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I've seen and heard some scary things when it comes to graduate school applications and for all I know, these could be complete rubbish. On the off chance that these claims are indeed correct, I'd like to know.
In general, when a physics/math department is looking at applicant profiles, how much weight is placed on the school they attended? What I'm asking here, really, is whether I'll have to make a herculean effort to be able to have even a half-decent shot at getting into a specific research group, if the college I went to is not very well known. I get that I will have to work very hard no matter which school I go to but from what I understand, things are somewhat harder if no one knows where your school is and for all they know, it could be from a "give me some $$ and I'll give you a degree" college. In that case, would very good scores on the subject GRE be enough to help?
This is quite important for me, seeing as I would rather not get into too much college debt. Going to one of those "not very well known" schools would be a good way for me to do that... :-) :-)
In general, when a physics/math department is looking at applicant profiles, how much weight is placed on the school they attended? What I'm asking here, really, is whether I'll have to make a herculean effort to be able to have even a half-decent shot at getting into a specific research group, if the college I went to is not very well known. I get that I will have to work very hard no matter which school I go to but from what I understand, things are somewhat harder if no one knows where your school is and for all they know, it could be from a "give me some $$ and I'll give you a degree" college. In that case, would very good scores on the subject GRE be enough to help?
This is quite important for me, seeing as I would rather not get into too much college debt. Going to one of those "not very well known" schools would be a good way for me to do that... :-) :-)