UCLA Prestige...

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<p>My mom keeps bothering me about how I should have applied to more prestigious schools like Stanford, etc....</p>

<p>She doesn't seem to think UCLA is very well-known outside of the west coast.</p>

<p>I can't exactly disprove this because I'm a native Californian.</p>

<p>So my question is... is UCLA nationally known (west, and east coasts) and internationally known?</p>

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<p>HELL YES :smiley: just look at the people that come to talk there (Oliver Sacks, for example). There’s a reason why they have the most applicants in the country</p>

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<p>Well UCLA is a clothing brand in Asia…</p>

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<p>In Korea, Berkeley/UCLA > Brown, Hopkins, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, UChicago, and any other school except HYPMS</p>

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<p>My experience is UCLA is known in California and in parts of Asia (china, korea…but not Japan and india). Its not as well known in the rest of the US.</p>

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<p>how does berkeley stack up with asia and other international countries?</p>

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<p>Dang, beat me to it.</p>

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<p>Are you kidding me? Not Japan?</p>

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<p>I’m in India right now, and UCLA has a great name over here, maybe not at par with HYPS, but just a small notch below it. Definitely more than Brown and Cornell.</p>

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<p>In the UK where I’ve lived for 4 years as a student and as an employee of a tech company, UCLA is known only amongst the educated persons. It’s not yet a household name just like Harvard is. </p>

<p>In the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, UCLA is popular and respected.</p>

<p>Derek: Based on personal observation, Berkeley is more respected than is UCLA. UCLA “stacks up” or competes with schools like Cornell, UMich, Duke, Northwestern and the like. Berkeley competes with MIT, Stanford and the like.</p>

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<p>who cares.</p>

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<p>asians care :)</p>

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<p>how about Europe?</p>

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<p>UCLA has plenty of prestige.</p>

<p>Washington Monthly ranks UCLA #2 in the Nation
["The</a> Washington Monthly College Guide " by The Editors](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0509.collegeguide.html]"The”>The Washington Monthly's 2005 College Guide | Washington Monthly)</p>

<p>US News Ranks UCLA #25
[Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php)</p>

<p>Business Week ranks UCLA Anderson school of management #1
[UCLA</a> Anderson School of Management | Media | #1 in Intellectual Capital](<a href=“http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x7097.xml]UCLA”>http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x7097.xml)</p>

<p>UCLA Medical Center is #1 in the west
[University</a> of California - UC Newsroom | UCLA Medical Center rated best in the West again](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6489]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6489)</p>

<p>UCLA is #1 in NCAA Titles
<a href=“http://www.today.ucla.edu/news/070514_100th-ncaa/[/url]”>http://www.today.ucla.edu/news/070514_100th-ncaa/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCLA Student won College Jeopardy</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/344141-ucla-wins-jeopardy-college-championship.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/344141-ucla-wins-jeopardy-college-championship.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hottest Mega-University by Newsweek
[25</a> Hottest Universities | Newsweek Kaplan College Guide | Newsweek.com](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/32225/page/3]25”>http://www.newsweek.com/id/32225/page/3)</p>

<p>Princeton Review top 10 dream schools
[About</a> College](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/CoHopes08.asp]About”>http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/CoHopes08.asp)</p>

<p>UCLA was ranked 12th in Newsweek’s annual ranking of the Top 100 Global universities
[University</a> of California, Los Angeles: Information from Answers.com](<a href=“http://www.answers.com/topic/university-of-california-los-angeles]University”>http://www.answers.com/topic/university-of-california-los-angeles)</p>

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<p>As other posters have indicated, UCLA is quite well known outside of California. I don’t know on what basis someone would say it isn’t. Have you asked your mother why she thinks that?</p>

<p>But really, what’s relevant is whether a UCLA graduate has strong employment or grad school options, and they do.</p>

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<p>Whoever said that UCLA>Hopkins, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, and UChicago in Korea is WRONG. My cousin who came from the richest part of Korea (the Beverly Hills of Korea) told me that kids, these days, in Korea know the prestige of Hopkins, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, UChicago, Northwestern (a bunch of them applied here this year) and consider these schools to be more prestigious than UCLA. Why else would they opt to attend them instead of UCLA or Berkeley?<br>
Also, a lot of students from Asia who have the money attend New England prep schools (Andover, Exeter, and so on…) apply to the privates named above b/c of their prestige and even choose privates like College of William and Mary over UCLA and UCB (William and Mary is ranked 38, while UCLA = 25 and UCB = 21). Why? In the East, they hold more name than the UCs.
Don’t get me wrong. I love UCLA and see it as one of the best institutions. My dad’s a Bruin. :] But to answer your question, UCLA is known but probably not as well known as some of the private schools out there. I do hope people come to understand the greatness of UCLA though. The campus is just awesome! Tell your mom UCLA may not be know among the typical groups of mothers (seriously, who cares?) but universities and firms know its prestige. The average mother out there only knows of HYPSM.<br>
I hope your mom’s view does not make you feel a bit uneasy about choosing UCLA! Personally, I like UCLA > UCB. I mean, come on. The dorms, food, area, and library are so much better than UCB’s. Lol. =)</p>

<p>BTW… why can’t I indent my paragraphs?!!</p>

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<p>Yeah I guess my mom is just ignorant (with all due respect).
I knew the rankings of UCLA, and I myself am very familiar with most universities ranked 30 or above (by US NEWS that is) but I guess most people don’t really care and only know the universities that are as old as knowledge itself and on the news every week for some new invention or discovery.</p>

<p>I’ve talked to her now and she believes me that UCLA is indeed pretty darn prestigious.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the replies.</p>

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<p>“My cousin who came from the richest part of Korea (the Beverly Hills of Korea) told me that kids, these days, in Korea know the prestige of Hopkins, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, UChicago, Northwestern (a bunch of them applied here this year) and consider these schools to be more prestigious than UCLA. Why else would they opt to attend them instead of UCLA or Berkeley?”</p>

<p>But these kids don’t live in the US so they really don’t know, so who cares what they consider prestigious?</p>

<p>Truly “prestigious” people know the smaller gems – the Swarthmores, Carletons, etc – not just the Ivies and a handful of other names.</p>

<p>It’s like asking the average person what’s the most prestigious watch. They’ll say Rolex. BUt the people who really know about watches, know Patek Phillippe, all kinds of boutique brands that represent real quality. </p>

<p>Who cares whether the “average person” thinks your Patek Phillippe watch is quality? The people who know more are the ones who count. Why would well-off Korean kids be any kind of good judge as to “what’s prestigious”? They know certain names and they repeat them ad nauseum. Just like the average Joe knows a Rolex watch.</p>

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<p>yummymango: William and Mary is a public school.</p>

<p>[William</a> & Mary - About](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/about/index.php]William”>About W&M | William & Mary)</p>

<p>That is all.</p>