<p>Especially internationally? How about in South Korea?
Do they consider Cal as a TOP university?</p>
<p>When my dad was in Singapore wearing a UC Berkeley T-shirt, he got stopped several times and asked about it, if he went there, what I studied when they found out it was his daughter, how high my grades and test scores had to be to get in, how the football team is doing, etc.</p>
<p>I’d say it’s got international recognition.</p>
<p>Berkeley is a solid top 10 in the world. period.</p>
<p>Internationally, especially in Asia, I would say that it’s on par with the Ivies. Really, the Ivies are more of an American obsession.</p>
<p>Yes, but if you’re more worried about how it will be perceived in Korea than here, why not go to a SKY school?</p>
<p>Wait, what the ****, undecided. You’re a girl? I’ve always assumed. Oh my god. Major paradigm shift here.</p>
<p>I am also interested in this question. Aside from Asia, where it has been established that Cal is widely recognized, where else in the world is it recognized? If I walked around in Europe would people know where I am from?</p>
<p>All of you who are concerned with Cal’s reputation:</p>
<p>Berkeley is well known worldwide. That does not, however, mean that Joe or Jacques or Josef or Iosip Somebody will know what it is, care about it, or generally have any reason to care.</p>
<p>Nor should you care about that.</p>
<p>What difference does it make, besides puffing up your ego, if some random person in Bulgaria knows about your wonderful university?</p>
<p>^
yep everyone knows where I’m from =p. even if i don’t wear my cal shirt!.</p>
<p>To echo what everyone else said, UC Berkeley is well-regarded internationally. Also, take a look at the forum category.</p>
<p>I had never heard of Cal until I moved to the States. Americans are so school orientated.</p>
<p>Yes:
[QS</a> Top Universities: University rankings by indicator - peer review](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/indicators/academic_peer_review/]QS”>http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/indicators/academic_peer_review/)</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm]ARWU2008[/url”>http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm]ARWU2008[/url</a>]</p>
<p>are you looking for job credibility? or are you looking for a justification for smug sense of superiority wherever you go?</p>
<p>Berkeley is a great school, probably more internationally renowned than nationally (kinda weird). Asking American’s to name the best schools, they list Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc, sometimes including Berkeley. But asking internationals what the best schools in the U.S is, Berkeley is always (generally) top two or three.</p>
<p>The average joe does not know what berkeley is
Im from LA and the only universities they know are HYPS and UCLA and USC</p>
<p>Lived in Asia (South Korea and Japan) pretty much my whole life until now, and yeah they know about Berkeley. No worries, they just know…lol.</p>
<p>why should you care what other people think about the school your going to?
you chose to go to that school for its great programs and that it will help you succeed, not to brag to other people you go to a this great school</p>
<p>thats my only pet peeve with asians, but mostly koreans since im korean
koreans seem only care about the brand name which is really superficial</p>
<p>shouldnt your decision be about what YOU think of the school? people only going to schools for prestige, or picking prestige over where they fit in best, is getting annoying.</p>
<p>its about you not what everyone thinks about you…</p>
<p>^^ That doesn’t mean asking the question about international + general name-recognition is bad. Just because someone wants to go to a recognized school doesn’t mean the person is going there for prestige – a school with name-recognition can make your life easier by far after you go to it. Small example – a school with name-recognition may also have professors with name-recognition, whose recommendations in a graduate school admissions process will FLATLY trump a recommendation by a lesser known individual. Postdocs at UC Berkeley have told a friend of mine and me not to ask them for letters of recommendation unless we can’t get one from someone more famous. </p>
<p>Also, often schools with name-recognition have them for a reason – there are actually resources at them that are unparalleled in some senses elsewhere. Going to a school partially because it has name-recognition can be a wise decision.</p>
<p>All this said, I second what most have said. Average Americans know more about the Ivy Leagues, but internationally, people tend not to know school for “undergrad prestige” – they tend to know them for what kinds of work the school has produced in terms of research and scholars, and Berkeley is an utter top-ranker in this area. I believe Berkeley is a great place for academics, but other schools in the U.S. may be either harder to get into or be better known for their excellence among the average American population.</p>
<p>Mathboy98 every time I read your posts I am blown away!!! Geez you should double major in Math and English.</p>