<p>Hi. This is my first post in the Graduate School forum, I really want to know what the primary factors for admissions for grad school are. Anyone care to rate them in order of importance? Is there a CollegeBoard.com for grad schools? A link to a similar thread would also be appreciated.</p>
<p>Edit: In case there isn't a generalized answer to the question, I'm not talking about Law or Pre-med. MS in some Engineering discipline or a Masters in Finance et al.</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>Tyler-Durden, have you looked at the "Graduate School Admissions 101 thread" which is a featured thread at the top of this forum? There you will find answers to almost any question you can think of.</p>
<p>Missed that when I created this thread; been going over it since.</p>
<p>Quick question: would a Grad School choose an applicant with a 3.5 GPA from a well known grade deflating, yet amazing school over a 3.9 applicant from a "lesser" school, all other things being equal?</p>
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Quick question: would a Grad School choose an applicant with a 3.5 GPA from a well known grade deflating, yet amazing school over a 3.9 applicant from a "lesser" school, all other things being equal?
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<p>All things are very rarely equal. If the rest of both of their applications were absolutely amazing, they'd probably accept both students.</p>
<p>The question you ask is just not the right question to ask.</p>
<p>EDIT: Erasing duplicate post.</p>
<p>Let me put it like this then; Do Grad Schools just look at the raw value of an applicant's GPA or do they factor in the difficulty of the undergrad school of the applicant?</p>
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Let me put it like this then; Do Grad Schools just look at the raw value of an applicant's GPA or do they factor in the difficulty of the undergrad school of the applicant?
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<p>Yes, of course they factor the school in. But just not as mechanically as your first question framed it.</p>
<p>Try Princeton Review and Gradschools.com for grad school information. </p>
<p>I don't know what specific field you are pursuing. Try to google "finance/engineering masters programs" and see what type of results you get.</p>