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[quote=Anonymous]Michigan if not planning to work in California after graduation

Berkeley if planning to work in California after graduation

Decision based on where student wants to work after graduation and cost of living in California.

If weather is an issue (which I hate), Michigan is not that much worse than DC if your child is ok with some snow.  It is not Chicago, Wisconsin, or Minnesota.  The Detroit metro is actually much warmer than Western and Northern Michigan.

If one cares about how liberal one's degree-granting institution is perceived to be, I think Berkeley is still perceived as more liberal...because California.

California is much more multiethnic and Asian.  That can be comforting/homey for some students to be going to school somewhere in the heart of that giant diaspora.  Some don't care at all about that.  Very individual preferences at work there.

Michigan is within a long day's drive of DC on easy roads (major toll roads).

I used to live and work in DC (former fed).  One of the reasons I picked Michigan for grad school was how impressed I was with all the people I met who had attended Michigan.  Zero sports bonding involved.  Then my sister decided to attend to get a Master's after Ivy undergrad.  Now I'm sending my kid.

I haven't run across Berkeley people much professionally, but, as I mentioned on another thread, I once received an alumni survey from Michigan that asked for perceptions of Michigan vs. Berkeley, Northwestern, and Cornell.  So I believe Michigan sees Berkeley as a peer school to benchmark.

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