<p>Michiel:</p>
<p>I seriously doubt that anyone on this board has the slightest idea which course of action would carry more prestige in the Netherlands. Neither school is very prestigious, overall, in the US. UW is well-thought-of in research circles and carries some prestige in the Pacific Northwest and, perhaps, with some on the West Coast. They have some well-known grad programs. Other than that, attending the UW in the US is not going to raise a lot of eyebrows or get you a lot of “ooohs” and “ahhhhs,” if, in fact, that’s what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>Having said that, USC is even less prestigious, overall, than UW. But it’s not like the difference between Harvard and USC, if you catch my drift. The slight bump in prestige you get from attending UW would hardly be noticeable outside the Pacific Northwest.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m one of the ones who pushed Seattle when you posted on this, earlier. If the courses of study were the same, I’d choose Seattle in haff a heartbeat. Hands down. But if you can take grad courses in a top international business school, or undergrad courses in a school not known for international business (to the best of my knowledge), I can’t imagine why you’d turn down the grad courses at the top-ranked international business school.</p>
<p>Rent a car in South Carolina. Go to the beach. See Charleston (much, much better than Columbia).</p>