Columbia vs. Cornell for Mathematics and/or Physics

collegemom3717
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:20:14 +0000

Any of your choices will prepare you for getting into a good grad school program- and I think that you are underselling both Columbia & Cornell on the relative strength of their physics programs.

Take the Core element of Columbia seriously: it is a very big part of your experience.

Depending on the uni, most physics programs have enough math requirements that you can pick up a math minor almost incidentally.

Don’t get too tied up in the major/minor/double major nomenclature - for physics or math phd programs the specific classes you have taken, the physics/math GRE and the research you have done will matter way more than whether your major combo (have seen this watching this years cohort of physics and math phd applicants).