be a great choice. If s/he wants to move back to the East Coast or move internationally, I would choose Cal. It just has a better, longer-seeded reputation outside of California. People in DC seem extremely impressed when I tell them I went to Cal; surprised me a lot when I moved here - being from California, it was just a good school that a lot of my friends also went to.

And more - your child needs to think *really* hard about whether s/he is a southern California person or a northern California person. Because they are VERY different places, and his/her college experience will be influenced by that.

people in DC care way too much about where someone went to college. Grow up people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your DC might not be able to get into neither. Looks like they are looking to limit OOS numbers.

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-uc-outofstate-column-20141022-story.html

Interesting article. However, there is hesitancy in passing the no OOS policy. The schools would have to raise the tuition to make up for the shortfall and replace monies that comes from out of state tuition.

Let"s see how well this goes over when UCs raise the tuition.