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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a highly selective graduate program (think med school, bschool, or law school) and I can tell you that it absolutely matters where your kid goes to undergrad.  We look at an applicant who attended a highly selectively university differently than we do someone who did not.  Obviously it is not the only metric we pay attention, to but all things being equal, we look at a  kid who went to Stanford differently than a kid who attended Chico state school. This is also very true when we are hiring faculty.  So if you can afford it , send your kid to the best school that they get into. [/quote]

I’m the PP above you and I too worked at a T10 grad school in admissions. While it’s true that we discounted Hollywood upstairs colleges, we did not discriminate against kids who went to state flagships. We were more than happy with high stats kids from Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Cal, UNC, Wisconsin and so on. [/quote]

Sounds about right. The first PP is batshit crazy.

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Exactly!  If anything the elite Professional schools are looking for top kids who didn't attend elite undergrads.  There are just a lot less of them applying, because if you went to a non-Top 50 school, there is a good change a top student went there for financial reasons, and those financial reasons still exist for professional school.  So those kids are not applying to a T10 Medical school, they are applying to a state school or one that will give them $$$.  Their goal is to become a doctor (or lawyer or whatever) for the lowest cost possible at a good school.  They don't have $300K for grad school 
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