<p>We all know how great Berkeley's graduate program is, but as a prospective undergraduate I am worried about how this will effect my graduate school choices. Because of the tendencies of public schools to not accept undergrads into their graduate programs will I be likely to end up graduating from Berkeley and going to a graduate school with a department ranked lower than the department I was exposed to at Berkeley?</p>
<p>What is your intended major? The tendency in question is overplayed, I got into the Haas MBA from Cal, and IIRC Cal undergrad was the top feeder school into the Haas MBA. That could be the case at Boalt too.</p>
<p>As well, your undergraduate experience is just as valuable if not more in relation to graduate school, in terms of the environment. If I had to choose between going to Cal as an undergrad or as a grad student, I would definitely go with Cal undergrad.</p>
<p>what about engineering?</p>
<p>Hopefully MCB (Biochemisty), and English</p>
<p>Different programs have different views as to inbreeding. If by graduate school you mean academic graduate school and no professional school, most humanities departments tend to advise their kids to go elsewhere. If you're talking about law, business, or med, there is usually not inbreeding, so it's not an issue. I'm not sure how bio works. </p>
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Because of the tendencies of public schools to not accept undergrads into their graduate programs will I be likely to end up graduating from Berkeley and going to a graduate school with a department ranked lower than the department I was exposed to at Berkeley?
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<p>Where'd you read about this tendency? At a place like Berkeley, many kids don't get into the graduate prorams (as in, academic) because they are so very competitive or for other reasons. Some do, obviously.</p>
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will I be likely to end up graduating from Berkeley and going to a graduate school with a department ranked lower than the department I was exposed to at Berkeley?
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I'd say that's a very likely outcome regardless of the bias for or against its own undergrads, seeing as how Berkeley's programs are often ranked in the top 3 to 5.</p>