As for where you go as an undergrad, it certainly does matter if you want to apply to graduate school beyond a basic teaching program. PhD and Masters programs (something B. has pondered if I am not mistaken) look at not only how you did in school but where you went.
150% correct, go to the head of the class. :-)
In an interesting twist, this also matters within the UC system itself. It is incredibly difficult, for example, to go from undergrad to grad programs, particularly at the "name recognition" schools like Cal or UCLA. Reason? because they *know* that the undergrads went to 500-person classes, and thus did not receive the attention that undergrads from smaller universities did, thus (probably) not as good an education overall.
However, if you want to go to a name-recognition grad school outside UC, the name on your degree will be infinitely more valuable. Sorry, but it's the truth.
And incidentally, even in upper-division, i can count the number of classes I had that were under 100 students on one hand. ()*$%)(* Cal. $#(%* English major.
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150% correct, go to the head of the class. :-)
In an interesting twist, this also matters within the UC system itself. It is incredibly difficult, for example, to go from undergrad to grad programs, particularly at the "name recognition" schools like Cal or UCLA. Reason? because they *know* that the undergrads went to 500-person classes, and thus did not receive the attention that undergrads from smaller universities did, thus (probably) not as good an education overall.
However, if you want to go to a name-recognition grad school outside UC, the name on your degree will be infinitely more valuable. Sorry, but it's the truth.
And incidentally, even in upper-division, i can count the number of classes I had that were under 100 students on one hand. ()*$%)(* Cal. $#(%* English major.