<p>Additionally, Harvey Mudd really can be compared to most large universities in scope and depth of their math offerings. Just check out their accelerated math sequence, the math opportunities, etc. I don’t think Harvey Mudd graduates really have trouble getting into grad school or landing jobs, either. :)</p>
<p>We’d need a list of the schools people came from at HYPSM math PHDs then at schoolst hat would be ranked top 25 for math. Then we’d need to compare the success rate, say, for a Williams , a Carleton, a Harvey Mudd… graduate and for a UMN-Twin Cities or a UF or ASU or UMass graduate for example.
Are there such stats anywhere?
UCBAlumnus, can you figure out where people in pure math at UCB came from for the past 5 years or so?
Is it like tk21 said above, ie., some PHD programs in math <em>only</em> recruit from very specific programs and no matter what type of college you come from, if you don’t come from these, you won’t be accepted into <em>these</em> specific programs?
For example would B@rum!'s program have accepted her more readily if she’d attended Penn State or Pitt? Or is it only because this particular program only wants Ivy League graduates, much like some Law Firms/ibanks do?</p>
<p>OP, where do you envision yourself working after your BS? If in academia, would you exclusively want HYPSM for grad school or not? And do you even have a choice, ie, if there’s no difference between attending Williams and UWisconsin, can you even afford attending UWIsconsin?</p>