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<p>there’s some bitter ignorance for ya! 0_0 ,|,</p>
<p>You can say whatever you want, fact is that The University of Texas at Austin is more recognized internationally than any other public with the exception of Berkeley and UCLA, and UCLA’s fame is mostly due to its basketball legacy, not academics.</p>
<p>I don’t see how you can figure that.
<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/Top500_EN(by%20rank).pdf[/url]”>http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/Top500_EN(by%20rank).pdf</a>
[World’s</a> Best Colleges and Universities: Top 200 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-colleges/2008/11/20/worlds-best-colleges-and-universities-top-200.html]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-colleges/2008/11/20/worlds-best-colleges-and-universities-top-200.html)</p>
<p>Nonsense. Michigan is recognized more internationally than Texas.</p>
<p>Recognition does not equal prestige, pippo. I’ll guarantee you that more Americans have heard of Ohio State than William & Mary, but William & Mary is much more prestigious academically.</p>
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<p>This is possibly true, especially the last point.</p>
<p>SuperPippo, internationally, Texas is not more recognized than Michigan. I would say Cal is the most recognized, followed by Michigan, followed by UCLA and then come Texas and Wisconsin. And in most cases, their international reputation is attributed to their excellent academics, not their almost-as-good athletics. Asians, Europeans and Middle Easterners don’t really follow American college sports.</p>
<p>Basketball is not just an American sport. UCLA is known internationally for that reason.</p>
<p>Whatever, SuperPippo – are you from Texas? Then by definition you’re going to have an outsized perception as to how important Texas and UT-Austin are, because that’s what you’ve grown up around. Just like the Californians think that everyone has opinions on the strength of all their billions of campuses and they’re shocked that no one outside California knows the difference. Just like here in the midwest, where I live, there are outsized perceptions of the caliber of the Big 10 schools. It’s all regional, and it’s asinine to insist that it isn’t. Texas may only be known internationally because Texas is a state that is known internationally. Gotta tell you, here in the midwest, people would absolutely choose Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois over Texas.</p>
<p>And again, who CARES about what’s “recognized internationally”? Most people whom you’re so anxious to get their recognition aren’t basing it on any DATA, just familiarity.</p>
<p>It’s like the children of the Asian immigrants who are here who are desperate to get into a handful of certain schools because that’s what their relatives in the old country know, and they don’t know other schools. So? Their relatives aren’t basing their perceptions on data, just on familiarity, so why are they valid?</p>
<p>I am from W Europe and I chose Texas over Wisconsin for undergrad (and soccer). Now I am MBA student at Rice after having earned my MS at USF-Tampa and worked in Silicon Valley, CA.</p>
<p>And I agree with you, the State of Texas is well known internationally due to NASA, the energy industry, and the Texas Medical Center. So to me it’s better to say I was educated in the state that put man on the moon, than cheese on the table to be honest. 
Not to mention I hate cold weather.</p>
<p>Ahah, US News World Ranking places UCLA ahead of Berkeley, bunch of unknown schools in the top, and Boston University in the top 50 in the World (can you say hiiiiilarious).</p>
<p>FYI, Bocconi University in Milan is only second to Harvard in producing the top 100 economists graduates and it’s not even listed in the rankings. That’s some funny stuff!</p>
<p>rsxwheeeeee: I know, I did that on purpose lol.</p>
<p>Pippo: Why don’t you and your beloved Texas find a motel room, lock yourselves in it, and leave the rest of the country alone, eh?</p>
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<p>What group decides who the “top 100 economists graduates” are?</p>
<p>Yes, unknown. Most of those Asian and Australian schools are unknown in Europe or America.</p>
<p>[Success</a> stories - MBA SDA Bocconi](<a href=“http://mba.sdabocconi.it/home/main.php?id=260052008]Success”>http://mba.sdabocconi.it/home/main.php?id=260052008)</p>
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The University of Tokyo is well-known here (at least among people I’ve talked to) and I know several people who went/go to to the Australian National University and Singapore’s national university, both superb institutions.</p>
<p>I am sure they make great surfers there :-)</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks UT is better known academically (in the US or overseas) than UM is smoking something.</p>
<p>Actually you are right, “the U” is probably better known internationally than UT and most other schools.</p>
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<p>Just b/c UT is located in a “conservative” state does not necessarily translate into UT being (or being seen as) a “conservative” school (after all, Austin is a pretty progressive town).</p>
<p>UChicago which is notorious for having a faculty w/ a conservative bent, otoh, is consistently highly rated by academics.</p>