Physics? Some schools?

<p>This is more for my friend than me. I'm considering EE, but my friend wants to be a Physics major (possibly interdiscipilinary with math). Right now his main school of choice is Reed College, followed by Rice then UT. I personally find that kind of odd, because I am under the impression that Rice (being a better school overall as well) has a very strong natural sciences program but he insists that Reed is better. Does anyone happen to know enough about either school to confirm this?</p>

<p>I think Rice may in fact be better for the natural sciences, but there could very well be other factors for him to choose Reed over it...overall atmosphere, etc.</p>

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