<p>isn’t that because it’s 2-3x the size of bryn mawr?]]</p>
<p>Absolutely, I didnt intend to mislead anyone. My point was, be careful of stats and Smith (even with the 2x size) has a substantial, percentage wise, of students going on to receive their PhD in the sciences. …We could spend a lifetime purging the numbers and why certain schools produce more PhDs. Is it b/c of the college? Or do certainly colleges attract the type of students that are prone to enter PhD programs? (academia) Dartmouth alums are much more likely to go on to Law, Med, B school or careers where a PhD is a non issue. I dont believe anyone would argue Dartmouth isnt a fine institution. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the Haverford suggestion. It was interesting</p>
<p>Theres more to a college than PhDs produced.
Another interesting stat:</p>
<p>Smith has an all-time record among the LACs, and likely (for the second year in a row) the largest number among undergraduates of any college or university in the country, and by far the largest number of women.</p>
<p>“According to this <a href=“http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/[/url]”>http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/</a> there are only about 800 ‘traditional’ fulbrights awarded each year. From my limited experience (staying over jterm with a smith alum friend who’s currently on a fulbright, and hanging out with other fulbrighters while there), most of them are grad students. So to have nearly 2% of the fulbrights this year coming from one place, which doesn’t really have grad students applying (although Smith will help you apply if you’re an alum, and I’ve been thinking about doing it after grad school), is pretty amazing. It’s also cool that about 2.5% of the class of '06 will be doing a Fulbright next year!”
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=188929[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=188929</a></p>