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I've been looking for colleges I'd be interested in for a Physics or Astronomy major. I was wondering if anyone could help me by giving me a list of the Top Ten (most prestigious?) science schools.

By Voigtrob (Voigtrob) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 09:19 pm: Edit

That is a brooooaaaaaddddd category, bro. I mean you've got your basic HYPSMC... but what particularly are you looking for?

I can tell you that I'm probably going for a physics or astrophysics major, and had that in mind while researching schools... and my list is as follows:
Oxford (Accepted), Princeton (Deferred ED), Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, UChicago, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Carleton, Haverford, Vassar, Kenyon, Univ. of Maryland - College Park

By Saccharine (Saccharine) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 08:22 am: Edit

Hi Voigtrob,

To what college at Oxford have you been accepted for a Physics major? My friend got into Mansfield College for Physics and is decided to enroll; he's really crazy about Oxford.

By Voigtrob (Voigtrob) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:00 am: Edit

Lincoln. ;)

I'm probably not going to go... first off because it's sooo expensive and without finaid for internationals, and second because its so specific... I would do physics and only physics for four years (through masters degree).

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:35 am: Edit

University of California - Santa Barbra is pretty good. There are also the obvious ivies....

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 12:00 pm: Edit

The University of Arizona also is good for astrophysics, as is UC Santa Cruz. Other possibilities besides those already mentioned:
Whitman College, Williams, U of Wisconsin, Northwestern, USC, U of Washington and Boston U.
And, of course, if you have the grades Calif. Institute of Technology and MIT are terrific as well.

By Xdebugger (Xdebugger) on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 09:30 pm: Edit

I will list 10 best physics programs(both undergrad and grad) in the US. This is purely my own opinion. I'm a physics major, too.

Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Cornell
Stanford
Caltech
Columbia
Berkeley
U of Chicago
U of Illinois

Hope this helps