<p>a school that carries some weight in Asia and has alumni connections to land jobs there.
Hong Kong, Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, etc. Those type of countries. </p>
<p>I know Berkeley and Stanford are probably the top ones... any others?</p>
<p>USC (Southern Cal). Strong ties in business.</p>
<p>UCLA is very prestigious in Asia, or so I’ve heard.</p>
<p>That said, I suspect most top schools would do. Several of my high schools friends went to UNC and are now working in Singapore, for example.</p>
<p>The big California universities (as well as the University of Hawaii) have strong links thanks in no small part to their proximity.</p>
<p>On the other side of the northeast, the Ivies with large research reputations and graduate schoools are well-known in the Asia-Pacific region–that is, Harvard, Yale, Princeton (known but less than you would think due to its lack of grad/professional schools), Columbia, Penn (wharton +1) and Cornell. Also, JHU and Duke.</p>
<p>The grad school holy trinity (Law, Business, Med) are much hearted in Asia, and the schools that lack them are hurt by it.</p>
<p>Of the Ivies, Harvard and Yale are the most well known, followed by Cornell, Columbia, Penn. Of course Wharton is very well know in the whole business world.
Now with applying to elite American school for undergrad becoming the trend, top undergrad focused schools such as Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, William, Amherst, Swarthmore, etc. are becoming household names as well.</p>
<p>UCSD is also excellent for Asia-Pacific ties. (Great study abroad programs, large Asian student body, lots of Asian professors, tons of international stuff on campus)</p>