<p>Although I'm a rising senior, I'm thinking way ahead and would like to know that after Georgia Tech Undergrad for CS, which I'm planning on doing, what the chances at top CS Grad Schools would be assuming decent Stats? Do GTech CS undergrads usually get in better grad schools or do they usually go to the Tech CS grad school?</p>
<p>Grad Schools I'm interested in:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, CMU, maybe Cornell, and GTech Grad School</p>
<p>School is only one factor, and not a hugely important one, that goes into grad school acceptance. A Tech degree would certainly not prevent you from going to any school you would want. As a top 10 CS program, you will be able to perform research and network with faculty at the cutting edge of their field, and there are Tech CS graduates who have gone on to all of the schools you mentioned. Likewise, there are graduates of those schools in Tech’s graduate programs. You seem to be focused solely on ranking without any other considerations as to why you would want to attend the schools you mentioned. Grad school is a long way off and I think you find that as it gets closer, there are many things to consider besides whether a school is ranked 1, 3, or 10. All of the schools mentioned are at the top of the field.</p>
<p>Do you think doing a lot of undergrad research AT THOSE universities during internships/summer programs + lighting up to teachers at Tech who went to those universities would help?</p>
<p>If that’s what you want to do, that’s fine, but doing research here at Tech is more accessible and just as good. Quality research that allows a professor to write a strong recommendation and that allows you to explain to a graduate admissions committee why they should chose you for their department is what you are after. It doesn’t matter much where that quality research happens. Look at the graduate websites for the schools you are interested in, and you’ll see that there are students from all sorts of schools in the US and internationally. You’re being way to school-centric. Going to a particular school or knowing a particular professor or alumni is not going to get you into grad school. It’s what you do at that school, and your test scores, that admissions committees are interested in.</p>