<p>At least I’m an American, and proud of it. That other countries may or may not have heard of USC, UCLA, Stanford, UVA, BC or BYU is of no concern to me and most other Yanks. And we certainly don’t care what the totalitarian communist regimes in Beijing and Hanoi think of us. As far as South Korea, the U.S. needs to pull its troops out immediately and stop babysitting them. South Korea is strong and rich enough (and has twice as many troops as its northern brother) to take care of itself. I respect the Japanese, however, who are probably already Nuke-ready in case the peninsula goes to war. But all of this is politics and really doesn’t belong on this board; so please stop focusing on what Asia thinks of American schools – *** cares???</p>
<p>Now, to the topic at hand, I am happy that USC has broken into the top 25 on the USN&WR, and joins several other California institutions as first-rate universities.</p>
<p>I do think, however, that the University of Washington is vastly underrated – Go UW! The UW campus is perhaps one of the most beautiful on the West Coast, and reminds me of Princeton.</p>