Does undergrad reputation affect grad admissions

mjamesco16
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:17:38 +0000

Hello everyone, I am currently a high school senior who for financial reasons may end up attending Umass Boston next year. Ideally I would like to go to grad school for international relations or possibly law school. I was wondering how much of an influence your undergrad schools reputation would have on grad school admissions. I know Umass Boston compared to other Boston schools (BC, Tufts, BU, NEU) has less options in terms internships/co-ops, research, study abroad, leadership programs mainly due to it be a state commuter school (I.e. less funding and less engaged student body) . I’m just afraid that even with a good gpa, test scores, and recs I won’t be as competive as kids who went to some of the aforementioned schools. Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

P.S. I have family and friends who currently attend UMB and their experiences reaffirmed some of my concerns.