Michigan vs. Chicago vs. Berkeley vs. Cornell

xraymancs
Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:17:19 +0000

If you mean as a safety, you can choose any number of schools. Most universities have physics degrees at the undergraduate level and the curriculum is more or less the same everywhere. Students form even less well-known schools can get into solid graduate programs if they have good grades and letters of reference. We have had students form our program at Illinois institute of Technology get into just about every “top 20” graduate program in physics. What is needed is a full physics curriculum and the possibility of doing on-campus research. A full curriculum in physics includes 2 semester of Junior/Senior leverl quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, and electrodynamics. Alternatively, you can find program which give you a degree in Astrophysics. This is not quite as full of the basic physics courses but will provide you with more astronomy background if you plan to go into an astronomy graduate program.

The bottom line is that you can do fine at any university you choose iun physics if you put the effort into your studies and do the rightthings to get strong reference letters and research experience. Find a school that fits you and gives you an affordable option.