Best School to study physics/astronomy?

College Search & Selection
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<p>What would be the best school to study physics/astronomy in for a student with a 3.68 GPA in his junior year living in the state of Virginia? And also, is it true that it's not important where you spend your first two years of college?</p>

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<p>I can't exactly help you with finding the best college for physics/astronomy, but I can tell you that if you do transfer after your first two years from X University, your diploma doesn't say, "X University" on it. It says Y University (Y University being the university to which you transfer.) </p>

<p>Also: The University of Arizona is pretty good for astronomy for being pretty cheap ($16k/year for tuition)- there's a huge telescope on campus and all. No, it's not Caltech or MIT, but it's cheap and easy to get into.</p>

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<p>University of Arizona sounds good... How about some that are closer to Virginia?</p>

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<p>U of A is great. </p>

<p>Although, nothing beats in-state tuition, so definitely look at some Virginia schools (I don't know which schools are good for what, but I imagine that VTech would be a strong option).</p>

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<p>Back to the other question i was asking about transfering colleges, If I go to George Mason right after high school, then after 2 years I transfer to University of Arizona, is that gonna like affect the... "strength" of my degree?</p>

<p>I looked at the most popular majors for v tech at collegeboard, they were: Business/marketing, engineering, Family andConsumer Sciences, Biology, and Social Sciences.</p>

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<p>No, the "strength" of your degree wouldn't matter because theoretically, you took the same classes. Again, the only school that will appear on your diploma in the end would be the one you last attended (in this case U of A.) Your diploma would be the same as a non-transfer student at U of A. </p>

<p>John Hopkins is a great idea for physics, I should think, but then again, your (and everybody else's) chances are always kind of slim.</p>

<p>Also, just because a major is popular doesn't make the others "strong." Conversely, just because a major is popular does it make it good. You really base your decision off of those "popular major" lists.</p>