<p>Can anyone share any insights on the physics or math departments at Rutgers? My D is a very strong student in these areas but she is also pretty well-rounded and would want to participate in varsity sports if possible. First, how does anyone find either of these departments? Secondly, do you have to have devoted your life to physics and would that be the expectation while at Rutgers as well? She has not participated in summer research or gone to summer science programs, for example, as she was competing in summer tournaments. I saw a thread about this on the Princeton site where they said that a singular devotion to your subject was completely expected while at Princeton. Thank you</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the physics/math department at Rutgers, but I can vouch and say that for sciences in general, they don’t expect that you have participated in research before coming here (although there will be some students who may have done so). </p>
<p>You’ll get all of those opportunities here when you come to Rutgers – being able to participate in research with professors, internships, etc. during the school year.</p>
<p>Rutgers highly stresses getting involved with things outside of your major. In engineering, I know several people who play rugby and frisbee. I also know several physics majors in swing dance club. A singular devotion to your major is not at all required or expected. Although I must say, the work will be difficult wherever one goes.</p>
<p>Many students here have never done research or anything of the sort. College is a good place to get started with those things for most of us, I would say. It’s not really a big deal if you don’t have research experience.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the physics department, but I know that Rutgers has a very strong math department.</p>