<p>I may be heading there in the fall or next spring to study Econ. I was just wondering if its worth the money and time. I want to take the degree abroad, most likely the UK or elsewhere in Europe. Does anyone know if the Vanderbilt name is known and held up in pretty high regard in Europe or even anywhere else in the world? I know Vandy is not an ivy but where does it stand globally? Thanks.</p>
<p>any international students in here that have heard about Vanderbilt before their arrival to the States?</p>
<p>We often host international students in our home and usually the only American college they all seem to know is Harvard (not even Yale.) MIT sometimes...Penn Wharton not yet. Asians sometimes know Stanford.</p>
<p>Yeah I was shocked to find out that a lot of international students have never heard of Yale unless they were from Western Europe or even more exact; the UK. Harvard is king and will always be king. People in remote villages with one tv have heard of Harvard. That will never change. I wasn't expecting Vandy to have similar recognition. What I was asking about was Vandy's recognition in academic circles, multi-nationals, world governments. That kind of stuff. </p>
<p>I've heard that Vandy is making a name for itself in the UK and parts of Western Europe.</p>
<p>The guy who won the nobel peace prize this year went to vandy and exposure like that makes its way around the world. A vanderbilt degree will carry as much weight as many of the us's top schools and will only continue to rise as its graduate schools gain more prestige.</p>
<p>I'm in the UK on an internship right now. The office I'm in consists of your "typical" recruits, all Cambridge and Oxford alums. 23 out of 23 had heard of Harvard. 17 or 18 out of 23 had heard of Vanderbilt and held it in high regard. The Head of HR held it in extremely high regard. Honestly, I expected it to be less but facts are facts. Granted, that is a limited selection and certainly a specific demographic, but if you're going to be working in the UK afterwards, you'll be working with that demographic more than likely.</p>
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I'm in the UK on an internship right now. The office I'm in consists of your "typical" recruits, all Cambridge and Oxford alums. 23 out of 23 had heard of Harvard. 17 or 18 out of 23 had heard of Vanderbilt and held it in high regard. The Head of HR held it in extremely high regard. Honestly, I expected it to be less but facts are facts. Granted, that is a limited selection and certainly a specific demographic, but if you're going to be working in the UK afterwards, you'll be working with that demographic more than likely.
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<p>Excellent. That is what I was hoping for. Yeah I am really thinking about taking the degree overseas, preferably to the UK. So basically UK firms hold Vandy in high esteem?</p>