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Maybe this is field dependent, because in top tier STEM fields, where you went to undergrad is extremely secondary to graduate admissions compared to your undergraduate research experience, your letters of recommendation, whether you have published, whether you have won nationally competitive awards (Goldwater, for example), and your academic record.  [/quote]

You are much more likely to do significant undergraduate research, get powerful letters of recommendation from recognized names in the field, get published, and win awards, if you attend a prestige undergrad school. Again, there are exceptions, but if you want to go into academia [i]in any field[/i], you are foolish not to attend the most prestigious undergrad program you can.[/quote]

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This is simply false. For many good students, there will be more opportunities at less prestigious undergrad programs because they will be the top-notch, stand-out students there. Whereas at a more prestigious schools, everyone is a good student competing for research opportunities.[/quote]

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