<p>^That’s just half the story, though. You didn’t just say Berkeley had an edge in prestige.</p>
<p>You implied that a Berkeley degree and other marginally better universities had degrees that held significant sway while the UCLA brand was insignificant.
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<p>Then you encouraged Michigan as a significantly more prestigious alternative to UCLA
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<p>and so on and so forth…</p>
<p>I’ve openly said Berkeley is more prestigious than UCLA a number of times but I feel you and GrapeSoda disproportionately express the gap between UCLA and other institutions.</p>
<p>I’m still not getting where a personal attack was warranted, but that’s okay. I mean, why argue my point when you can instead imply that I’m a failure?</p>
<p>The fact is, I’ve had some time out of UCLA and have worked around the country and abroad. My experiences are my own, and I can’t change those to suit your tastes. I’m sorry.</p>
The only one who has disproportionately expressed a gap in this thread is you. Your argument was that employers would not recognize the merits of places like UIUC when compared to UCLA for CS, and I said that (based on internships at 4 large companies, as well as opinions of managers I know in industry) the playing field is much more level than you would expect.</p>
<p>Yet, you continue to bump this thread ■■■■■■■■ people who disagree with you while adding nothing to the original question, which has largely been answered. I had hoped that my last reply (which you seem to have completely ignored) would have been the end of this thread.</p>
<p>I sorta bumped it this time around. Blame me on that one.</p>
<p>More to the point, if I’ve found anything in my time on the East Coast, it’s that if you’re not a graduate of maybe a handful of schools (top 20 or so) then it’s all sorta the same out here to a significant degree.</p>
UCLAri, I am sorry for the personal attack. I am not proud of my conduct; however, I felt/feel the need to defend myself given that you were/are making assertions about me that are untrue.</p>