<p>I've heard that unlike undergraduate admissions, extracurriculars play absolutely no part in admissions for a Masters or PHd programme. Is this true?
Due to financial constraints, I cannot go abroad for my Bachelor's degree. I've read that research is very important along with good grades to be selected for a PG programme abroad, which I plan to do.
The Indian government has recently opened new institutes to boost research in the country. Doing my bachelor's from IISER seems like the best option if I cannot go abroad. Can anyone tell me if this is a good physics lab(still under construction). IISER</a> Pune</p>
<p>In Asian countries, the norm seem to be that you have to show a good research portfolio, excellent grades, and excellent research ethic to get into a good graduate school. At least that’s what I heard.</p>
<p>If you are talking about graduate programs in the U.S. you might like to browse the grad school forum, instead of this undergrad forum where high school students play admissions guessing games.</p>
<p>But for U.S. grad schools extracuriculars don’t matter at all indeed, unless they are directly related to your proposed studies.</p>
<p>Research and recommendation letters are extremely important.</p>
<p>As BrownParent said, for grad school EC’s only matter if they’re related to what you want to study. Study abroad is only an obligation if you’re a language major. It’s also important if you plan to study international business or “international”. In other cases, research experience is more important. Of course, having both isn’t bad either :)</p>