<p>As an international student from singapore, it’s safe to say that schools like ucla and Berkeley are much more prestigious. Moreover, usc’s admissions standards seem to be much lower, at least for internationals. Put it this way, kids in my school apply to ucla and Berkeley as reaches and USC as a safety. However, I’m not trying to knock usc or anything. I do see it as a peer of schools like nyu and perhaps even UVA. Coolbrezze, to call USC more prestigious than cal tech is just preposterous, sorry.</p>