UC Berkley is one of the top schools in the country, and Humboldt State is well...not even close. I think the average HS GPA for entering freshman at Humboldt State is a 3.13. That is not very good. If you want UC Berkley for grad school then i wouldn't do Humboldt State because where you go to school does affect admissions. For example if Berkley had to make a decision between a person with a 3.5 from Harvard and a 3.5 from Humboldt, they will take Harvard in a heart beat. Also recommendation letters are important for a big grad school like Berkley, at Humboldt i highly doubt you would get any high profile recommendations from leading professors in their field.