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How does the prestige of the undergraduate institution play? 02 Nov 2014, 18:20
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How do adcoms view the applicant from a top undergraduate institution in US? Can its prestige counteract a low GPA?

If one applies to the business school of the same institution as his undergrad, how does the fact play in the admissions?

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How does the prestige of the undergraduate institution play? 02 Nov 2014, 18:49
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Certainly, the prestige of the institution reflects your caliber.
Remeber, the admission is all about your complete profile and if you managed to enter a presitgious institution for your under grad, definitely it helps them give a better background of you as an individual.

Counteracting a low GPA is a very subjective question. Depends on how low it is ? :P
If its too low, then it doesn't but yes is its little low, should be fine.

Let me know if you have more questions.

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How do adcoms view the applicant from a top undergraduate institution in US? Can its prestige counteract a low GPA?

If one applies to the business school of the same institution as his undergrad, how does the fact play in the admissions?

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How does the prestige of the undergraduate institution play? 03 Nov 2014, 02:19
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Certainly, the prestige of the institution reflects your caliber.
Remeber, the admission is all about your complete profile and if you managed to enter a presitgious institution for your under grad, definitely it helps them give a better background of you as an individual.

Counteracting a low GPA is a very subjective question. Depends on how low it is ? :P
If its too low, then it doesn't but yes is its little low, should be fine.

Let me know if you have more questions.

Cheers !
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How do adcoms view the applicant from a top undergraduate institution in US? Can its prestige counteract a low GPA?

If one applies to the business school of the same institution as his undergrad, how does the fact play in the admissions?

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How low is considered "too low" for top MBA programs?
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How does the prestige of the undergraduate institution play? 03 Nov 2014, 02:30
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That varies from school to school, but i guess if you have lower than 3.2 it would be low. And lower than 3 would be too low.
its just a general opinion :)

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How does the prestige of the undergraduate institution play? 04 Nov 2014, 14:50
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Hello,

Adcoms view the applications holistically, so they will look at how competitive and challenging the university is (this is a factor more than prestige) when they evaluate your academic performance. It won't negate or counteract a low GPA. It will simply add context to it. There are other factors that will influence its impact as well (e.g., whether the grades trended up or down during the 4 years).

I believe that most of the time applying to an MBA at the same school where you earned your undergrad degree is mainly neutral – i.e., you will be evaluated on the same criteria and with the same expectations. That said, everything else being equal, some schools may take a favorable glance at an alum.