<p>Hey, I'm finish up senior year and trying to decide on undergrad. I'm currently thinking about majoring in Math/Econonmics, eventually going into Business/Finance/etc. (I don't really know the distinction between all of that.) I'm wondering, in terms of getting into Harvard Grad school (for Econ/Business), whether Yale or Stanford would be a better pick for undergrad. Clearly, I'm not too sure about my future plans, but given my plans as of now, is there a clear winner? In addition, students from which school are more likely to gain work experience through the University's connections?</p>
<p>stanford might be a little bit better because graduate schools seek diversity (in terms of student's college locations) when doing admissions. </p>
<p>but i doubt either one is a "clear winner"</p>
<p>For all the Harvard grad schools I've seen data on, Harvard is the best-represented undergraduate institution (of course, there are all sorts of factors like selection effects that make this a semi-meaningless statistic).</p>
<p>I'd plan on going to undergrad at the place you think you'd most enjoy college life... If you thrive at Harvard, Yale, or Stanford, you'll have a great shot at top grad schools. If you don't fit in at one of the schools and end up being miserable...</p>
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stanford might be a little bit better because graduate schools seek diversity (in terms of student's college locations) when doing admissions.
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I have never seen this to be true in graduate school admissions -- something like 20% of my entering Harvard PhD class came from MIT, and another 5% or so came from Harvard itself.</p>
<p>To answer the OP's question, I don't think there's likely to be a huge difference between Yale and Stanford in terms of quality of graduate school admissions.</p>
<p>If the OP doesn't mind, I'd like to know how he managed to apply to Yale SCEA and Columbia ED, and why he made this thread after being accepted to Columbia ED.</p>