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<p>The notion of “feeder schools” makes no sense, because the relevant measure is NOT “what % of the grad school’s people came from school X or school Y,” but “of those at school X who wanted to get into this program, how many got in” vs “of those at school Y who wanted to get into this program, how many got in.” Mathematically, you guys are looking at horizontals when you need to look at verticals. Or, if you’re going to make any conclusions off “what % of the grad school’s people came from school X or school Y,” you draw the comparison to “what % of the grad school’s APPLICANTS came from school Y or school Y.”</p>
<p>All your feeder-school analyses do are “reward” schools in which the student bodies are so boring, uniform, and “prestige-driven” that they all flock to exactly the same graduate schools and/or careers, so tons of them apply and get in. A school in which people have a variety of career and grad school interests is so much more rewarding than a school in which everyone flocks to the same thing, and it’s amazing that more of you don’t see that. But you will, when you grow up.</p>