Interesting, isn't it?
Kind of like many of the people accusing everyone who disagrees with them of being racist.
Thus the irony!
For whatever reasons, undergrad admission to UC Berkeley is probably the most competitive of any college. It's easier to get into the Ivy League schools or Stanford than Berkeley.
Having seen it from the inside as a grad student, I can attest that is almost all undeserved reputation. There are many, many places to obtain a better undergrad education. But then it's not really about education anymore, is it?
So it's basically rich parents sending their kids off to the [STRIKE]university[/STRIKE] babysitter to be indoctrinated.