@merc81 I think you are knowledgeable about colleges in general and LACs in particular, but your bias for LACs is so obvious. If you knitpick at any stats and data, you can make the case that anything is better than something else. Berkeley is the top feeder school to Silicon Valley and ranked #2 for google. Berkeley has a higher ROI and median starting salary ($60,800 vs $49,300). Berkeley has a lower acceptance rate than Vassar.
Both are great schools and it is a matter of cost and fit.