<p>The “list” in that article didn’t purport to be anything other than illustrative. Not a random sample, of course, but a few selections of different types of colleges that might stand in for others. Heck, it was missing Cal Tech and Chicago, two pretty fertile sources of future math/science PhDs.</p>
<p>And the article supports both sides of the Harvard debate: Although Harvard ABs are still clearly overrepresented in Harvard PhD programs, there was a large decline in their proportionate share of the grad school cohort vs. a generation earlier, with similar trends at other top universities.
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