<p>I was wondering if you guys heard of some of the universities that are extremely well-known in America.</p>
<p>Please tell me what country you guys are from, and how well known these universities are:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
UCLA
UC Berkeley</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>P.S. No I am not basing my university choice after this, I am still a high school student...
Just curious... so don't rant about how prestige is a bad way to chose a university.</p>
<p>If someone is on this forum, they probably know all these and more. That doesn’t mean a uni is well-known in a certain country.</p>
<p>with the exception of Caltech and UCLA, all very well known in Singapore.</p>
<p>Apart from MIT, Caltech and UC Berkeley. I’m from Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Before I actually looked into US universities I had never heard of Stanford, Caltech or Berkeley, and had only briefly heard of UCLA, MIT and Princeton through various American films/TV shows.</p>
<p>I’m from Hong Kong. Harvard, Yale, and UCLA are probably the most well-known in the public. Most people think UCLA is as prestigious as Harvard and Yale. This is probably because we have so many students who came back from UCLA. </p>
<p>Berkeley, Princeton, MIT and Stanford are more well-known in highly educated circles. Caltech is very rarely mentioned.</p>
<p>I think almost every earth citizen knows Harvard. Even some aliens may know this name,if they really exists.</p>
<p>I think the majority of people in Russia know Harvard, Stanford and Yale</p>
<p>Being a CCer, you can’t suspect what my answer is going to be 
I live in New Zealand, here, Harvard, Yale and Stanford are known by basically everybody and MIT and Princeton a little less known, but still known.
UCLA and UC Berkeley are somewhat foreign to people who are not associated with US colleges.</p>
<p>I live in Botswana and I know all of those.</p>
<p>In Kyrgyzstan we know mainly Harvard(of course), Stanford, Princeton, and Yale. Although I also heard of Berkeley, MIT, and UCLA before I started all this application thing, I think not many high school students know them as well.</p>
<p>I’m from Jamaica. As for the list:</p>
<p>Harvard- Yes
Yale- Yes
Princeton- Yes
MIT- Yes
Stanford- Yes
Caltech- Not really
UCLA- Sort of
UC Berkeley- Sort of</p>
<p>But I guess it really depends on which area of the country you come from.</p>
<p>What a dumb thread. Those are all good universities.</p>
<p>Well people who live abroad might not know this though</p>