<p>How possible is it to graduate from a public institution, say one in the UC system, and end up going to grad. school at a more prestigious place, such as MIT or something?</p>
<p>Or do those select few elite schools only accept those who went to Harvard, Yale, etc.?</p>
<p>Do master’s schools offer both MS and PhD?
MS = 2years?
Is it expensive?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Dmission</p>
<p>It’s as hard as if you went somewhere private like Cornell. You need grades/research/GREs and good recommendations.</p>
<p>Its not unheard of.</p>
<p>not unheard of but people coming out of top undergrads do have an advantage simply due to their letters of recommendation coming from profs that know people at the other top schools.</p>
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<li><p>private school does not equal prestige. the UCs are the best public school system this country has to offer and their graduates end up everywhere. in my group of friends from UCSD, we had people wind up at UCSF, Cal, Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, you name it. </p></li>
<li><p>check with the specific school. some offer only MS, some only PhD, some do both. not necessarily 2 years. can be 1 year and up. mine was free, i TAed.</p></li>
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<p>The grad students at MIT come from all over the place. My first Graduate Resident Tutor (grad student who lives for free in an undergrad living group and provides a similar function to what RAs do at many other schools) was a PhD student in MechE who did his undergrad at UC Irvine.</p>
<p>I came from UCSB and am now in grad school. I know graduate students from UCD/UCSD/UCI in the school too.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks!</p>
<p>Does grad. school give scholarships? </p>
<p>Jmilton: where do you go?</p>
<p>I went to the University of Kansas and got into graduate programs at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc., so it’s definitely doable.</p>
<p>I’m doing my MS in one year (30 credits, no research). PhD programs tend to be funded, so you usually get a stipend. MS programs vary.</p>
<p>schooling at Cal now.</p>