<p>my friend told me that it is harder to get into grad school when you went to their undergrad.
ex. if you went to uc berkeley or la, you have less of a chance to get into their grad school. </p>
<p>is this true?</p>
<p>It depends on the school and department. Most places discourage it because it leads to so-called “academic inbreeding,” i.e. not being exposed to enough different ideas about your field and becoming indoctrinated in one single way of thinking. By exploring different places you’re exposed to how they do things elsewhere, and thus can form better opinions about methods/your field.</p>
<p>But once again, it depends on school/department. There is pretty much 0 possibility of me being able to stay at Cornell, because I’m in a small department and have already taken most of the classes they offer (as the higher-level undergrad classes are equivalent to first-year grad classes). Some schools have no problem with it. It really depends on the situation, school, and department.</p>
<p>ah i see.</p>
<p>well anyone know for uc berkeley and ucla business school?</p>
<p>Yes, in general UC’s prefer to take students from other campuses. But, B-school is different. Work experience is much more important.</p>
<p>Quick note, most schools are okay with going undergrad to masters at the same school, the stigma is just undergrad to doctorate at the same place. And its not absolute, either - the best doctoral offer I got was from my undergrad.</p>