Physics at Princeton

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<p>Quoted from another poster:</p>

<p>The Apker Award is the the highest national award for <em>undergraduate</em> physics research, and each year one is given to a student from a school with a PhD program (basically research universities), and one is given to a student from a school without a PhD program (mostly LACs). Here's how it broke down for the last 10 years, by number of Apkers per school:</p>

<p>Research Universities:
CalTech-2
Princeton-2
U of Florida-2
Chicago-1
MIT-1
Stanford-1
U of Rochester-1</p>

<p>LACs:
Williams College-3
Harvey Mudd-2
Swarthmore-2
Haverford College-1
Illinois State University-1
Middlebury College-1</p>

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<p>Do you have the SUM for the last 5 years? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Sorry - that's all I got....Ask on the Parent's Forum, they can maybe help you.</p>

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<p>I'm not surprised given what my S has told me about the physics department. Starting as juniors, they each get to pair with a faculty member and become part of a cutting edge research team.</p>