<p>Now Harvard isn’t the school I’m focused on getting into, but rather schools of that level. I’m a senior right now, and starting to get some college acceptances. University of Nebraska accepted me, and offered me a nice sum of money. My question is it possible to go from a school like Nebraska which isn’t a top 50 school to an ivy league school for graduate school? Does going to a school like Nebraska put a lot of weight on me in graduate admissions?</p>
<p>Yes, of course it is. In fact, in some ways it might be easier. You will probably receive more attention at Nebraska than you would at a more difficult school, particularly if you stand out as a student. You will probably face weaker competition, allowing you to get higher grades than you would have and getting better research opportunities, as well as being able to do more in each opportunity. Now, there are disadvantages to going to a state school. You probably won’t have between 10 to 30 percent of your school get PhDs, 10 to 30 go to law school, 10 to 30 go to medical school. You probably aren’t going to meet certain conncections which would probably be more advantageous to careers and in life. You will of course save money, especially if the state school is offering you money. I think that, if you’re happy at Nebraska, you should go, as long as you’re aware that less leeway will be given to you for doing averagely (as opposed to students from stronger schools, who will be allowed to have lower GPAs compared to yours). You should ask about what undergraduates from the various programs you’re interested in do after graduation.</p>
<p>You could look at some graduate schools and see where they get their students from. I believe Harvard Law School has about a dozen current students from University of California schools. The trick is to shine…to make impressions on profs. because you will need letters of recommendations…you can also check to see if U of N has advisors for undergraduates that are familiar with where the recent grads have been accepted. Good luck.</p>
<p>No problem just because you went to a state school. Many people get into Harvard law from Penn.</p>
<p>“Penn.”</p>
<p>I’m assuming you mean Penn State. Because it would be no surprise for people to go from Penn (which is the University of Pennsylvania- a private, Ivy league school) to Harvard for grad work</p>
<p>Also, many people from Harvard go to Penn law school, showing that Ivy leaguers also go to state grad schools. Isn’t Cornell a state school?</p>
<p>Penn and Cornell are Ivy League schools, not state schools. Get your facts right before you start calling Penn Law School a state school lol.</p>
<p>A part of Cornell is public. Yes, many people from Harvard go to U Penn law. Inter Ivy love is prevalent in admissions.</p>
<p>Cornell public?? They are a state land grant school so they are technically part public, but in terms of all Graduate schools and all undergraduate schools not Agriculture, they are private.</p>
<p>So then, a state school like Cornell and Penn can be Ivies?</p>
<p>By Penn, do you mean the University of Pennsylvanio founded by Thoman Jefferson, or Pennsylvania State University? U Penn is an Ivy league school, but Penn State is not.</p>
<p>The Ivy league is an 8 school sports conferance which agreed upon certain scholarship standards. You should go read about it.</p>
<p>Cornell and Penn are not state schools, mensa. They are both private schools. Ignore the fact that the agriculture school at Cornell is land grant, sponsored by NY state. For all other purposes they are a completely private institution. Mensa, Penn is University of Pennsylvania, created by Franklin. It is a private school. Just because it is university of ____ does not make it a public school. For example, University of Chicago is also a private school.</p>
<p>DRAB: No more false statements in this thread please! Jefferson did not create Penn. He created the public university that is University of Virginia. Franklin created Penn.</p>
<p>“By Penn, do you mean the University of Pennsylvanio founded by Thoman Jefferson, or Pennsylvania State University?”</p>
<p>I thought Jefferson founded UVa, which is a state school. Did he also found another state school?</p>
<p>Whoops, my mistake. I meant Franklin!</p>
<p>i’m sorry about my mistake, hopeful4cormell. You should be more forgiving- I do know the difference, and it happens, as I’m fallible.</p>
<p>Mensa, are you just trying to give people a hard time, or are you truly ignorant to the point where you belive Penn is a public state school? Maybe a bit bitter?</p>
<p>Cornell public?? They are a state land grant school so they are technically part public, but in terms of all Graduate schools and all undergraduate schools not Agriculture, they are private.</p>
<p>I don’t think that is an accurate statement:</p>
<p>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences*
College of Human Ecology*
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations*
College of Veterinary Medicine* (a graduate school)</p>
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<li>New York State contract unit</li>
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<p><a href=“http://www.cornell.edu/academics/colleges.cfm[/url]”>http://www.cornell.edu/academics/colleges.cfm</a></p>
<p>Cornell is a hybrid.</p>
<p>Mensa: </p>
<p>I think Harvard favors Penn grads because they are enamored with that schools football tradition, but I keep wondering how much longer that Paterno guy will stick around.</p>
<p>Mr. B,</p>
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<p>Try more like [url=<a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php]100[/url”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php]100[/url</a>]</p>
<p>“Try more like 100”</p>
<p>This is true; however, those 100 students are from seven fairly large California state schools. There are: 232 from Harvard, 126 from Yale, 91 from Stanford, 65 from Princeton, 55 from Duke, and 51 from Brown. </p>
<p>It looks like the scales are tipped in favor of the elite private schools, especially when one considers the larger number of undergraduate students at the California state schools in relation to the private schools.</p>
<p>There are almost as many law students at Harvard with undergraduate degrees from Stanford as there are students with undergraduate degrees from seven University of California schools.</p>
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<p>Well, I’ll put it to you this way. I know MIT graduate students who did their undergrads in such places as SUNY-Binghamton, SUNY-Buffalo, the University of Delaware, University of Oregon, Florida Institute of Technology, and New Mexico State University. I also know quite a few Harvard graduate students who came from such places as the University of Massachusetts, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Maine. </p>
<p>Now don’t get me wrong. These people tend to be greatly outnumbered by those who went to the ‘usual suspects’ for undergrad, meaning HYPSMC and similar undergrad programs. </p>
<p>Heck, right now, on the Apprentice, you will notice that contestant Randal Pinkett went to Rutgers, where he was an absolute star, earning top grades while also being an All-American track star and participating in numerous EC’s. He ended up winning the Rhodes Scholarship and then later picking up a MS, MBA and PHD from MIT. </p>
<p>Generally, in order to get to an elite graduate program from a school like New Mexico State, you have to be a star of your school. The girl that I know who went from NMSU to MIT certainly was a star in undergrad.</p>