Do you identify and feel more connected with your undergrad or graduate institution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another vote for law school. It was smaller, I had a great group of friends, and while we're not in great touch, we just pick back up right where we left off. It probably helps that we're all (most at least) in the same profession so we have more in common.

+1

I went to a very small law school and unlike most people, really loved my law school experience. Everything about it was great and I loved my classmates, many of whom are still very good friends.

My undergrad school was a very bad fit for me culturally and otherwise, and I have only a couple of friends from that time in my life.

[Anonymous]

Grad.

I went to a compass point state school because I couldn't justify spending all the money (a bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree, I thought...) and then learned the hard way that college is largely about the herd you are dumped into, and I never found my intellectual peers at my undergrad. My freshman roommate scheduled her classes around the daytime TV soap opera schedule...

[Anonymous]

Neither

[Anonymous]

Undergrad. I finally got laid. Grad school could never compete after that.

[Anonymous]

Originally, I was more attached to my high school than either undergrad or grad. After decades of living closer to my undergrad than my high school, I am much more attached to undergrad. Still see grad friends, but think degree was waste of time and money.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad.

I went to grad school full time but even still wasn't really connected to the school at all.

[Anonymous]

I identify with undergrad more, but I have generations of my family that attended the same school. Grad and post grad no affiliation.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad. Definitely undergrad!!!!

[Anonymous]

Undergrad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad. I wasn’t nearly as connected to social life in grad school.

Same

[Anonymous]

Undergrad by a long shot. I went to a SLAC with fun, smart people and a supportive culture. I'm still close to most of my college friend group, but also enjoy occasionally getting together with classmates beyond this group and even alums who are much older or younger than I am. Reunions are super-fun and the strong alum network has come through for me in many ways. Plus, we had wonderful profs -- I still have vivid memories of lectures and discussion groups even in subjects that were totally different from my major. In contrast, law school was a slog with lots of elbows-out types and profs who were full of themselves. Needless to say, I was very relieved to find that I enjoyed law practice more than those three years. Also, I met my husband in law school, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad is the strongest, though my med school has done a great job keeping me involved and engaged. Residency and fellowship institutions, minimal. Univ where I teach, don't even own a sweatshirt.

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I could not care less about my undergraduate and graduate school - University of Maryland.

However, I'm very engaged and connected with the parent group from DD's alma mater - Baylor University. They do a great job of keeping families and alumni connected. Fun activities, local get togethers, occasional little free surprises in the mail. Stuff like that. I'm not a big sports fan, but I do keep up with Baylor's sports teams.

DS went to Grinnell and while he got a good education, the school spirit and connection with families and alumni is zilch.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad for sure.

[Anonymous]

graduate school - but I commuted to college which in hindsight was bad for forming a group of friends and I think was bad for developing study habits. I was studious on my own, but missed out peripheral help, studying in a. group. I had friends, but we fell out of touch over the years. I still value my undergraduate education but wish I had lived on campus freshman year.