<p>I'm going to be a Freshman in the Fall and I've been thinking about pursuing a Physics-Math joint concentration (I know it's early, but I'm just thinking). If I pursue this path, it would be with the intention of going on for a Ph.D in Physics. Is anyone here familiar with how successful Harvard undergraduates are in graduate school placement, especially in top 10 schools? I've heard around 50-60 people graduate from the Physics program each year, so I would assume maybe 20%-25% will be applying for graduate school, this is just a guess. How many kids end up at places like M.I.T, Harvard, Princeton, Berkley, or CalTech studying Physics or Astrophysics?</p>
<p>No One?</p>
<p>I guess not</p>
<p>If you get involved in research here, you'll have no trouble getting into top grad programs. That goes for pretty much any of the hard sciences. How successful you personally are will depend on your motivations and grades. </p>
<p>For example, some of the Physics majors are only going to grad school because they didn't want the med-school workload. They usually don't put too much work in anyways, so their placement isn't that great. On the other hand, many of the concentrators are true Physics nuts, and they do awesome in grad school placements because they usually have good grades and research to match (b/c they actually find it interesting and WANT to get involved).</p>