Aspiring Astrophysicist

MYOS1634
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:04:04 +0000

would I get a world-class physics education at either Columbia or U Chicago => yes.
You shouldn’t even be asking the question. Even if you’ve done research at an R1 university and got a paper published, you’d still get an extraordinary education at both.

The world will not “create the next Einstein”. The next Einstein already exists and is already on these universities’ radar, unless s/he lives in Namibia, in which case it’s a lot harder than if you live in the US where there are many opportunities to show your scientific abilities (Intel, Siemens, etc).

If you mean “the university that will give the next Einstein the opportunities s/he needs to show what s/he’s capable of”, then there are lots of possibilities.
It’s quite possible this student would get a full ride at ASU Barrett or UCSB’s CCS or would attend HarveyMudd or CalTech or Princeton.