<p>I have a few questions concerning grad school apps. Firstly, if you went to Berkeley for undergrad does it give your application priority for grad apps to Berkeley? Secondly, where did all of you, alumni, get into? </p>
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<p>Going to the same institution for undergrad and grad school is generally discouraged. At least for PhD programs, you will not get priority.</p>
<p>I applied to biology PhD programs during my senior year at Berkeley and got interviews at 9 out of the 10 places I applied to, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Upenn… going to Harvard. I know there are at least 5 other Berkeley biology majors headed to Harvard for their PhDs and a few headed to Yale, MIT, & Stanford. At least 3 EECS majors I know are going to Stanford for their Masters.</p>
<p>Grad school prospects are pretty great from Berkeley. Med schools may not care what school you went to or what you majored in, but graduate schools certainly do.</p>
<p>Oh cool! Im a math major so Stanford would be great! And MIT or Harvard would of course be UNBELIEVABLE!!!</p>
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<p>Would it matter if you went to a community college (for financial reasons) for my lower level classes. Ive been asking A LOT of people, and it looks like that leads to a higher GPA from CC classes and not being as tired (from the past 2 years) as the other students.</p>
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<p>Congrats on Harvard!</p>
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<p>PhD program admissions are probably rather holistic, and probably look mostly at your upper division course work and undergraduate research, rather than whether you did lower division course work at a community college.</p>
<p>Probably?</p>
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