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[quote=Anonymous]"The most competitive PhD programs and fellowships are primarily taking applicants from the Ivies and peer schools. There is a letter written by a Swarthmore professor about how no one has been admitted to a top 5 math PhD program from Swarthmore in recent years, whereas Swarthmore had a consistently excellent track record in the past. This is the case at Williams too- none of the recent math grads are getting into the best PhD programs. I also took a look at where the graduates from the best clinical psychology programs (which is extremely selective) attended college, and saw mostly the Ivies, Stanford, and UChicago."

No. Swathmore may have problems, but some LACs are very wellknown in STEM fields.

I went to Reed college  (a small west coast LAC) and all 11 math majors my senior year were admitted to top graduate programs. I went to Stanford.  Many of my friends were Bio or Chem majors and everyone who applied got into medical school or graduate school.  Per capita, I think Reed is #4 in post grad placement of any college or university in the US.

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