Which Universities have the best undergraduate Physics departments? And is it better to go to a highly ranked school or a lesser ranked school, Which is better for grad school ?
If the school has a graduate program, especially a PhD program, then pay attention to the research being done there; if you’re interested in experimental particle physics, by all means apply to Yale, if you’re interested in condensed matter, try UIUC instead.
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mit, caltech, stanford, ucb, princeton, cornell, u chicago, uiuc, harvard
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