Physics grad school realistic with a degree in EE?

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<p>Greetings,</p>

<p>I'm majoring in EECS at Berkeley, minoring in physics. Unfortunately, I'm locked into my major per the school.</p>

<p>I am currently conducting research in astrophysics with Caltech/JPL, have won several awards and scholarships, decent GPA, etc. I am wondering as to whether or not "respectable" physics grad schools will take an EECS graduate seriously. I'm trying to gear my coursework toward the more physical areas of EE -- e.g., E&M, plasmas, quantum applications, etc. Assuming I score well on the GRE, continue to engage in research, and complete as many of the core UD physics courses as I can, will my application merit serious consideration?</p>

<p>I would just like a realistic assessment of my options. I qualify "respectable" schools in my areas of interest as being Berkeley, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Harvard, et cetera.</p>

<p>p.s. I apologize if this is the wrong forum for a post of this nature. I'm new.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I don’t see why not, assuming you complete the core UD physics courses. BTW, I think a respectable GRE for those schools is perfect on the math and the Physics GRE (if they require it, which most do). I don’t think the physics GRE is that hard for a physics major.</p>