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 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:15 pm
Hey, so I'm going to be graduating highschool next year, and I think my major is going to be in physics, so I was wondering if anyone here has any recomendations or sources I can look into for a good college to look at?
Right now I'm looking at the university of Colorado in Boulder, also know as the coldest place known in the universe (last I checked).
A local place In Storrs CT is going to be building a "time machine" soon, so that may be an interestering place to go.
I'm just looking for a little direction because I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life!
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:15 am
Harvey Mudd College, in sunny SoCal.
www.hmc.edu
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:01 pm
Forcedtojoin Harvey Mudd College, in sunny SoCal. www.hmc.edu Thanks, but my scores and grades don't quite match.
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:03 am
Do you have any particular area you're looking for a Uni in?
I mean, I could recommend my Uni (UNSW) to you, but I somehow doubt you're going to move to Australia, from wherever in the US I presume you are.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:26 pm
From what I was able to tell, the caliber of the school in a particular field has little impact on you as an undergraduate. It makes a tremendous difference at the graduate level, but it's really the overall academic caliber of the school that will impact your undergraduate career.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:36 am
from what i've heard boulder is one of the best departments in the USA, and also you do see them mentioned quite a lot in publications such as New Scientist which makes it seem like a good place to go for good research
Best of luck biggrin
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:08 pm
Undergraduate schools are that imporant, but graduate schools are a big deal. For example, I am going to an agriculture college and major in engineering physics major. You should also consider an engineering physics degree to have a job after you graduate. Best of luck.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:21 pm
MIT is always good. they have an excellent robotics program and do a lot on physics and chemistry. Thats where i am going to go [in four years, i just started high school]. They were even featured on Nova for their work on reaching absolute zero.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:26 am
XxRaven_AzarathxX MIT is always good. they have an excellent robotics program and do a lot on physics and chemistry. Thats where i am going to go [in four years, i just started high school]. They were even featured on Nova for their work on reaching absolute zero. Hey! That's Raven from TT's animated series. I used to love that show. Secretly, I still occasionally watch episode when I am the most bored I can be and am feeling lazy. SHUT UP GAIZ I AM SUPER COOL MMKAY? Anyways, a bit of advice, because your signature is the best signature. MIT is really really hard to get into. Some people devote their lives to getting in and fail. Then they get emotionally crushed. This is called Yale syndrome, and it can happen to anyone. Because of this, I will offer you one thing, don't make MIT your life's goal. Make it one of them maybe, but make sure you have other goals that are more important than it. Because fundamentally, wanting to go to a school like MIT for science really means that what you want to be is A GOOD SCIENTIST. And you can be one without going to MIT. DO NOT FORGET THAT
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:28 am
Thanks!
And if you SAW my grades, you would know i can get in. Every year, I get all A's. Also, I am on a scholarship right now that requires really really high grades, and my student resume looks really good, no demerits. Plus, my dad went there, so i have that bonus. But i do have other colleges i am going to look at. But it is my dream college.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:51 am
Have you done stuff outside of classwork that might be of interest? Sure, you get high grades and all, but a lot of people applying to MIT get perfect As. And I'm not sure if MIT really cares about legacy the way some other colleges do; they want to distinguish themselves from snobby liberal arts colleges that do so (*cough*Harvard*cough*).
So the thing to make yourself stand out would be projects and extracurriculars. Science team, Robotics team, Math team, etc. These are the things that they'll look for, to see if you can do stuff on your own instead of just being fed work by the teacher.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:08 pm
I am on the robotics team, the only freshman and one of the most involved. nest year i will join the math team, and possibly the rocket team. yes, we have a rocket team.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:45 pm
I'd suggest that you aim for being captain of the robotics team at some point; it sounds like you're in a good position to do so. Being on a team is good, being in charge of it is better.
Other than that, joining science/math/engineering teams is a good way to go. Have you done any independent research projects?
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