<p>Although some might say that what Undergraduate school you went does not effect what Graduate school you go to, it does. Here’s a scenario, someone from let’s say, The University of Texas at Austin is applying to Wharton, or UPenn’s med school. They graduated in the top 5% and they were excellent students. Now, another student, from let’s say, Tufts, Northwestern, or even Brown, applies to this same school. They graduated in the top 12%, but not the top 10%. The person from any of the three aforementioned schools above will have the edge of the person who went to UT, simply because they are “better quality students” for going to a top 20 school.</p>