Columbia vs. Cornell for Mathematics and/or Physics

monydad
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:36:50 +0000

I would also urge you to consider more than these departments.
Here are true stories I’ve observed over my life:

Self-determined high school science demi-god barely scrapes by in college
-Guy goes into Ivy league school intent on physics major, gets turned on instead by Art History. Comes out with eventual PhD in Art History
-Brilliant HS student graduates early with six zillion AP courses amazing SATs took actual college calculus-based math and physics courses while still in 11th grade. Winds up as mediocre -to-bad math major in college, subsequently goes to law school.

Grad student at good physics PhD program leaves to take job in financial engineering.

The point being, your goals and interests may change, based on what you are exposed to and how you do there.