<p>People, he asked for prestige, which sometimes might not correlate to how high up a college is in the rankings. Chicago might be ranked higher, like colleclassof2013 mentioned, but most common people wouldn’t have a clue what U. Chicago was. On the other hand, I would say UCLA would be more of a name that common people would know. This applies more generally to Asia, where UCLA’s prestige is on par with the ivies.</p>