<p>how hard is it to get into uchicago grad school if you went there as an undergrad and did fairly well? (a's and b's)</p>
<p>No - Chicago does not give preference to its own undergraduates.</p>
<p>what about other schools? do they give preference? Is it easier/harder ingeneral to get into grad school of same prestige? How much grade inflation is there in colleges, specifically U Chicago?</p>
<p>These questions are almost impossible to answer definitively. What I can say is that UChicago will provide you with the academic groundwork you will need for any sort of graduate or professional school, and my impression is that the school is well-recognized for its rigor as well as the kind of personality of the student who attends (a kind of student who loves working and is passionate about the task at hand).</p>
<p>We're pretty grade-inflated, if you ask me-- average undergraduate GPA, as of 1999 data, is a 3.26 (almost a B+). Source: <a href="http://gradeinflation.com/chicago.html%5B/url%5D">http://gradeinflation.com/chicago.html</a></p>
<p>(For comparison's sake, Swarthmore's average is a 3.27, Columbia's average is 3.33 and Dartmouth's average is 3.36-- S, C, and D are all highly competitive colleges that also send many students on to graduate and professional schools).</p>
<p>One word of advice: the only people I know here who are truly unhappy are those who came here because they think the Chicago brand name will benefit them professionally and are not interested in academic rigor. It's perfectly fine to have high aspirations after graduation, but be warned that Chicago emphasizes work in the liberal arts, and one must be a dedicated student as well as an ambitious careerist.</p>
<p>It is usually preferable to go elsewhere for a graduate degree. This is true for almost any university.</p>
<p>why? so you don't get tired of the same place? any other reason?</p>
<p>JohnC613 -- at least in mathematics, people often move to departments that are strong in their research interests. Getting into most graduate programmes will be a very difficult; you are judged primarily on your ability and previous experience - a Chicago education will give you a great background, but it is by no means a free pass. </p>
<p>What field are you going into? Do a quick Google search - there are many subject-specific resources on the grad. school process.</p>
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Different departments have different philosophies, and it's a good idea to be a product of more than one department. On the practical side, it gives you a new set of professors for networking. Getting an undergraduate and graduate degree from the same department is considered inbreeding and is usually frowned on.</p>
<p>what about medical scholars programs that give you a reserved spot in the med school when you are accepted as freshman?</p>
<p>Totally different. Medical, law, and business schools are professional schools rather than graduate schools (MA/MS and PhD). Undergraduates at that university usually make up the largest body of applicants and matriculants at a professional school. For example, Yale sends the most undergraduates to Yale Law.</p>