<p>I am a student from China and will enter U of Waterloo to pursue my PHD degree in theoretical physics. I also get offers from Stanford and UT Austin, but I declined both of them, due to the fact that Waterloo is extremly excellent at theoretical physics.</p>
<p>I would like to know whether Waterloo is a good school in the eyes of the Americans. If I graduate from Waterloo, how much the chance I can find a decent job in U.S.?
Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how doctorate degrees from Canada are viewed in Academia, but funny enough my ex-fiance did her undergrad there and I learned that it actually has a very strong rep. It’s also amongst perhaps one of the best 3 schools in the country. That being said, I doubt you’ll have any problems related to the quality of the program itself.</p>
<p>And to be frank, I personally probably would have taken the Stanford deal given the reputation and opportunities provided after graduation.</p>
<p>U of Waterloo is a good university and is quite well known in Canada but not as well known in general in the U.S. which to be expected. However, people in the academia and high-tech business will know U of Waterloo for its strenght in math and science. Microsoft and Google hire ton of students from U of Waterloo because of the computer science program. The university have a very good reputation in math, computer science and engineering. I am not sure about their graduate program but I imagine there are probably pretty good. U of Waterloo is very modern and the campus is very beautiful. Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m surprised you would turn down Stanford for UW, but UW has a new theoretical physics institute headed by Stephen Hawking. So yes, UW is the place for this type of study.</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute</a></p>
<p>They won the ACM contest twice… :-)</p>
<p>how could you turn down Stanford over UW?? </p>
<p>you mentioned you wanted to get a job in the US… then you should pick a good program in the US (instead of Canada), UT-A is also great school.</p>
<p>UW may rank higher than Stanford academically in that particular field… but then your plan should be going into academia… wrong decision wrong decision</p>
<p>First of all, PI is not headed by Hawking. He is a Distinguished Visitor. I agree with Zoo, UT and especially Stanford are probably more recognized in the United States. Who told you to go after Waterloo so hard?! I feel like you were given bad advice. Unless you want to do something like Quantum Information or Loop Quantum Gravity, I don’t understand why you would pick any school in Canada over Stanford.</p>
<p>My research interest focuses on quantum computing and cosmology. PI and IQC are significantly active in this areas. A friend of mine get Phd in Princeton and do his post doc in PI(waterloo) suggested me to accept the offer from waterloo.</p>
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<p>This doesn’t matter now since you’ve already made your decision. You should have asked this question before you accepted the offer.</p>
<p>Waterloo may very well be the best place for your area; however, I feel as though you didn’t research it yourself and instead relied on the advice of someone who is already there.</p>
<p>jaimephysique, of course that PI will suggest you to accept the offer from waterloo, because you belong to somewhere better</p>
<p>anyways, Mom is right, it is too late now, why didn’t you ask this before?</p>