College Discussion - View Single Post - How do International students go about choosing the right school ?

da_mad_cow · 04-20-2008, 02:35 AM

I also second alexandre's post.

Here's an example, UNC Chapel-Hill and Amherst are very highly regarded in US, but noone's ever heard of it in my home country.

You'll think all Ivy league schools are known, but Cornell isnt, at least not back home. The same fate goes to places like Syracuse, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, and Brown to name a few.

Almost everybody back home got UCLA, Berkeley, Minnesota and UW in their brains. Plus some Ivies and Rice (which somehow starts to gain popularity there for unknown reasons).

04-20-2008, 02:35 AM	#61
da_mad_cow Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Threads: 17 Posts: 172	I also second alexandre's post. Here's an example, UNC Chapel-Hill and Amherst are very highly regarded in US, but noone's ever heard of it in my home country. You'll think all Ivy league schools are known, but Cornell isnt, at least not back home. The same fate goes to places like Syracuse, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, and Brown to name a few. Almost everybody back home got UCLA, Berkeley, Minnesota and UW in their brains. Plus some Ivies and Rice (which somehow starts to gain popularity there for unknown reasons).