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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a professor with a PhD.  I clearly use my advanced degree.  I get asked where I went to undergrad at least as much as where I went to grad.  Anecdotal of course, but in my experience a grad degree doesn't erase the relevance of your undergrad experience. It also doesn't erase the relevance of your undergrad network.  I have opportunities that result from both places and would say each has been equally important.  Not to mention that the top notch research environment for my undergrad really prepared me for grad school in a way that others didnt have.

Now as an admissions officer I prefer applicants with less stellar GPAs from top schools than near 4.0s from less great schools (although big state schools are an exception for locals).  I find students from top schools have more drive, better communication skills and higher expectations for themselves than students from less prestigious places.

Just my experience if it is interesting. [/quote]

You are making a huge mistake by excluding students from lesser known schools with near perfect GPA's.  You are, in essence, discriminating against poorer students.  My daughter attends a lesser known school and is, frankly, brilliant.  She has nearly a 4.0, is in an honors program and would be an unbelievable asset in any field she chooses.  The reason she is at the school where she is studying is because she received a substantial merit scholarship to attend and we cannot afford to pay $70,000/year for a 1st tier school.  I am absolutely disgusted by your attitude.[/quote]

People this is just a rando prof from a program nobody cares to get into.[/quote]

What do you expect from a PHD professor, he has spend his whole life in School.

I just hear PHD and I think afraid of the real world, add professor to it and you get afraid to leave school.

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