Ivies & Science majors

College Search & Selection
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<p>By the way, if you really like science and are gung-ho about doing it for the rest of your life, just go to UCSD.</p>

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<p>1down 1 to go, I sent you a Private Message.</p>

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<p>SA -- D has found in high school that there were required courses she unexpectedly loved which she would not have enrolled in left to her own "druthers" and has concluded that some structure will force her to continue this "broadening of interest process". It works for her. I find you get to know your children in a different light watching, and helping, them go through this sorting process.....
Thanks all for the replies.</p>

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for bio, rank order</p>

<p>Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Penn
Princeton</p>

<p>astronomy</p>

<p>Harvard
Cornell
Yale
Penn

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<p>i'm sorry, but this just seems ridiculous to me.</p>

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SA -- D has found in high school that there were required courses she unexpectedly loved which she would not have enrolled in left to her own "druthers" and has concluded that some structure will force her to continue this "broadening of interest process". It works for her. I find you get to know your children in a different light watching, and helping, them go through this sorting process....

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<p>I second this. Requirements forced me to take courses I otherwise would never have taken, and ended up enjoying. Being forced outside your comfort zone is a healthy and rewarding challenge.</p>

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<p>In terms of the number of bachelors graduates who go on to get PhDs in the physical sciences (including chem and physics), the ranking would be:</p>

<p>Princeton University
Cornell University, All Campuses
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth College
Yale University
Harvard University
Columbia University in the City of New York</p>

<p>Based on PhD production in the life sciences, the ranking would be:</p>

<p>Cornell University, All Campuses
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Columbia University in the City of New York
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Yale University</p>