<p>I know URochester is pretty prestigious in the US, but what about the world? Is there anyone in your country who has heard of this school?</p>
<p>I have but it would only be a very, very small minority of people in Europe that ave heard of it.</p>
I, from Mexico City, can tell you that is is quite well-known here; most of my family and friends had heard of it.
FYI
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/
I live/work overseas. I’ve met quite a number of Rochester alumni.
U of Rochester is not well known in Korea in general population, but who cares. It’s a good school, and anyone ignorant enough to bash it as a “no-name” school can screw themselves.
Don’t rely on “prestige in the world”. It is entirely meaningless. First, national perceptions are often very distorted. Second, this should not matter in your choices, what should matter is which school is best for you and will lead to the most learning.
Other than the very top universities like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, most people around the world have not heard of a lot of very very good and prestigious universities. Then again, many US residents have not heard of those same universities.
U Rochester is known in the US and has a good reputation. Alumni from U Rochester speak highly of their education there. One way for people to understand what a university that is not HYPS gives a student attending is look at the list of alumni, usually easily found on Wikipedia or the college’s website:
https://www.rochester.edu/alumni/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Rochester_people
although obviously that’s just one gauge of how great an education and alumni network you will get.
But if you are comparing U. Rochester to Harvard, that is a different story.