Brown University for Physics Major

merc81
Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:46:16 +0000

With respect to undergraduate research opportunities in physics, the list of colleges attended by Apker recipients can be interesting to browse through:

en.m.wikipedia.org

LeRoy Apker Award

The LeRoy Apker Award is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1978, named after the experimental physicist LeRoy Apker. The recipients are undergraduate students chosen for "outstanding achievements in physics" in order to "provide encouragement to young physicists who have demonstrated great potential for future scientific accomplishment." The Apker award is the highest honor awarded to undergraduate physicists in the United States. Generally, two ...

Although it’s not specified in the Wikipedia article, a Brown graduate received an Apker in 1989. Because of the prestigious and rare nature of this award, this actually may represent an over-performance.