<p>Beruruh, why does that make the particular med school more important? They all teach the same stuff.</p>
<p>My D’s college lists professors giving only their graduate schools. But if you look at professors on the lists of many prestigious colleges–they usually have prestigious Ph.D’s but some have “no-name” undergrad schools.</p>
<p>Berurah, my queen, I think audiophile meant something like "What are you more interested in, the QUALITY of the undergrad degree or the QUALITY of the med degree. Anyway, I’m sure that doctor of yours was moved to poetry by the sight he beheld.</p>
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only in your fantasy life…</p>
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If SHE was, she never let on… </p>
<p>Note to TourGuide: This is a PARENTS cafe. The content of your last post was much more suited to a jr. high bathroom wall. I’ll buy ya the Sharpie if you’ll take your crudeness elsewhere.</p>
<p>My nephew went to the University of Phoenix, he went to a satellite school and only had to attend every couple of weeks. That is where he got his masters. I am appalled. I don’t think his master’s degree is worth the paper it’s printed on. His undergrad was at a school that was small and isolated and they all majored in drinking. Any comments about the choice of such a terrible grad school?</p>
<p>I’m wary of undergraduate degree determinism (e.g. the notion that your undergrad degree determines your entire career), but I do seem to see a correlation between better schools and admission to top PhD programs and other top graduate programs.</p>
<p>But this always comes down to that sticky “chicken and the egg” sort of argument. Is it that smart students succeed anywhere, or that smart students go to top schools, or that top schools breed smart students, or what?</p>
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Good questions…and also, if the chosen grad school program is more numbers driven, is it advisable to attend an “easier” undergrad school or major in an “easier” subject to protect your GPA…or to go all out with the tough stuff?</p>
<p>It depends, really. I’d never advise giving up Harvard for State University Podunk just for the 4.0 GPA, as other factors do eventually come up. I suspect that Harvard (just an example) will prepare you more thoroughly for the standardized test you will inevitably take (almost all programs have one). I’d rather have a 3.7 from Harvard with a 172 on the LSAT than a 4.0 from State University Podunk with a 169 on the LSAT. </p>
<p>Of course, I realize that these aether-derived figures are absolutely ungrounded in any sort of reality, but they’re serving as an example. Sometimes, a slight hit on the GPA is preferable. Typically numbers driven programs like law and med school still have some “other” requirements.</p>
<p>Again, this doesn’t mean that you can’t go to Podunk State and get into the top med school, but even with the 4.0 you may face challenges that the Harvard grad with even a 3.7 may not.</p>
<p>But what if the Podunk grad has a 199 on the LSAT? (No idea how it’s scored, but you get the point.)</p>
<p>I think it’s variable as to what counts more, but I lean to grad degrees being slightly more important in the job market than undergrad degrees - especially in certain professions. (Architecture being the one I know best.)</p>
<p>^I’ll agree with this…but performance rules thereafter.</p>
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<p>Then the Podunk student has a good shot over the Harvard student.</p>
<p>However, I’ve had it conveyed to me by other posters that law schools being equal, top firms will hire the Harvard grad first.</p>