<p>Can anyone give me information about undergraduate physics program at Wake Forest? How are the Profs? Any opportunities for undergraduate research? etc</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I don’t know much personally, but it’s a small department and a lot of the students know each other and all the professors in it.</p>
<p>My roommate is a physics major and works in the WFU Nanotechnology lab doing research (he’s doing it this summer too). Also a current senior who is a Bio-Physics major won the Rhodes Scholarship this year. </p>
<p>I would check out this link: [WFU</a> Physics in the News](<a href=“WFU Physics in the News”>WFU Physics in the News)</p>
<p>Wow! that looks fantastic!! thanks for the information and the link. My son is waitlisted and it is his #1 choice. Now I understand why he is so hyped on going there.</p>
<p>The undergrad physics program is pretty good here. I would say the physics department is among the best and most well organized at Wake. I was first turned off by the building (Olin Hall) which looks like a bathroom (really), but you can get used to it. The first couple classes will be huge (~60 students) due to the sizable premed population at wake and those physics classes being required classes for premeds, but it will downsize quickly afterwards. The professors are mostly interested in Biophysics & Nanotechnology area and not so much of the physics you might think of from reading The Elegant Universe, so if that doesn’t turn you off, this will be a nice place to get your hands on research as an undergrad. One of my close friends who is a physics major received the Rhodes scholarship for Oxford. Some people who are graduating this year got accepted to a couple Ivy-League grad programs. But if I were you, and 100% sure about doing physics, I would choose a program that is more reputed and diverse (research-wise) than WFU, such as Cornell, CMU, MIT, etc</p>
<p>Why on every post do you discourage students from attending Wake, Hucmenzu?</p>
<p>I am not discouraging students from attending Wake. I am simply saying that if the student is pretty sure about physics, and specifically physics, there are better schools out there to attend. That does not mean that the students should not come here. If there is a student who want to explore many different areas of study before committing to one, or major in business, or want to attend medschools or law schools, seminary, or want to be part of the greek scene in college, then I would in fact encourage them to attend Wake Forest.</p>
<p>It should be pointed out that the student got waitlisted from Wake. Although I’m unsure, that probably means the student didn’t get into MIT or other top notch physics programs.</p>
<p>LOL!! yes, that would be a good assumption. 
The student is considering himself lucky to have been waitlisted. He is also considering Virginia Tech, Rochester Institute of TEchnology, Maryland Univ and Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder.</p>