<p>AE- absolutely: Swarthmore has consistently ranked in the top 3 institutions in the country for producing PhD’s per capita (safe to assume most of these folks aren’t going into mergers and acquisitions). When I last checked, Swat also produced the highest per capita number of Nobel laureates (above HYP, etc.), which suggests an academic bent. That said, I agree with Harriet: you are who you are- you either cut it and thrive at your alma mater or you don’t and you can’t ultimately blame your failures (or successes) on where you attended college.</p>