does uchicago like to feed its undergrads into its graduate schools?

JHS
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:23:08 +0000

I don’t think what neltharion says is really accurate. For academic terminal master’s programs (i.e., not MBA), depending on the program, there are lots of Chicago graduates. (Some programs are not really designed for them, because they are there to buff up the resumes of people who went to lesser-known colleges.) In the law and business schools, I don’t know the precise numbers, but I am certain that the college is the #1 feeder. Probably to less of an extent than with Harvard College and Harvard Law School, though, or Penn/Penn Law School, but not by that much.

Some parts of the dynamic are never going to change: more personal ties, or personal ties once removed, more accepted students decide to attend, more students get accepted because it’s more likely they will attend, but the professional school wants to make certain it is getting students from everywhere, not just it’s own college.