Berkeley #1?

<p>It's my third choice. I mean its pretty nice there but I grew up around the area and know my way around the campus because of summer school and my brother. But Stanford > UCSD > Berkeley</p>

<p>woah UCSD over berk?! dude i live in san diego, and i know the feeling of how you want to get away from where you live... but i've been to berk a buncha times (my sis went there) and let me tell you, SD SUCKS in comparison... i don't mean school-wise either... but holy crap, this place is freaking boring as hell... it's a BEAUTIFUL place to live, and SUPER awesome if your'e younger than 14, or older than 30. but ifyou're anything in between dude sea world just doesn't cut it, and even the gaslamp would probably be more older oriented, and runs out fast.</p>

<p>Anywho, berk is one of my primary choices... top3, w/ mit and penn, although I can' tsay that I really really wouldn't wnat to go to mit and penn and they're above on preference.
...BUT... i've already been rejected from MIT and i got deferred from Penn ED, so i'm counting on rejection for that... so... I want CAL!
Cal is the only school besides mit/penn/or other elites that i didn't apply to that I could actually be HAPPY at/satisfied with... everywhere else I'll just feel like I worked so hard for nothing, and im a tier below where I should be.</p>