<p>Actually a good question. I think the answer comes from looking at the number of H’ford kids who go to med school from Bio, on top of those who go to grad school. So it’s not that the number of kids going to grad school is low, it’s that the place is very friendly to, and successful with, pre-med kids. Excellent training–not redundant with 1st 2 year med school courses, instead all cell and molecular biology–non-cutthroat. Another index of this is the numbers of m.d.-ph.d. students who come out of H’ford, and the number of H’ford grads on grad school and med school faculties, both of which are very, very high.</p>
<p>If you’re still feeling unsettled, check out the web sites of individual H’ford faculty and see what their senior research mentees go on to do post-grad-e.g. Jenny Punt.</p>