Preparing for Graduate School as a High Schooler

  1. Yuuuuugggeeee. Take a look at Harvard or Stanford for example, and search for the CV’s of the faculty of the department of interest: history, chem, psychology, whatever. A quick survey will show that the vast majority of their tenured/tenure-track faculty (excluding adjuncts) attended top grad programs.

  2. Somewhat helpful to attend a more prestigious place, all other things being equal.

Were you actually admitted to an Ivy?