Undergraduate vs. Graduate

[Lucre]

Are you talking about master programmes?

Then, yes, if accelerated.

There are also graduate diploma courses; ain't a master but only for graduates.

[pemberly]

in europe, most mba programs are 1 year.

[CFT]

In the UK Law is an undergraduate degree. Usually your degree exempts you for some of your professional accreditation.

Frankly Masters programmes are much like undergraduate programmes, but much more compressed, much more specialised. In the UK generally 1yr. Can't comment about MBA but sounds even more compressed than regular Masters.

Doctorate is hard in that you have so much freedom to succeed and fail. Unless you have a clear idea of your research goals then good supervision is vital. The hard part is finding "the right question" - what to research. How to do it is relatively easy. Writing up can be a slog. You have to realise it is still very much a journeyman's work rather than a masterpiece.

[kay &!*]

what do graduate schools look at more? Your GRE score or your undergrad GPA? i kinda ****ed up my freshmen year so it brought down my gpa a lot *sighh. i plan to study my brains off and kick *** for the GRE though

[xJadedx]

what do graduate schools look at more? Your GRE score or your undergrad GPA? i kinda ****ed up my freshmen year so it brought down my gpa a lot *sighh. i plan to study my brains off and kick *** for the GRE though

There really isn't a way to tell for sure. Some schools emphasize one above the other, some take an average, some weigh both differently.
But since you only messed up your freshman year, I wouldn't worry too much (I assume you did well in the rest of your undergraduate). Most graduate programs place more weight on your final two years. So if you do really well on the GRE (like above 1400), it should definitely make up for a not-so-good freshman year.

[kay &!*]

There really isn't a way to tell for sure. Some schools emphasize one above the other, some take an average, some weigh both differently.
But since you only messed up your freshman year, I wouldn't worry too much (I assume you did well in the rest of your undergraduate). Most graduate programs place more weight on your final two years. So if you do really well on the GRE (like above 1400), it should definitely make up for a not-so-good freshman year.

Yah, I was mostly taking business/general courses my freshmen year since I was a declared Finance major so most of the bus. courses are count as electives now.. but still, i ****ed up, the grades aren't too pretty -_- but after sophomore year, i switched to political science/public relations and have a 3.6 MAJOR gpa. i'm really gona kick myself in the *** this and next semester.. i really want to go to a good grad school.