<p>California Ivies are:</p>
<p>Berkeley, UCSD, Cal Tech, UCLA, USC, Pomona/Claremont/Harvey Mudd, UCSF, and Stanfurd. </p>
<p>I would say yes, considering that the west coast is where the most progressive innovative research is taking place, and people are just plain happier here, have lower blood pressure, and higher ranked science departments, California Ivies are just superior.</p>