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<p>I think that’s precisely why this thread was brought about. the OP was suspicious that the schools often seen prestigious in America might not be true in other parts of the world, thus this thread was created. And, the OP’s suspicion was correct. Top LACs such as Amherst, Williams, The Claremont Colleges, Oberlin and the like are not prestigious in Asia, and so are those Ivy league schools that are poor in research works such as Dartmouth and Brown. </p>
<p>You mentioned Wisconsin having a good network in Southeast Asia. I have attended some gatherings in Jakarta, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and I have not come accross any gathering which includes alumni of Wisconsin. In fact, there have been gatherings initiated by Ivy leaguers which have made Brown and Dartmouth more respected than Wisconsin. In many of these Southeast Asian cities, the highly respected American schools conduct career orientation annually. The Ivies were never absent along with Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA, UVa and some top privates such as Duke, Notre Dame, Rice and <a href=“mailto:WashingtonU@StL”>WashingtonU@StL</a>. But I have never seen Wisconsin participated in such events. Wisconsin’s absence of a top business school as well as a top law school is probably one of the reasons why it does not have as much respect as Berkeley, Michigan and UVa have. And, because of that, their alumni network, if they have any in Southeast Asia, has not created a mark for their alma mater school.</p>