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[quote=Anonymous]In Australia, they are impressed by three or four US names they have heard of. But only a bit. The degree of variation among unis in Oz is not huge. So a lesser known degree is an almost equal qualification to a well known one. They don’t worry too much about why they haven’t heard of your uni. They care that you have the degree, and that you have solid experience. Mostly, the networking happens at high school and people use that alumni network moving forward. Oddly, they care very much about your (preferably posh) high school.

The insane price tag of US higher ed, coupled with the poor exchange rate, means only the very wealthiest will apply. Except for the schools that are need blind for internationals. Those tend to be the names they know.

The exception to this? There is a huge contingency of Asian kids on student visas in Oz, and they know all the schools everywhere. Those kids have a lot of pressure to achieve a prestigious outcome. They def view it through a different lens. 
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