<p>DespSeekPhD,</p>
<p>Far from it. I'm the first to admit that my girlfriend is probably the smarter one. But, unfortunately English has no gender neutral pronoun...</p>
<p>I think that everyone would benefit if we adopted "he" as a context-specific, partially-gender-neutral pronoun. We wouldn't have to then resort to "he/she" or "them", which isn't grammatically correct. Referring to a person of unknown gender as "he" is much like referring to humans as "mankind".</p>
<p>Or, we could do what humans have done in Samuel Delany's "Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand", and refer to people as he or she, based on their sexual orientation! Though, that's probably just as faulty as our current system.</p>
<p>Drbott:
My goodness! It was a joke! Let's not get our panties in a bunch - I generally use "he" as well, I was just identifying my gender, which I'm pretty sure is acceptable. Now shake hands and be friends...</p>
<p>are you you people soooo anal about grammar/little errors/spelling/etc...stop trying to make yourselves feel smart.</p>
<p>you people love to say 'so and so is wrong, im right' or 'thats where your WRONG'</p>
<p>lol u guys have issues = )</p>
<p>Hey, no offense intended. Just my thoughts on the topic.</p>
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are you you people soooo anal about grammar/little errors/spelling/etc...stop trying to make yourselves feel smart.</p>
<p>you people love to say 'so and so is wrong, im right' or 'thats where your WRONG'</p>
<p>lol u guys have issues = )
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<p>LOLOLOLOLZ! </p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>
<p>big name schools would probably be the top 20 undergrad schools</p>
<p>what about something like engineering at rutgers?</p>
<p>Kihyle, some graduate programs will even ask you for your SAT scores from HS, believe it or not, in addition to your GRE and specialty test scores (LSAT, etc...). So, they do have a sense of those students who choose less "prestigious" schools and understand that financces often play a part in this decision.</p>
<p>GPA, GRE, specialty tests, recommendations, competitiveness of the program/school to which you are applying, and...a very important aspect for many fields, your personal work as an undergraduate in research, competitive internships, assistantships (some schools grant these to undergrads), conference presentations, publications, and even undergraduate awards within your field of study are very important aspects of the graduate admission process (and can level the playing field in graduate admissions regardless of where you get your undergrad degree from). Notice that ECs don't add much, if anything, to this mix.</p>
<p>Bottomline: Be brilliant whenever you are and they will notice.</p>
<p>iflyjets,</p>
<p>I've never seen a grad program ask for SATs! That's insane! Which ones?</p>
<p>first off, ya'll are dumb as hell (that's right i said 'ya'll'...oh snap, maybe you'll make some useless drama over that). </p>
<p>secondly, it depends on what field you're going into as to how much your undergrad name matters in grad school admission.</p>
<p>I know for chemistry the undergrad school name has almost no impact; it is what you accomplish that counts. To illustrate my point, go look up the professors at some of the top chemistry schools (UNC, UTexas, Northwestern, Berkeley, Stanford). These are all successful people in the field and went to stellar grad schools for their PhD. But take a closer look and see where they got their BS degree. You will be suprised to find at least half of them have gone to some lesser known LAC schools or low ranked research universities.</p>
<p>Perhaps this is only for science related fields, but it is interesting nonetheless.</p>
<p>Um, we already covered that way earlier in the thread.</p>
<p>So now who's dumb as hell?</p>
<p>Could it be y'all? ;)</p>
<p>newUser(), Sorry about the grammar police, but there is a huge difference between empathetically and emphatically, and I really do not believe that people in the UP, or wherever you're from, use the two words interchangeably. The former is not really easier to pronounce, and part of you overcoming your small town, less well-regarded, LAC is knowing how to use standard written English and knowing when you're wrong and learning from your mistakes. And, by the way, that wasn't the only grammar error in that sentence ("and the likes.")</p>
<p>Having said that, graduate schools do take into account the quality of an undergraduate education and the quality of the school is a huge part of that. But what they consider may be different from what you think. They don't give as much credence to the US News rankings as the general public, for example. They know from their experience how well students from specific colleges do in grad school. GREs count for a lot. Doing good research counts for a lot. So go to college, have a great time, learn a lot and knock 'em dead.</p>
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<p>I know for chemistry the undergrad school name has almost no impact; it is what you accomplish that counts. To illustrate my point, go look up the professors at some of the top chemistry schools (UNC, UTexas, Northwestern, Berkeley, Stanford). These are all successful people in the field and went to stellar grad schools for their PhD. But take a closer look and see where they got their BS degree. You will be suprised to find at least half of them have gone to some lesser known LAC schools or low ranked research universities.
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Um, but how many more students are there at lesser-known LACs and low-ranked research universities than at the top schools? Not just twice as many...</p>
<p>I am in the process of deciding between JHU and BC for undergrad, planning to major in physics. I feel like I am a much better fit at BC than JHU, but I feel bad going there because I know I will have much better opportunities for research and will probably get a better education in general at JHU. For grad school (in physics or math most likely, maybe engineering), will the difference between these two schools have that significant of an effect? Should I go to the school with less of a fit because I really like their physics program as well as poli sci which i might double major in, or should I go to where I feel I am a better fit?</p>
<p>That depends on what you mean by "fit". It usually takes at least 6 months to find your way around a school and discover your social niche. If you like the academic programs better at JHU, then I would suggest going there and you will more than likely finnd your own niche on campus. Just be careful about what your preference is based on. If you like JHU's programs better because of research potential and professor quality, then you should def. go there. If rankings are the basis of your thinking, then think a little harder about your decision.</p>