<p>Haha I think kids everywhere are obsessed with college prestige. In England almost every reputable paper puts out their own university league tables, and there are even rankings for high schools. They don’t argue as much as we do here on CC because their hierarchy is quite set in stone. And since they apply to specific majors they place more emphasis on subject rather than overall prestige, so the debates are more precise and there’s less BS like MIT >>> Harvard because H’s engineering sucks!! </p>
<p>I hear that the French have to take extremely competitive prep courses to get into the Grandes Ecoles, and don’t get me started on how prestige-conscious the Asians are…</p>