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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College professor here. Your undergrad degree in 90 percent of careers means nothing. Save your money now and get the most prestigious masters/doctorate/law/nursing/business degree you can get into. [/quote]

Understood, but do kids from better-ranked schools do better in the graduate school admission process? What do graduate schools look for in applicants?[/quote]

Yes, how do podunk grads get into ivies/top schools?  [/quote]

DP: By standing out and getting a lot of opportunities at that school.  While by the numbers, top schools admit students from the top programs, they don't want to take all their students from the same 10 schools.  So if a kid from a lower ranked SLAC, or flagship from a state that's less known shines--with great GPA, great test scores, and recommendations from professors that can say this student is among the top 1% I've ever worked with--they've got as good a chance as if they went to the better school. Given how competitive academia is, the professors at these schools--as long as it's a national liberal arts college or a major state u--still got their PhDs from top universities and are active in their fields so their word counts.  [b]Most faculty will assume that the kid went to the lower ranked school on a scholarship (and this is listed in their vita) or went to the in-state public for financial reasons and that adds to their appeal--or at least doesn't count against it.[/b][/quote]

Come on. You know the bolded isn't always, or even mostly, true. But I agree that a "little pond, big fish" scenario can work in an applicant's favor.
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Well of course it isn't ALWAYS true, though I do think it's mostly true (as I stated). If a kid does really well at the lower ranked school to be in the top % and earns a lot of accolades and then gets top test scores that these grad schools require, I would assume that most faculty assume (though I could be wrong) that the kid was from a middle class background and chose their undergrad school based on financial reasons--especially if the scholarship they received is listed on their application vita.  That's what I would assume looking at this scenario.  But I could be wrong of course.[/quote]

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