Legacies are most prevalent at the undergraduate level. At the MBA / JD level, it does not matter if you are a legacy. Unless, of course, your parents are 6 - 7 figure financial donaters.
While that might be true, having the opportunity to go to a prestigious school for undergrad can have a huge impact on one's future and ability to go to grad school.
Quote from: queencruella on January 08, 2007, 06:32:30 AMWhile that might be true, having the opportunity to go to a prestigious school for undergrad can have a huge impact on one's future and ability to go to grad school.The impact is negligible and attending "a prestigious school for undergrad" does not mean you are going to be accepting into a graduate school or are going to be successful.
Quote from: veritas_fl on January 08, 2007, 06:36:49 AMQuote from: queencruella on January 08, 2007, 06:32:30 AMWhile that might be true, having the opportunity to go to a prestigious school for undergrad can have a huge impact on one's future and ability to go to grad school.The impact is negligible and attending "a prestigious school for undergrad" does not mean you are going to be accepting into a graduate school or are going to be successful.I tend to disagree. Prestigious private institutions have much better support systems and networks in place to help advise and support students through the grad school application process. I have a close friend who is an advisor at a top public school and says that there's nothing of the sort at her school, and from what I've seen at other public universities it isn't all that much better there.
I tend to disagree.
Prestigious private institutions have much better support systems and networks in place to help advise and support students through the grad school application process.
I have a close friend who is an advisor at a top public school and says that there's nothing of the sort at her school, and from what I've seen at other public universities it isn't all that much better there.
Quote from: queencruella on January 08, 2007, 07:02:43 AMI tend to disagree.We are all entitled to our own views Quote from: queencruella on January 08, 2007, 07:02:43 AMPrestigious private institutions have much better support systems and networks in place to help advise and support students through the grad school application process.The name of your school means crap about a month after you start a job and I have yet to be asked where I go to school. Quote from: queencruella on January 08, 2007, 07:02:43 AMI have a close friend who is an advisor at a top public school and says that there's nothing of the sort at her school, and from what I've seen at other public universities it isn't all that much better there.That's fine and it really does not matter. People have to have the drive and the want to take care of things themselves.