liberal arts > graduate school

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, this may sound like a foolish question to many of you, but any clarification would really help me out. Is it easier to get into a graduate school if you already attend a college affiliated with the graduate school compared to getting into a graduate school after attending a liberal arts college?</p>

<p>For instance, if I went to a place like UMich, and attending the college of arts and sciences, is it easier for me to get into the graduate school at UMich comapred to if I attending Swarthmore College (just an example)?</p>

<p>Or, will it be easier to get admission to Columbia University (graduate) if I went to Columbia college compared to if I went to a liberal arts school?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Nope...Swat is known by grad schools to have a rigorous program...so LACs are not at a disadvantage by any means.</p>

<p>It does not help with the better grad schools that you went to their undergrad schools....unless you are distinguished as an undergrad.</p>

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<p>And if you're distinguished as an undergrad, it shouldn't matter where you went for your undergrad then. </p>

<p>It doesn't hurt or help in admissions to apply to the same university for grad school.</p>

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<p>Well...unless you're doing NYU Law School. They apparently don't like NYU undergrads.</p>

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<p>aright, so i guess its cool if i dont go to the same university's undergrad school</p>

<p>thanks guys</p>

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<p>Some schools do strongly favor their own undergraduates for grad school, but it tends to vary quite a bit by school and program.</p>

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<p>which schools are these? ^^</p>

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<p>Well, for an example I know, MIT is the most common graduate school destination of MIT undergrads -- the MIT graduate engineering programs strongly favor MIT undergrads over undergrads from other schools.</p>

<p>But it does vary quite a bit from field to field -- some programs won't even allow their undergraduates to apply, while others accept nearly every one of their own undergraduates who complete the application. You'd have to ask individual departments, because graduate admissions are not generally school-wide.</p>