[2006alum]

Thanks, Mick. Yes, that was my impression from the undergraduates I taught at Berkeley and, frankly, my own experience as a C.al student. Berkeley as a graduate student is a very different experience, and I have no regrets whatsoever about my choice, but boy oh boy, it definitely made me realize how different the Stanford vs. Berkeley student experience is. Notwithstanding very close connections with faculty there, there is no love lost between me and the administration, and I can't imagine ever donating to any sort of general fund at Berkeley in any capacity. I suspect the vast majority of alums feel similarly, and the fact that the University of Arizona - with a far less successful and wealthy alumni body - can generate greater donations than C.al suggests something about whether C.al alums enjoyed their experience with the administration enough to want to support it. 

[2006alum]

Thanks, Mick. Yes, that was my impression from the undergraduates I taught at Berkeley and, frankly, my own experience as a C.al student. Berkeley as a graduate student is a very different experience, and I have no regrets whatsoever about my choice, but boy oh boy, it definitely made me realize how different the Stanford vs. Berkeley student experience is. Notwithstanding very close connections with faculty there, there is no love lost between me and the administration, and I can't imagine ever donating to any sort of general fund at Berkeley in any capacity. I suspect the vast majority of alums feel similarly, and the fact that the University of Arizona - with a far less successful and wealthy alumni body - can generate greater donations than C.al suggests something about whether C.al alums enjoyed their experience with the administration enough to want to support it.