Best schools for astrophysics/math in Illinois?

<p>Thanks so much for the help! </p>

<p>whenwhen-I still need to look into Northwestern, I’ve heard that NW is an excellent school, but very difficult to get into. I need to do some research on them still. UIUC is basically my second choice right now…I’ll definitely look into IIT too. Thanks for the tips. </p>

<p>ucb-Thanks for the clarification. I think what I’ll need to do then is get General Physics done next year, and then start the engineering sequence the year after that. I was really hoping I’d be able to transfer in two more years, but it’s going to take a little longer than that to get the full engineering sequence finished. I’m thinking that I’d be best off to just take general chemistry here, and then not worry about going further in chemistry until after I transfer. This would allow me to focus more on getting the physics requirements done. That’s actually what the recommended physics curriculum shows too, now that I look at it.</p>

<p>When I was talking to my counselor at Sauk, she suggested that I at least get the calculus sequence done before transfer, but she never mentioned diff. eq. or linear algebra. I’m thinking that I would be best suited to get them both done here before transfer though…that’s been my plan so far anyway.</p>

<p>Thanks again for the help! :)</p>