Grad School

Graduate School
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<p>Is it really Difficult to get into one of the ivies coming as an undergrad from any of these schools?
Adelphi
Umass Amherst
Drexel
Roger Williams
UConn
James Madision
George Mason
UNH
Ithaca
Northeastern</p>

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<p>Ummm… different universities’ departments decide whom to admit. To generalize every graduate program within the eight Ivy colleges is a gross mistake. </p>

<p>I’d also question your ability to discern which graduate dept is the best for what you wish to study as you can’t even delineate that the 8 schools’ departments even have to offer. Stop “chasing Ivy” and focus on what you want to study.</p>

<p>A little cart before the horse here, I believe.</p>

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<p>at a certain point, reputation is not sufficient and you actually have to produce! As stated by T26E4, determine your goal (expertise to be acquired, or career to be entered). Then work backward on what is required to get the training and access for those goals. Ivy’s aren’t the best or even the most effective solution for all!</p>

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<p>Grad school is so general. There are many programs, and different programs have different standards. One Ivy League program may be top-ranked whereas another one is not so great in comparison to other places. DO you even know what you want to study? It’s possible that the University of Washington or Penn State or Georgia Tech might have a better program for you than Harvard or Princeton. They might not even HAVE the program you want.</p>

<p>Besides, like ParAlum said, at some point reputation diminishes and your achievements stand on their own. Graduate departments want dedicated students who will succeed in their programs. They don’t care where they went to undergrad as long as there’s evidence that they will succeed in the field and make them look good, and enrich their educational experience. You could go to anyone of those schools, get great recommendation letters and research experience and maintain a top GPA and GRE scores, and write a fantastic statement and get into top schools. Happens all the time.</p>

<p>I’m assuming you’re trying to select an undergrad college? Just pick whatever’s the best fit for you and take it from there. Don’t worry about graduate school just yet.</p>

<p>For what it’s worth, I went to Spelman (a small LAC ranked like #68 right now) and I now go to Columbia (Ph.D, Sociomedical Sciences and Psychology), which is a top 10 program in my field.</p>

5

<p>In graduate school, the quality/strength of the department is more important than the school name.</p>

<p>I am pursuing my dual-master’s degree in two top-5 programs (University of Michigan).</p>

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<p>If you’re planning to stay in field, that is. What if you’re not? Plenty of grad students, particularly from the top schools, take jobs that have nothing to do with what they studied. For example, plenty of MIT engineering grad students do not take engineering jobs, instead opting for jobs in strategy consulting or investment banking. </p>

<p>For example, in 2008, 3 of the 10 listed employers of newly minted MIT Chemical Engineering PhD students were Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey. What those firms have to do with chemical engineering, I’m not sure.</p>