Can declining admission hurt in the future?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>When applying to graduate schools, do admissions officers sometimes discriminate against students who declined admission to their undergraduate schools? </p>

<p>I was accepted at Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, and I plan on matriculating to Yale. However, as an anticipated Applied Physics and/or Computer Engineering major, I will obviously consider Harvard (and perhaps Princeton) for a graduate degree. Would those schools prefer a student who was as qualified as me (but did not decline admission) over me?</p>

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<p>No discrimination. When they evaluate your application, grad programs won’t even have that information from their institution’s undergraduate admissions office.</p>

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<p>wjb is absolutely correct.</p>

<p>Some people like to claim that schools “prefer their own,” but the evidence is not compelling, especially when coming from a peer school.</p>

<p>Go to Yale… you will LOVE it, and that’s the most important thing about choosing amongst great schools.</p>

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<p>Agreed, they will neither know or care what happened when you were an undergrad applicant.</p>

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<p>Cool, thanks for the info! I can put away my demons now :)</p>

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<p>My professor said otherwise, but he is at Yale and likes to joke all the time.
He pulled a pop quiz April fool on us. It was fun. </p>

<p>So you shouldn’t have any worry.</p>

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<p>Professors are not admissions officers. Please, OP, don’t give this another thought.</p>