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<p>That’s what it is. But is there anything inherently wrong with it? I say no - it can often result in great research, even as far as great research goes. Also it may give you an edge when applying for jobs at your school - everyone will know you and you’ll probably be more well liked than some outsider. Plenty of great researchers have been at their institutions since they were seventeen year olds.</p>
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<p>Yeah, that can happen. But why? I think it’s probably more due to the fact that for many grad schools, you pretty much apply to a specific prof in some area of research. If a prof at your undergrad school does the research you want to be doing for the next couple of years, I see no reason why you shouldn’t apply.</p>
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<p>I disagree. Look, most people who go on the academic job market probably didn’t even do that much in undergrad - so why does it even matter? The REAL issue is whether or not you have a good publication record in your subfield. If you’ve been working with the same prof for like a decade, you probably have a better publication history in the field than someone who did something for 5 years and something sort of related but not really for another 5 years.</p>
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<p>Once again, it’s not like most undergrads who plan to become academics even expose themselves to that much at their undergrad institution…I’d say most just stick to one or two profs and pray that those recs get them into grad schools for the fields they want to be in. But if the undergrad prof is a big person in the field you want to go into, I fail to see why you shouldn’t apply to their program.</p>