<p>It is more important to go to a more prestigious undergrad school or a less known school that is easier to get straight As before applying to grad school?</p>
<p>after all, grad school is the more important factor when applying for a job right?</p>
<p>You’re making a mistake by assuming that it’s “easier to get straight As” at “a less known school.” This is in no way necessarily true.</p>
<p>Academic graduate school admissions are dependent on far more than grades - research/professional experience in the field is a significant factor as well.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. If anything, some of the most prestigious schools seem to cut their students more slack in assignments and grading. Future Masters of the Universe need time to play the oboe, network, and hatch plans for global market domination.</p>
<p>okay not actually a “lesser known school.” I meant should I go to a school that is easier to graduate than a big name brand where I have to take way more units to graduate (because I want to double major).</p>
<p>You’re going to have to take many more units anywhere if you want to double-major. I’m still not understanding your question.</p>
<p>my question is: does grades or a prestigious school matter more?</p>
<p>They are both important.</p>
<p>Stop listening to CC’s lies.</p>
<p>Grades matter more for graduate school (assuming you can get the same GRE/GMAT/MCAT score as a prestigious school application with lower GPA). School only matters when you want to go to work for some Fortune 500 company, and it only helps for your first/second job.</p>
<p>At the 10-15 schools in America, where at least 75%+ of the students have test scores within the 99.99 percentile of the general population, having a great GPA can be a challange regardless of your time devotion to studying.</p>
<p>You should get nor into a top undergrad school nor into a graduate school nor a job.</p>
<p>What type of grad school? What are the 2 colleges?</p>
<p>The most prestigious universities in the nation also happen to be the easiest so this question is an entire oxymoron. If you go to Harvard, you’re going to walk out with straight A’s!</p>
<p>The exception to this rule are public universities. Top publics are torture and will ruin your GPA. There are also a few select privates that buck the trend. CalTech, UChicago, a bunch of LACs…</p>
<p>Just stick with Ivy League and you will be fine.</p>
<p>EDIT: When you’re applying to or have been admitted to colleges, just come here and list the colleges and we’ll quickly be able to tell you if they are rigorous and/or harsh. No need to stress out about it at all. Most easy colleges also happen to be brand name colleges so there is no need to compromise.</p>
<p>So I was thinking of business and minoring computer science (if I can’t double majoring)</p>
<p>I heard Berkeley is pretty cutthroat, I visited Carnegie Mellon and all the students talk about is how they study (and at CMU you get less credits per course meaning you have to take more classes to graduate). Or I can go to NYU - I’m already in the business school and I hear it’s easy to double major there.</p>
<p>Keep in mind there’s getting into graduate school and then there’s succeeding in graduate school. If you go to an easier undergrad, even if you have a higher GPA that helps you get the attention of grad admission committees, you’re going to have a much harder time keeping up than if you had gone to a harder undergrad. </p>
<p>Given the choice, I’d go to the harder undergrad.</p>
<p>I speak from personal and professional experience on this one.</p>