<p>So, is it true that there is a "good" proportion of RU students heading to Princeton for grad school? How about the physics dipartment, are they well connected to the Princeton dipartment? What is the deal here. ( it is kind of obvious that the two have close ties but how close is it really?) any personal stories welcome! :)</p>
<p>Not a lot of people go to Princeton grad school in general. It’s only 1000 students</p>
<p>The graduate school at Princeton is more like ~2,500 students. Plenty of people go there. It’s just not as enormous as, say, Michigan. </p>
<p>As far as ‘connections’ go, it doesn’t work like that. Students come from all sorts of universities and colleges, ranging from other Ivies like Harvard and Yale, to state schools like Michigan and the University of Rhode Island, to schools you’ve never heard of. Get good grades, get good research experience, and don’t screw up the GRE. That’s about all it takes. Graduate admissions isn’t the same sort of voodoo as undergrad admissions.</p>
<p>If it helps your ego, yes, I knew a few Rutgers kids when I went to grad school at Princeton.</p>
<p>LoL I am planing to go to Penn state right now. but it would be cheaper to got to RU if you know what I mean.</p>
<p>I think that princeton professors are slightly more likely to know Rutgers professors than professors at comparable schools, which maybe could be slightly helpful in graduate admissions? But that shouldn’t make a difference in choosing an undergraduate school. You’d be much better focusing on where you’ll have more research opportunities and stuff like that, as that makes way more of a difference when applying to grad school, especially in physics.</p>
<p>What school sends the most graduates to Princeton though?</p>
<p>Working hard and making the most out of your undergraduate years is the best way to get into a good graduate school. Dont worry about the stats too much.</p>
<p>Ok thanks acrylicsalmon. but I feel like Ru dose not have too many research programs and I feel that may affect me badly.</p>