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<p>How is that remarkable when 42% of the Swarthmore grads attend the same institutions and 72% of the Harvard grads. 25% of the applicants getting into top 10 programs is remarkable for its weakness not its stength. </p>
<p>The fact that the table only shows only a sampling of LACs and universities takes nothing away from its relevance. The top LACs fare signficantly worse than their top university counterparts in placing their graduates in top science PhD programs.</p>