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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, I should been more precise. Top graduate schools see a 4.0 from non-flagship state school applicants the same as a 4.0 from HYPSM, all else being equal?[/quote]

No because all else is NOT equal. The peer group is different and faculty who have taught at regional publics vs top15/ivy/top5 publics know there is a wide margin of difference. Course quality and rigor are not the same and the gap has widened: regional schools have to water down the curriculum to avoid too many low grades. It is not just lower publics affected by the pressure. RecentlyNYU organic chem professor came under fire for low grades and he countered in an op ed about the weaker students compared to when he taught at Princeton. Talk to professors. We have them in our immediate family. What is expected as far as pace and depth is significantly different between ivies and t25-40 range and is extremely different compared to regional publics and nonelite privates. [b]
Grad admissions knows the reputation and quality of the school.[/b] Also do not underestimate their ability to look at the specific relevant courses: upper level/ grad courses matter for various fields. You would be surprised how often harder courses are skipped by 3.9+ students.[/quote]

This is like the tenth most important thing when evaluating a student’s profile for grad school admission. I won’t say it has zero impact but there are a lot of other factors that are far more important.[/quote]

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