<p>Sure… why not?</p>
<p>in Asia, UCLA is viewed as one of the most prestigious U.</p>
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<p>I lived a great deal of my life in the midwest, and spent my HS years on the east coast, where I still live. In neither area is UCLA a “wow” university. Perhaps it is you who needs to leave the backyard/put down the koolaid.</p>
<p>LaxAttack,</p>
<p>I’ve also lived on the East Coast. Perhaps I had a different experience.</p>
<p>Who cares if it isn’t a WOW university in the U.S. Internationally, UCLA is highly regarded.</p>
<p>Like I’ve said now for years on this site: it doesn’t matter. In the end, very very little of this matters.</p>
<p>I think the bottom line is, if you come out with a degree from UCLA, you’re pretty much set. Any smart employer will know.</p>
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<p>lol…because the midwest consists of UChicago, Northwestern U, UMichigan…just to name a few</p>
<p>as for east coast? we all know…</p>
<p>Where in the world is UCLA a “wow” university?</p>
<p>Not in my house… :‘’‘’[</p>
<p>I think that there’s a bit of a misconception about university names on this board. Yes, the East Coast has Harvard and Yale, but it’s not like EVERYONE on the East Coast went to Harvard and Yale (just like not everyone out here goes to Stanford or Caltech.) University prestige is not necessarily zero sum-- there is room for more than just Ivies in the “wow” game.</p>
<p>You know what they say, “if you have to ask…”</p>
<p>the point is what people consider to be a “wow” university depends on their perspective…which may very well be influenced by where they live</p>
<p>UCLA seems to be well-known in Singapore. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Well I live in So Cal, and from the town I’m from, UCLA is generally considered a very good school. But nothing super amazing. It’s just “very good.” I mean every year at my high school a few kids, maybe 4 or 5 would go to UCLA and it’s not that much big of a deal. Berkeley has the greater “Wow” factor here and if anyone gets into an Ivy or MIT or Cal Tech, people here are blown away.</p>
<p>In our HS’s 2007 class, we had students attend Stanford (1), UCLA (4), UC Irvine (2), UC San Diego (2), Georgetown (1), and a few here and there went to some other UCs. The rest of went to Cal States or community colleges :p</p>
<p>notaznguy,</p>
<p>Part of that is the hometown factor. It’s not all that exciting to go to college when it’s 15 minutes away.</p>
<p>Or, well… 2 hours if it’s driving on the 405, 5, 10, or 101 at any time of the day.</p>
<p>Also avoid Sepulveda most times.</p>
<p>And it might be a good idea to not hit any of the canyon roads like Benedict or Coldwater.</p>
<p>So really, UCLA may be 10 miles from you, but it’s 2 hours away.</p>
<p>hahaha. see, up in norcal, berkeley was about 20 miles away, which translated to 30 minutes from my house.</p>
<p>reallllly not that exciting, IMO… and at my school, the UCLA/Cal split was dead even.</p>
<p>Which school did you go to? I’m from bay area too.</p>
<p>SRVHS (east bay)</p>
<p>Haven’t heard of that one.</p>
<p>lol. it’s in the burbs. ~2000 students, mostly overachievers :rolleyes:</p>