>>11769887Not much, really. As an undergrad at an elite university, you'd get exposure to high-profile research labs and big-name PIs. But, it won't make or break your career. Undergrads are limited in what they can do, because of time required for coursework and because you still don't have much training under your belt at that point in your career. Plenty of people have have gone on to top grad schools, usually getting the research experience by stepping up and taking the lead in labs at non-R1 institutions combined with summer research programs at top schools (pro-tip: those are a great way to get your name out there), or taking years off to work as a tech. For what it's worth, I did go to one of those "elite" schools, but I switched into the sciences later in undergrad and I had to work as a tech before applying to grad school. There were many people in my PhD cohort who came from non-elite schools are did really well. I really don't think there is any relationship. Good students are everywhere, and college is what you make of it.
