<p>Hi, Ive been doing a lot of college research and this of course has pointed me to the schools of the NESCAC. I was wondering if I gave some of you familiar people some info, you could tell me what schools seem good (assuming the right GPA, SATs, E.Cs etc.)</p>
<p>I am currently a male high school junior from Florida. I do have the minority hook(Iranian). I also probably wont be needing financial aid(if that helps). I am highly interested in majoring in physics, so a good physics program would be good. I want an intellectual atmosphere, but I also love sports, but not the drinking that comes with sports. City or rural, doesnt really matter. Neither does size. Although a big name could be nice, I honestly dont care. A beautiful campus is also a plus. So overall, friendly students, great physics (and academics overall), and just the overall atmosphere of the school are most important.
At first I thought Bowdoin, Williams, or Midd, but you forum junkies probably know more than I do. Thanks!</p>
<p>bowdoin isn't really known for physics like it is for bio and chem...i think middlebury is even less geared toward the sciences. williams is like bowdoin in terms of sciences and all that.</p>
<p>all roughly the same size although mid is probably about 15% larger than the other 2.
they all should have pretty nice people but i've heard a lot of the people at midd are kinda rich and jerky but hey those kids are everywhere and it's not totally their fault that they are that way >__<</p>
<p>there's no pressure to drink at bowdoin...i doubt there is at any of the 2 other schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>i would suggest also looking into colby and bates (not a friendly town around it though..) for your " alittle easier to get in to" schools.</p>
<p>all intellectual...bowdoin is good on sports people are all athletic (intramural, club, varsity)</p>
<p>umm that's all i can think of</p>
<p>Scroll down on this document and youll find description of the equipment available for physics students: </p>
<p><a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/physics/resources/%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/physics/resources/</a></p>
<p>And this document provides information on what physics majors do after they graduate from Bowdoin. Theres quite a few involved in serious Ph.D programs, etc. and then others who have gone off into other career fields. </p>
<p><a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/physics/alumni/%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/physics/alumni/</a></p>
<p>As was mentioned earlier, Middlebury's strength is not the sciences so you would probably do better at Bowdoin or Williams.</p>
<p>You should probably visit all three schools early in the fall and try to target one for early decision (just because it seems to be easier to get into a NESCAC through the ED process) and maybe a second choice for ED2 (Feb admissions). </p>
<p>Bowdoin is a little bit smaller than Williams and Middlebury (1700 stdents versus 2000 for Williams and 2300 for Middlebury). All three are isolated but Bowdoin probably less so as Brunswick is a bigger town than Williamstown and Middlebury and Brunswick is about 30 minutes from Portland (a very interesting and urbane city) and about 2 and 1/2 hours from Boston.</p>