<p>That’s true, it has incredibly low name recognition even among Americans, not just international students. </p>
<p>I guess my overarching point, to be clear Foraminifera, is that there being 3 clear schools singled out which a top math or physics student might consider clearly suggests to me that there’s a bit more to this whole story, namely that those schools do something to grab the students you said that does not have very much to do with strength of department/academics they offer.</p>