Is having a 3 year foreign bachelors a problem while applying for grad school?

karlsson
Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:38:41 +0000

Hey! So i am a rising high school senior but i am already planning for my MSc in the US.
I wanna get a bachelors in my home country becasue it would be too expensive to get it in USA. My home country is Sweden and a bachelors degree “kandidatexamen” is 3 years here.
I compared the requirements for many grad schools in the US and some of the schools accepted 3 year bachelors while for some a 4 year education was required and some just said " A Bachelors or its foreign equivalency".
Im just wondering why its so different, why do Stanford accept 3 year bachelors and UT Austin does not? Do you know UCLA, UCB and MIT:s requirements? It doesnt say on their website. The big question is how much will a 3 year bachelor limit me in my search for grad schools?