Name Recognition of schools

irishevan99
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:15:13 +0000

It depends on what schools you’re talking about. For example, University of Michigan (very large) is better respected than Hope College (very small) but Carleton (very small) is better thought of than University of Minnesota (very large).

In terms of prestige, what matters isn’t that the average person has heard of it but that it is respected by academics, most importantly grad school admission boards.

Remember though that there’s more to picking a good school than just prestige.