<p>"Okay, I am so ready for sakky to answer this."</p>
<p>Do you have any links to threads that sakky wrote about that? I remember lightly that sakky once had very complete evidence on subjects about top school employment, but can't find the thread.</p>
<p>"School name matters less in engineering because skills are more tangible. Engineering is a meritocracy - managers will hire dogs if they can do their jobs well."</p>
<p>That's exactly what concerns me about stanford.</p>
<p>don't think too much, faraday. stanford is as good as it gets.</p>
<p>Stanford is a great school you really can't go wrong...</p>
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I think I'm heading to Stanford next fall (I got in), and it's top 4 for ChemE, top 2 for EE, while it's probably not even top 8 for its undergrad physics program
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<p>I didnt see anyone correct this so </p>
<p>Stanford is definitely in the top 8 for undergraduate physics. I dont put much stock in the validity of the U.S. News College Rankings, but in a previous issue Stanford was tied with MIT for the best graduate physics program in the country and usually schools with high ranking graduate programs have high ranking undergrad programs also. Search</a> - Physics - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report</p>
<p>But as a better measure of a schools ability in a particular discipline, you should visit the department website and look at the courses and programs they offer ( Stanford</a> University Department of Physics - Home Page ). By merely looking at Stanfords course listing its obvious it has great, if not excellent, programs for physics majors. One facet of its program is the ability of physics majors to concentrate in a particular discipline such as Biophysics or Theoretical Physics in preparation for graduate school (<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/current/pdf/Physics.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin/current/pdf/Physics.pdf</a> ). Moreover, Stanford is home to the worlds largest linear particle accelerator which would be excellent for anyone hoping to do future physics research in experimental particle theory.</p>
<p>is there pre-requisites for entering an undergraduate program like that physics one at stanford?</p>
<p>Every school has pre-reqs. Go to their website and look them up.</p>