Decision: Mount Holyoke College, BU, Marylan Park, SUNY Stony Brook

[lil_killer129]

<p>Maryland-College Park is amazing in Physics. Here are their rankings:</p>

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US News & World Report (2009)</p>

<h1>13 among Physics Graduate Programs</h1>

<h1>5 in Atomic/Molecular/Optical</h1>

<h1>13 in Condensed Matter</h1>

<h1>13 in Elementary Particles/Field/String Theory</h1>

<h1>10 in Nuclear</h1>

<h1>2 in Plasma</h1>

<h1>9in Quantum

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<p>[UM</a> Physics Rankings](<a href=“http://www.physics.umd.edu/aboutus/rankings.html]UM”>UM Physics Rankings)</p>

<p>They are top 15 in a lot of programs, and I doubt their over Physics program is any lower.</p>

<p>For Stony Brook, I believe they are ranked 22nd overall in the nation which is really good.

Stony Brook’s Physics program was ranked in a tie for 22nd…

[Stony</a> Brook Cited Nine Times in US News & World Report Rankings](<a href=“http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Cited_Nine_Times_in_US_News_World_Repo_1055.shtml]Stony”>http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_Cited_Nine_Times_in_US_News_World_Repo_1055.shtml)</p>

<p>Both schools would be good choices as far as the rankings goes, but you do have to weigh other factors including cost of attendance and the whole college experience.</p>