<p>How is MIT for physics? I know that it's a top-ranked school, but i've also heard that it's way too engineering-orientated. Is this true? And what kind of research goes on on campus?</p>
<p>I hear that Caltech is very good for physics as well.</p>
<p>I suppose the short answer would be no, it's not too engineering-oriented. I mean, there are a lot of engineering majors at MIT, but there are also plenty of science majors.</p>
<p>You can look through the general overview of research being done at the department, as well as faculty profiles and such, at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/index.html</a></p>
<p>you can't wrong w/physics here</p>
<p>Didn't that fellow go there? You know the one I mean... had tons of oddball interests, real bright, majored in physics, worked on the a-bomb, when on to win the Nobel prize in physics. I believe his name was, um, Richard Feynman. (You can count on MIT having a good physics department.)</p>
<p>heh.. and didn't he go on to teach at caltech? :p</p>
<p>Cornell, too, but only briefly.</p>
<p>all I know is that MIT likes physics people.</p>
<p>But then again, Caltech is good for physics also.</p>
<p>But Richard feynman went to Princeton for grad school, so maybe it was the p'ton magic ;)</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>feynman wanted to go to MIT for grad school, but was advised to go elsewhere so he would have a broader background or something.</p>
<p>"I learned a lot of different things from different schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks that it's the most wonderful place in the world... and while you don't get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on." -Richard Feynman, from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"</p>
<p>that is an amazing book, and feynman is an amazing person, u guyz should check out the feynman lectures on physics. they r sweet.</p>
<p>i second that :-D</p>
<p>Well, based on my AP physics class and the classes I took, I believe the curriculum for the required physics classes is pretty standard. The applications might have more engineering type problems in it, but nothing excessive.</p>
<p>molliebatmit: I'm aware of that :p
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is probably the best book I've ever read. I liked the way he viewed everything in his life as a learning experience.</p>