Berkeley for Grad School.

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You guys should feel lucky: discouragement of its own undergrads is not the most extreme outcome that a Berkeley department can choose. Certain departments prohibit outright admitting its own undergrads to the grad program except under highly restricted and enumerated circumstances. Chemical Engineering, for example, specifically disallows as a matter of explicit policy admitting its own undergrads unless they have earned an intervening degree or have gained substantial work experience.

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<p>Wow! This is extreme. I never knew that. I think some other math departments are similar to this, and I’m very glad that grad school at Berkeley is still an option for me.</p>