<p>Poeme, you’re way off. LACs are <em>over</em>-represented in science grad school admissions, and schools like Reed and Swarthmore are physicist-producing powerhouses. Sometimes you can do undergraduate research at an LAC or do what others do: an REU at another school. The most widely-used e&m textbook is written by a Reed professor.</p>
<p>And I’m a guy who normally scoffs at LACs, especially far-left ones like Reed.</p>