<p>This may be an obvious question, but I’m confused about it. It seems to be widespread belief that if you get get a master’s, it will be more important that your BA in terms of employment and reputation and so on.
But then why is there such a push for so many to get into a reputable school right out of high school.
People are leaving their countries to get a Yale BA. If a student gets their BA at some decent university in France or Russia for example and then go on to do a master’s at Oxbridge or Stanford, will be their life (in terms of their career) be that much different than that of someone who did both their BA and MA at some Ivy League school?
Sasha</p>
<p>It is often easier to get a Masters in Harvard if you did your Bachelors there (or YPSM or similar schools).</p>
<p>Only because of this? It makes sense but it is my understanding that most of these schools are eager to be known for their diversity so for them to have mostly undergrads that went there, even if there are many international students seems counterproductive.</p>
<p>Well the graduate schools would be familiar with what their undergraduate counterparts are doing in the States, so they are sometimes more willing to accept someone with a “known” quality of education rather than an “unknown” from overseas.</p>