northxnorthwest Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I have a confession: I went to an average undergraduate university. Not bad, not terribly recognizable either. We didn't have a lot of money for my college so rather than accumulate over 100k in loan debt, I opted for the school that offerred to pay my way. I did very well, graduating at the top of my class with Honors and am now looking to apply to some prestigious grad programs in the UK (already sent in application to Oxford, now looking at Cambridge). I'm not sure how many of you have experience with UK universities but does it matter if I went to a ho-hum state college, even if I did very well and have good career experience to supplement it with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeMan Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 In my personal opinion (please don't read too much into it), no, I don't think that matters. For example, http://www.fulbright.co.uk/about/american-participants/postgrad-scholars http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/section/class-of-2011 http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/2011_Winners_Bios.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juilletmercredi Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I went to a pretty average college myself and I go to Columbia now. I think your academic record and other experiences matter far more than the actual where. Armadilla and jrah822 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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