<p>@churchmusicmom I hear you, and I would think so, too, but Ivy profs will tell you that undergrad schools make zero difference in their selection of grad students. One prominent guy wrote recently that he pulls people from small, regional colleges, liberal arts schools, its really the person. “Don’t send your kids to the Ivies of you have to pay” was his mantra. “They’ll take the same courses, we just want to see their grad entrance exam scores and maybe interview”</p>
<p>In fact some of the small LA schools blow the Ivies away when it comes to producing eventual phd’s, in terms of phd per undergrad. I think Reed and Davidson both do. </p>