<p>I'm going to a CCC right now. Say I get into a UC and get my bachelors, can I go to that same UC or a different one to get my masters?</p>
<p>of course
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<p>Thanks! So I can go to Berkeley, graduate and and then go to UCLA for example? I just really want to make sure. The source that told me I couldn’t wasn’t the best.</p>
<p>it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>You can go to the same school you want for graduate
You can go to a different school </p>
<p>its up to you</p>
<p>yeah but i’ve heard that attending the same school for both undergrad and graduate school is frowned upon</p>
<p>^^I’ve heard that too but it sounds like a load of bull</p>
<p>I heard it’s frowned upon by the school itself. like if i go to davis and apply to their law school, some kid from another school will have a better chance than me. same stats too</p>
<p>Why is that? That sounds so backwards to me.</p>
<p>Doesn’t seem very logical either…</p>
<p>Maybe because they want you to be diversified? I’ve heard that going to schools in different parts of the country looks good for your masters too. Thanks so much everyone! My future isn’t ruined!</p>
<p>Just FYI, UC’s don’t have masters only programs. You get your Masters on your way to a Phd, but you have to be admitted as a Phd student.</p>
<p>^^Wait what?! So, you have to be accepted into the Ph.D program in order to qualify for a master degree?</p>
<p>Personally, I would be EXTATIC about going from Berk to LA, but (from what I’ve heard) there are a lot of opportunities for Grad school from Berkeley. So who knows, you might end up changing your mind of where you want to go for grad school in the future. </p>
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<p>@lawlking, I shouldn’t have said that, because it’s wrong. Most of the popular majors are only offered as a PhD, but there are some masters only programs as well, although they seem to be in the more obscure fields. You can go through the list at Berkeley to get an idea. </p>
<p>[Graduate</a> Programs and Application Deadlines](<a href=“http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/list.shtml]Graduate”>Graduate Programs & Deadlines to Apply - Berkeley Graduate Division)</p>
<p>Thanks for the info andrewexd. That is fine with me, I plan on getting my Ph.D. Thanks for the tip Cokelly. I do need to do more research on the grad school programs.</p>
<p>my friend goes to uc irvine and is getting his undergrad in art, he was told that if he wanted to apply to their graduate program as well that he would have to wait an entire year, so while i think that you can do that i think there has to be a one year wait if you want to go to the same school (i.e. BA UC IRVINE ----> MA UC IRVINE)</p>
<p>so you have to wait 1 yr to attend the same school for upper grad while you don’t have to wait at all for other schools? you’d think your alma mater would treat you better…</p>
<p>I’ve asked many different professors their opinions on this, and they all agree that it is near impossible to go to the same university for undergrad and grad school. The reasoning behind it is to prevent “stagnation” as one of my professors put it… basically, if you’re interacting with the same professors and department for your entire college career, then you’re not growing or being challenged as much as you otherwise would have been by attending different schools and experiencing different approaches to your field of study. I think the departments themselves also feel that it benefits them the most to have graduate students who have attended different schools and can contribute their own unique backgrounds and experiences. To be clear, my professors didn’t say that it’s unheard of, but it’s very rare.</p>
<p>I have a fried who’s at UCLA. She told me it’s possible for her to do her PhD at UCLA, but they are far less likely to accept her.</p>