<p>i am from the bay area and like the diversity here. i like meeting new people and love seeing new things. i cant go see the ivy's right now, so have no idea what the atmosphere is like. But can anyone describe what is the difference between the two?
thanks</p>
<p>The ivy’s have no atmosphere, they’re in stratosphere, orbit above everything else. </p>
<p>Seriously, the top 20 colleges get quite diverse, pretty much like Berk. I’ve walked the campus only in Yale, Columbia, and UPenn. Each one seemed unique, quite different from Berk.</p>
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Exactly. It’s a pointless question unless made more specific. </p>
<p>Obviously being at Columbia is very different from being at Dartmouth, and being in Ithaca is very different from being in Cambridge/Boston.</p>
<p>The UC’s have many more commuters, much more socioeconomic diversity(the majority of kids at Ivies have parents who can afford over 50k a year in room/board), and much higher dropout/transfer rates. And all the Ivies have pretty cold weather relative to the UC’s. These factors definitely create an atmosphere difference.</p>
<p>^ Congrats on Hogwarts, ChoklitRain. That’s my dream school.</p>
<p>The big difference is not Ivy per se, but public vs. private. You’ll receive many of the same private college benefits (as an Ivy) at Stanford, USC or even Univ of the Pacific. You can recieve even more private-type benefits by attending a liberal arts college. </p>
<p>But the Ivies have gobs of money which can make attending less expensive than a UC at instate rates.</p>
<p>thanks everyone, this definitely gives me a better sense of not knowing what im getting myself into. sincerely.</p>