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Hmmm... I've known people who've done this. Usually it was right after finishing their Bachelor's, or they were in a five year program and finish both at the same time. If you can finish all your degrees at one school (and it's already reputable), you want to stay there (and you're already a top student), I don't see why not. It seems easier than applying to another school and having to relocate (in many cases, again).
I have heard this as well, way back in the early 90s, and it seemed to regard those staying within the same field. The idea being that you would have the same professors for both degrees thus limiting your exposure to different topics of research, influences, and points of view in the degree subject.
It also seemed to apply mainly to liberal arts degrees. I knew many engineering, CS, and hard science students who stayed at the same Uni for their Masters, while most history, anthropology, pychology students, etc. moved on to MA programs at other universities.
I've heard before that getting an MA from the same place you got your MA is bad. Why? Also, is held highly against people who do this?
The only time that it may be a problem, IMHO, is if you are planning a life in academia and you get your Ph.D. from the same University. But, that is not always the case. Two of my good friends did all of their degrees at the same University (very,very highly ranked in their fields) even post-doctorial research and they were both able to get tenure track positions at outstanding, top ranked Universities.
The University where I received my Bachelor's Degree was ranked #1 in the entire nation in my field at the time that time. When I returned a few years later it was, I believe, tied as the top University in the nation. Going to the same University for both BA and MA certainly did not hurt me.
I have not heard this in relation to a Masters, but to PhD. However my experience is in the sciences which tended to treat the Masters as a diversion from the PhD. The general reason is basically what ABQ said -- diversity of education. Also, they want to see that you can perform in a different environment since all departments have a different culture. Broader experience in different circumstances means you are more adaptable. At least that the idea behind it.
I've heard before that getting an MA from the same place you got your MA is bad. Why? Also, is held highly against people who do this?
I worked in a university for many years, and it was common to get the MA from the same institution as the BA. It wasn't unusual to go all the way through the PhD level at the same place, same dept., in fact.
Hmmm... I've known people who've done this. Usually it was right after finishing their Bachelor's, or they were in a five year program and finish both at the same time. If you can finish all your degrees at one school (and it's already reputable), you want to stay there (and you're already a top student), I don't see why not. It seems easier than applying to another school and having to relocate (in many cases, again).
This. If you're at a school that has the programs and courses you want, they why go to another school? The one exception I noticed was on the rare occasion that a grad student would actually get recruited by a program in a more prestigious school, to do the PhD there. Also I noticed that newly-minted PhD's from the eastern schools tended to have both Harvard and Yale on their resume. MA at one, PHd at the other. Those people had no trouble getting job offers wherever they applied.
wasn't it just so you get to experience other campuses and different setting for learning?
also kind of "trade" expertise with people you hadn't already. You already knew the professors from undergrad at one school. Learning under a different set might expand your views which is what grad school is partly for.
I've heard before that getting an MA from the same place you got your MA is bad. Why? Also, is held highly against people who do this?
Who told you that? That doesn't matter at all.
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