[quote=AN]joec, Paul Jacob went to UCB, Paul Allan went to Washington State University, Jerry Yang went to Standford, Larry Page went to UMich and Standford, Sergey Brin went to University of Maryland, College Park (public) and Standford, Tim Cook went to Auburn University (public) and Duke University for MBA, Steve Jobs went to Reed College and dropped out, Marissa Mayer went to Standford, etc. I can go on and on, but there are plenty who did not go to Ivy and made it big. I would rather my kid be Steve Jobs and drop out of Reed College than Zuch’s wife.[/quote]

Practically speaking, Stanford is equivalent to the Ivy’s if not better. Just like MIT. Between it and Berkeley, I’d say it’s a toss up.