<p>I earned an scholarship to study physics from undergrad to PhD from my country.
So far, I got wait list from brown and virginia. And got accepted from RPI, Carleton, UIUC, UCSB.</p>
<p>If I got rejected from Brown's waiting-list, which college should I go to.
I'm asian boy and don't like cold weather (but I can live in cold climate if it is necessary). I want to go to good physics grad school.</p>
<p>best overall school on this list is Carleton College. If you want a research college, RPI is probably the better choice. If you want to go back to Asia, more people would probably know about Illinois or UCSB. </p>
<p>Just consider that.</p>
<p>They are all good (though ranking-wise, UIUC and UCSB are more prominent than RPI for physics). Do you prefer a bigger school (UIUC or UCSB; more opportunities and course offerings, but need to be more aggressive in using the opportunities) or a smaller school (Carleton or RPI)? Check each school’s course catalogs and schedules to see whether they offer the physics and other courses you are interested in, and how often.</p>
<p>UCSB has the least cold weather (you see sunny beach?).</p>
<p>yes if you prefer warmer weather, UCSB is the place to go.</p>
<p>This is a UCSB choice, not only for the warm weather and beautiful location, but for its top Physics department.</p>
<p>Thank you u guys very much. Do u know which is the best college that will help me get into the top school like MIT in grad?</p>
<p>UCSB. One of the top physics departments in the US. Be sure to look into its very selective physics program here: </p>
<p>[College</a> of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara - Physics - Home](<a href=“http://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/physics/]College”>http://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/physics/)</p>
<p>limited to just a handful of students, graduate level research opportunities right away, publishing, close contacts with world-famous faculty. The serious physics student’s dream. Grads from this program get into all the great graduate programs, MIT, Princeton, Harvard - the works. Others love it so much, they stay at UCSB all the way through PhD, turning down lucrative offers from elsewhere.</p>
<p>^^^^^I have seen UCSB Creative Studies Physics majors get into top 5 graduate school programs in Physics as recent as this year</p>
<p>I forget to tell you guys that I got accepted into college of creative study already.
Now, I have only UIUC and UCSB (college of creative study) in my mind right now.
What about the social life in UCSB? I kind of not like a party(which i heard that it is party school). Will I be ok for that?</p>