<p>If it's one thing I notice is most people like to have shirts or stickers on their car for their undergraduate school. Is there a reason why people have more school pride for undergrad rather than their graduate school?</p>
<p>For example I have never heard my mom talk about going to the University of Arizona for her masters before we talked about college admissions the other day (I didn't even know she went there). However, she is always branded with U.Va stuff. Hats, shoes with blue and orange, etc...</p>
<p>Because grad school is often a miserable place for many people. Who would want to be reminded of miserable times?</p>
<p>Plus, you don’t go to grad school because of “fit” and “weather” or somesuch, you go to grad school for one reason and one reason only: academics.</p>
<p>Ken, with that logic shouldn’t doctors be walking around covered in paraphernalia from their med school?</p>
<p>I think people tend to have more pride in their undergrad school because of the experience rather than duration. It is usually the first time in a person’s life when they have full control of their life away from mom and dad. This is the time they make significant amount of friends other than high school (but who chooses to go to high school?) and have unique experiences.</p>
<p>I guess I should have prefixed my statement with “in my experience.” For me, 1 year of graduate school wasn’t nearly enough time to connect with everyone as much as 4 years of undergrad.</p>
<p>I also agree with you about the experience.</p>
<p>I had a much more pleasant time in grad school than I did in college. However, my college is closest to my heart because that was more of turning point in my life than was grad school. In college, for the first time I was living away from home and doing many things including falling in love for the first time.</p>
<p>When I was in college, I lived on campus, socialized there, etc. In grad school, I was married and my life was much broader, so I don’t feel as much affection for the campus as I did for my college.</p>
<p>Also, at many schools, partying, getting hammered, going to sporting events, and screaming the most insulting things at your team’s rival from the stands is an essential part of the undergraduate experience. For grad school, not so much.</p>