I’m talking Oxford,Harvard,Princeton,Columbia,etc.
What if you had an undergraduate degree at a not so special university, do they care?
Your academic performance and the strength of the program are the two most important factors. This means that they want to see that you have done well in a program that will have adequately prepared you for you master’s degree. So the esteem of the school you attended overall does not play a huge role. How they judge the quality of the individual program you completed plays a much more important role. Some ivy’s, for instance, have individual programs that are weak. While a second tier school may have a very thorough program. So your application should highlight the fact that you got good grades in classes that provided preparation for the Master’s you are applying to receive. Hope that helps.
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
Your academic performance and the strength of the program are the two most important factors. This means that they want to see that you have done well in a program that will have adequately prepared you for you master’s degree. So the esteem of the school you attended overall does not play a huge role. How they judge the quality of the individual program you completed plays a much more important role. Some ivy’s, for instance, have individual programs that are weak. While a second tier school may have a very thorough program. So your application should highlight the fact that you got good grades in classes that provided preparation for the Master’s you are applying to receive. Hope that helps.
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