<p>Does the 'prestige' of a university matter for your undergraduate degree if you plan on attending graduate school?</p>
<p>Generally no. If you plan on going to graduate school, the graduate school is what matters.</p>
<p>The greatest influence on student goals and aspirations in college is the peer group. If a prestigious college provides a very talented peer group, then yes, undergrad matters. In fact IMO, it matters more since grad school is where you begin to craft a career but undergrad is where you begin to craft a life.</p>
<p>^I think the OP is talking about after grad school which matters more on a resume (but correct me if I’m wrong). And in that case the prestige of your grad school is what matters. However, the prestige of your undergrad matters a lot in grad school admissions. Even though there are a lot of people who attend state schools for undergrad and Ivies for graduate, the vast majority do not.</p>
<p>most people don’t realize this, but prestige is based almost SOLELY on the percentage of students a school admits. It’s almost always true.</p>