<p>I am a student from Calcutta, India and I applied for transfer admission to some schools this year, and have been accepted at Lawrence University. Now, considering everything I've read about LU, I really like the school. It seems I could fit in there. They've also given me a quite generous financial offer, but the gap between overall costs and the financial aid is still quite a difficult one to bridge, for my family. Considering that and the fact that I want go on to a PhD in Physics, how good is Lawrence for Physics and for producing grad-school ready students? Do students from LU get in to top-tier grad schools? Additionally, is it advisable to put so much money at stake and go ahead with a transfer of school? Will a transfer have any effect on how I am considered by the grad schools I apply to? </p>
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According to this, Lawrence has a high rate of graduate school acceptance-particularly for Physics. A friend of ours who is a PhD in Physics told me that Lawrence is highly regarded. It is a small liberal arts college so you have the opportunity to do research and get a lot of hands on experience with your professors. </p>
<p>@clarinet13mom thank you for your response! I have actually seen this page, but I’d like to know more about what kind of grad schools students from Lawrence Physics get into. My parents would have to spend a lot of money and take loans, etc. back here in India, so I’d really like more detail into the kind of schools Physics graduates from LU have got into these past few years…</p>
<p>If you look at the Lawrence website (Physics page) there is a lot of info on the research opportunities, grants and fellowships, etc. There are some videos too. While I don’t see a list of specific graduate schools,in one video MIT is mentioned. I would suggest that you contact the department chair for specific questions. Since Lawrence is on a trimester schedule, classes are still in session right now (until mid-June) so the professors are still around. Financial Aid office too. While there are no guarantees of grad school admission for anyone, again, I would say that Lawrence is a small school with lots of opportunities for research and hands-on experience…and that is what the top grad schools would be looking for!</p>
<p>You may also want to check with the admissions rep/whoever was your ‘contact/point person’ at LU and see if that person can send you names/emails of recent grads who got into graduate programs in physics/areas of interest. There is nothing like getting some reassurance from recent LU graduates who are now in graduate school. I know another prospective student did that when s/he had questions about admission to medical school after LU. Good luck and congrats on your admission! 
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