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This is a Berkeley grad who runs this tutoring center and most of their faculty studied in the States at elite universities so I think they would know what they’re talking about. If you have a more credible list by employers in Korea ranking American schools, please do share.</p>
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If this was solely based on SAT scores, then Wellesley, Berkeley and perhaps Georgetown would be knocked down a tier while Wash U, Northwestern and the top 4 LACs would be put in the top group according to USNWR SAT data. Clearly there is an external judgment of prestige that is being utilized which is more subjective.</p>
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Why are you getting so defensive? I made no judgments about any of the schools that this Korean tutoring agency rates. I’m merely making observations as to how its ranked the schools.</p>
<p>For what its worth, my Korean friends’ views on American schools mirror this list to a great extent. They see Berkeley as being just as good as the Ivies and the other California public schools to be on par with every other state school nationwide. Also, they would never turn down an Ivy to go to a top LAC, even Williams, which I thought was surprising.</p>