<p>I agree. UCLA had a great run in the 60s and early 70s, but as far as basketball schools go, it is not up there with the likes of Duke or UNC and even in the case of the latter two, it would be unfair to attribut their amazing academic standing to their rich basketball traditions.</p>
<p>^ Well, UCLA basketball is still really good. They were champions in 1995, runners up to the National Championship in 2006, and they're in the Big Dance this year.</p>
<p>As for our alma maters, we'll be lucky to be invited to the consolation NIT tournament. :o</p>
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<p>I find it funny how each school's alum, let say a stanford alum, when talking to a group of Berkeley alumni refers to Stanford as the school across the bay, and vice versa. It's like an unwritten code that you can be a Berkeley/Stanford alumni but you shall not refer to either school by name in the presence of the other school's alumni. It shall only be refered to as the school across the bay.</p>
<p>^ Or that school down on the farm.</p>
<p>^LOL true but I think that reference is only used among us Berkeleyans.... another one I have also heard the school across the bay referred to is the world's largest Taco Bell (: That one is on Urban Dictionary. The rivalry b/t these two school really isn't that big, especially compared to UCLA/USC... definitions for those two schools on urban dictionary can get pretty nasty.</p>
<p>UCLA and UMich are both very similar in terms of undergrad, grad and professional school strength. They are so similar that any thought of which institution to attend will probably center on environment and personal preferences. However, despite what the USNWR or any other rankings may imply, I've always thought that UCLA's reputation both in the USA and abroad was far stronger than any other public university in this nation (with the exception of Berkeley). Maybe those of us here who have travelled widely can tell us a bit about this issue.</p>
<p>Ahh, no. Only in California.</p>
<p>how bout the tuition difference??</p>
<p>Bruin4life, to a degree, all universities save Harvard (and maybe MIT, Cal, Princeton, Stanford and Yale) are very highly regarded in some circles and not as highly regarded in other circles. I'd say that in the Midwest and East Coast, Michigan is more well regarded than UCLA. On the other hand, in the West Coast and the Southwest, I would say that UCLA is more highly regarded. </p>
<p>Internationally, UCLA probably has a greater reputation in some parts of the World, particularly in East Asia, and Michigan has a greater reputation in other parts of the world, like Europe.</p>
<p>alexandre posts,</p>
<p>"I'd say that in the Midwest and East Coast, Michigan is more well regarded than UCLA. On the other hand, in the West Coast and the Southwest, I would say that UCLA is more highly regarded."</p>
<p>In this case, I agree with alex about U Michigan's relative reputation....I think I just saw a pig flying over my house.</p>