How is UC Berkeley perceived by Ivy League college students?

In terms of name recognition, nobody who goes to an Ivy League would really have much that would be disrespectful to say to a Cal student. They're both somewhat differently focused types of elite institutions. read more

That said I know a graduate admissions panel would look very favorably on a 4.0 STEM UC Berkeley student compared to other schools -- but unforgiving comparing say a 3.3 student vs a 3.6 Stanford/Ivy student. read more

Some people think of Berkeley undergrad as somewhat less prestigious than *some* of the Ivy League because on the whole Berkeley's US News ranking is a bit lower (around 20) than the average of the Ivy League (around 10). read more

Literally 99 percent of the class at UC Berkeley was in the top 10 percent of their graduating class. That is not true for any Ivy League School, not even Harvard. It's just a different way of choosing who the "best" students are, but it makes it look like Berkeley is much easier to get into than it really is. read more