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chickenz
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Hi. I'm in condensed matter experiment, and I was wondering whether employers (in academia or industry) would look less favorably on hiring people whose BA institution and PhD institution are the same.
I've heard different answers from different people about this question. Some say that employers don't like it. Others say that where you get your degree doesn't matter, but that it's the quality of the research that you will do there that does.
So what do people here think?
To put my question into context, I'm an undergrad in physics at UC Berkeley, and I am considering returning to Berkeley for grad school. My other choices for grad school are comparable (e.g., Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, Chicago, Columbia, etc...)
I've heard different answers from different people about this question. Some say that employers don't like it. Others say that where you get your degree doesn't matter, but that it's the quality of the research that you will do there that does.
So what do people here think?
To put my question into context, I'm an undergrad in physics at UC Berkeley, and I am considering returning to Berkeley for grad school. My other choices for grad school are comparable (e.g., Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, Chicago, Columbia, etc...)