<p>well, first of all, noone in my country needs to know the names of the ivies or the best liberal arts colleges, because i’m very sure that the average american does not know how prominent a college in my country is. i attend middlebury, an awesome LAC, and noone but my close friends know anything about it. it’s especially frustrating to explain it to my mom’s friends, as all they seem to know about the usa is new york, harvard and obese, ignorant people–well, middlebury clearly falls out of those categories. i don’t care about it because i know how well known my school is, and since i’m thinking of working in the usa after i graduate, i don’t care how well known middlebury is back home.
yet again, if you’re considering on working in your home country when you finish college, i think the reputation of the college you’re attending is important. of course, the person hiring you can always do a google search and see how good your college is, but they’re more likely to hire someone who graduated from one of the best universities of your home country rather than someone who went to a relatively good but unknown american college.</p>