<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.”</p>
<p>…and for a Peking or Seoul National or Moscow State or Tel Aviv or IIT graduate, for example. Many math faculty as well as grad students in top departments originate at non-US institutions.</p>