@happymomof1 - I understand. I’m not worried about Ivy grad school now. Its the cost at which I’m taking a decision for undergrad that worries me (only because of how the country I live in runs). In my country, its not common for people to take a gap after high school, so let’s say 4 years later, my work visa is denied and I’ve gotta work in my country (to get work experience on my résumé before I can come to the US again, its gonna affect my opportunities, not to mention how the employers here look for the prestige and ranking of the colleges for almost all graduates.
And you would think twice too before spending 45k bucks a year for 4 years at a college if you’ve heard that it won’t help you much at work when compared to others’ degrees in my country. I’m not saying that if I go to Harvard I’m gonna be spoon fed. I know its up to me. I get that. Hope you get my point.
I just wish I could find out if anyone has gone on to extremely good universities (since me saying ‘Ivy’ isn’t good apparently) for grad school after attending a state university as an undergrad. Because clearly I don’t have a 4.0 gpa right now but I could work hard as an undergrad and improve before I graduate. Assuming that happens, I wish I could know if anyone exactly like me (average gpa in high scool, great gpa in undergrad) has gone on to a great grad school.
As far as OSU goes, people who’ve been at both places have given me an opinion that OSU isn’t worth waiting another semester for when compared to ASU. Not that much of a difference.
What will matter for grad admission in the humanities, sciences, or engineering will be your undergrad GPA, the GPA in courses directly related to your proposed graduate field of study, your letters of recommendation, your GRE score, your statement of purpose, and any research/publications/work experience/internships, etc. related to the field of study.
What will matter for MBA admission are your years of increasingly responsible professional work experience (a bare minimum of 2, preferably at least 5), your undergrad GPA, your application essays, your GMAT score, and your letters of recommendation.
Where you got your undergrad degree barely matters at all. Yes, people do get into top grad programs in their fields of study even when their undergraduate degree is from GINHOIBU. Please do not worry about that.
As an international student, you do have to decide whether it really is worth it to you to study in the US. You don’t seem to be truly happy with your options. Perhaps you would be best off studying in your home country, and then considering going abroad for grad school in a few more years.
@happymomof1 - Hahaha. Where did you come up with GINHOIBU from? 
I am happy with studying abroad, have always considered it! I really want to experience much more than just education, being away from home, etc. Have been accepted to ASU and U of Arizona, gonna get a decision from U of Iowa very soon, looks like I’ll get in, and Michigan Tech (heard after applying that isn’t too good), will be giving a decision from them soon too. It just seemed unwise to apply to just one college and decide on it as an international student, well it seemed so in the beginning. CC (mainly you) has helped through that and now it seems like I’ll be taking a wise decision if I choose ASU and it will seem more wise at the end of 4 years if I work and study hard.
Its the overwhelmingness of being first gen from my family and probably school to study abroad as an undergrad that seems to be lingering in the mind but that’s improving. I just thought I could find stats like State university undergrads to Ivy grad school on the Internet (stats for the last 10 years) but guess google doesn’t help in this. But now that CC has answered to that, I feel safe about my choice. Being first gen to leave home and study abroad is probably causing this.
Also, I’m getting German language classes and will be writing the A1 exam in my country before I go to ASU. I will be able to continue that if I can manage that with my academics. Do you think it’ll help build my resumé for grad school and be an advantage if I get proficiency in the language and have suitable certificates to prove it (apart from other things in the resumé, you could suggest some that top grad schools look for too, other than job profiles)?
What is it that you think that you would want to study in grad school?
@happymomof1 - Either Computer Science or Software Engineering.
@happymomof1 - I thought it could be an EC (the way evaluators look for them while reviewing prospective undergrads). I don’t know if my resumé for grad school has to be completely specific to that I wanna pursue for M.S.
For a graduate engineering program, ECs won’t matter unless they are specifically and directly related to the field of study. For example a programming club or software you wrote for fun might matter.