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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]here's another anecdote from swat: 
https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/mathematics-statistics/MathGradSchool.pdf

"Does this mean you should give up? Of course not. It does mean you have an uphill fight to get into the best places, and that you will have to apply to a variety of places to
ensure an acceptance with funding."

Note this is Swarthmore, the top 5 SLAC with the highest PhD productivity, telling its math students they basically have to do the reverse of a well-rounded liberal arts curriculum to do well for math graduate school placement.

Yes, by nature of being less specialized and research focused LAC attendees have to come in with a different approach. No, it's not impossible, and if anything, the results from schools like Swat/Pomona/Williams etc. indicates a good number of their students do attend T5 programs even in competitive fields like math. But most of those students will do REUs in research universities during the summers to strengthen their research credentials. 
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This document was written sometime before 2007, according to its text. Please find something that is younger than 18 years old. [/quote]

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