LAC physics

[SoCalDad2]

<p>Post #3</p>

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Of Cal Tech’s 20 entering physics grad students in 2012, two graduated from liberal arts colleges (Carleton and Williams). For at least the past four years, Cal Tech has admitted at least one LAC graduate, which is all the more impressive when one considers that many universities considered strong in physics were not represented at all even though schools which graduated much smaller numbers of physicists still managed to get its alums into one of the best grad schools in that field.

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<p>Interesting how many students on that list (and the lists for previous years) come from “not big name” universities. I wonder if the profs at such schools are much more attuned to current research than those at a top LAC, or if they have better connections in the field.</p>