Where is the list to top 50 "feeder colleges" to grad schools?

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<p>I just heard that on CC there is a list of the top 50 feeder colleges to top grad schools. Does anyone know where this is and can provide the link? </p>

<p>Thanks a bunch!!!</p>

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<p>I did a search and the results were toooo big to find the right list so does anyone remember which thread this list was on????.</p>

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<p>what do you mean feeder colleges?
there is a list that has the % of students who recieve a phd and where they got their BA and what they majored in
but while there are "prep schools" for grad school, or at least it can seem that way- because it is collated by percents and not ultimate numbers the liberal arts colleges are generally better represented than the universities</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=140694&highlight=phd+rate%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=140694&highlight=phd+rate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>check beginning of thread-</p>

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<p>Is this what you're thinking about? This is a few years old; I don't know if there is an annual version or not...</p>

<p><a href="http://wsjclassroom.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://wsjclassroom.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The WSJ list sucks. It penalizes larger schools, and its selection of "elite" professional schools is very narrow and even disputable (Penn's med school isn't one of the "elite" professional schools)...not to mention the fact that the ranking only measures those who go on to professional, and not grad schools. </p>

<p>Duh that HYP are the best feeders, but as you move lower down the list, it gets more and more disputable.</p>

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<p>There have been a few threads about this feeder school list....they basically picked five "top" destinations for each professional specialty: Law, medicine, business. By making their universe of destination schools so absurdly small, they skewed the whole study in such a way that it's pretty useless. Penn Med is a good example, but consider that none of Stanford's three professional schools were considered to be top destination schools, and it becomes obvious that the feeder list is pretty useless.</p>

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<p>They did not use Penn Med as a survey school.</p>

<p>"Penn's medical school (not one of our survey schools) has the highest percentage of Penn undergrads in 6 years."</p>

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<p>jlauer:</p>

<p>Nearly EVERYone of their chosen schools is east of the Missipppi -- what does that mean to an AP Stats kid? They ignored Stanford B-school on a "technicality"....the only thing their [purported] study shows is that folks go to a grad school close to home. Duh!</p>