If you are a foreigner, what schools apart from H/Y/P do you consider "prestigious"

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More people know schools with good football teams and basketball teams.

This is so not true outside of US.

Maybe among dweebs.

No one outside the US gives a f*** about your shitty college sports.

+ 1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

completely irrelevant. every single one of them would rather attend Harvard and dozens of other schools in the US, and multiple schools in the UK. students attend schools they are admitted to. nobody goes to trinity if they can go to harard or oxford.

also, foreign students and their parents are familiar with a much greater number of schools than the rest of foreign elites. they are in the midst of it, exploring numerous options. the rest are simply not aware of the existence of many colleges.

[Anonymous]

Very famous/prestigious: Stanford, MIT, Berkeley;

Famous/prestigious: Columbia, UPenn, Caltech;

Maybe heard of these: UCLA, Michigan, Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very famous/prestigious: Stanford, MIT, Berkeley;

Famous/prestigious: Columbia, UPenn, Caltech;

Maybe heard of these: UCLA, Michigan, Cornell.

That’s about it. Seems reasonable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

completely irrelevant. every single one of them would rather attend Harvard and dozens of other schools in the US, and multiple schools in the UK. students attend schools they are admitted to. nobody goes to trinity if they can go to harard or oxford.

also, foreign students and their parents are familiar with a much greater number of schools than the rest of foreign elites. they are in the midst of it, exploring numerous options. the rest are simply not aware of the existence of many colleges.

Ha, ha, you have no clue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

completely irrelevant. every single one of them would rather attend Harvard and dozens of other schools in the US, and multiple schools in the UK. students attend schools they are admitted to. nobody goes to trinity if they can go to harard or oxford.

also, foreign students and their parents are familiar with a much greater number of schools than the rest of foreign elites. they are in the midst of it, exploring numerous options. the rest are simply not aware of the existence of many colleges.

Ha, ha, you have no clue.

I am Asian, from Asia, and I don’t know a single person who knows about Trinity College Dublin, let alone cares about it.

Man, you really do have boosters for all sorts of schools on here. The most random and irrelevant schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

completely irrelevant. every single one of them would rather attend Harvard and dozens of other schools in the US, and multiple schools in the UK. students attend schools they are admitted to. nobody goes to trinity if they can go to harard or oxford.

also, foreign students and their parents are familiar with a much greater number of schools than the rest of foreign elites. they are in the midst of it, exploring numerous options. the rest are simply not aware of the existence of many colleges.

Ha, ha, you have no clue.

I am Asian, from Asia, and I don’t know a single person who knows about Trinity College Dublin, let alone cares about it.

Man, you really do have boosters for all sorts of schools on here. The most random and irrelevant schools.

New poster here, a Brit. Trinity College Dublin has always been considered prestigious to us in the UK but not many students apply there. It's an Irish college. It's huge in the US though (where I live now) especially amongst those with 0.0001% Irish backgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown-- b/c it's the best uni in the capital city

Gets a ton of int'l students.

[Anonymous]

The ones people will be familiar with are pretty much contiguous with the Top 10-15 schools on US News.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ones people will be familiar with are pretty much contiguous with the Top 10-15 schools on US News.

Wrong!

[Anonymous]

I think the answer varies depending what we are actually asking:

Are we asking which US universities the average 18 year old kid in Europe/Asia/South America etc has heard of? Thinks are cool or famous or good?

Or are we asking which US universities are well known and respected by academics in other countries (who make postgraduate admissions decisions) and by large firms and other employers who tend to hire mostly from top universities in their own countries?

If it's the first question, the list will be short; international students who don't got to HYP, Stanford, MIT and a tiny handful of other schools will face bewildered peers if they apply to or attend colleges beyond this tiny list.

If it's the second question, the list will be much longer. Major law firms, consulting companies, investment companies, academics and so on, all over the world, will be familiar with the top 25ish US universities and at least some top liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in 9 countries.
US schools that are household names:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
then to a lesser degree UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Columbia.

I had never heard of UVA for anyone that cares, even after living in the US for 5 years I never heard anyone talk about it (until I moved the DC of course). Schools that I would now consider excellent such as Northwestern, Duke, Chicago etc would not generally be known outside of the US (to the level of being a household name).

UK universities:
Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School Economics and London Business school
Trinity in Dublin
St Andrews is considered a bit of a "holiday" university in the UK.

Agree with this totally. Put Oxford up at the level with Harvard in terms of lay awareness. I'd also take out ICL, LBS, Trinity Dublin, and St Andrews - they're all excellent, but definitely not as well known as Oxbridge or even LSE (which for some reason seems to have above par name recognition).

Trinity College in Dublin is very popular with Asians. Lots of them are there as students. LSE not so much.

In terms of public awareness, LSE far out-trumps Trinity College Dublin. I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’re not Asian.

I am Asian and some very wealthy people from my country (will not name which one) attend Dublin. You just need to check out the school's website to see the high percentage of foreign students in the school.

completely irrelevant. every single one of them would rather attend Harvard and dozens of other schools in the US, and multiple schools in the UK. students attend schools they are admitted to. nobody goes to trinity if they can go to harard or oxford.

also, foreign students and their parents are familiar with a much greater number of schools than the rest of foreign elites. they are in the midst of it, exploring numerous options. the rest are simply not aware of the existence of many colleges.

Ha, ha, you have no clue.

I am Asian, from Asia, and I don’t know a single person who knows about Trinity College Dublin, let alone cares about it.

Man, you really do have boosters for all sorts of schools on here. The most random and irrelevant schools.

New poster here, a Brit. Trinity College Dublin has always been considered prestigious to us in the UK but not many students apply there. It's an Irish college. It's huge in the US though (where I live now) especially amongst those with 0.0001% Irish backgrounds.

Trinity College Dublin is not “huge in the US”, speaking as a born and bred American. I can promise you that over 99% of Americans have not heard of that school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More people know schools with good football teams and basketball teams.

This is so not true outside of US.

Maybe among dweebs.

No one outside the US gives a f*** about your shitty college sports.

+ 1000

Guess you ain’t Asian. I have lots of meetings with Asian and they love Basketball and NBA and yes they know the college teams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many Americans can name cities in China with over 10M inhabitants?

Beijing. Shanghai. Guangzhou. Chongqing. Shenzhen. Tianjin. Chengdu. Wuhan. Nanjing.

What's your point? What does this have to do with the thread, at all?

Good for you, but I'd bet very few can come up with them without Google, and the same applies for most colleges in other countries.