Science at UPenn

[bballvas]

<p>How are the science programs at UPenn? Specifically Chemistry and Physics. How do they compare with the other Ivy League Schools and top science schools?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[posterX]

<p>They are not as strong as Harvard, Yale, MIT, Caltech, or Cornell, but definitely stronger than, say, Brown. See <a href="http://www.sciencewatch.com/sept-oct2002/sw_sept-oct2002_page1.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sciencewatch.com/sept-oct2002/sw_sept-oct2002_page1.htm&lt;/a> and <a href="http://www.sciencewatch.com/nov-dec2002/sw_nov-dec2002_page2.htm#Chemistry%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sciencewatch.com/nov-dec2002/sw_nov-dec2002_page2.htm#Chemistry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Physics is one of the stronger areas at UPenn, however:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sciencewatch.com/nov-dec2002/sw_nov-dec2002_page2.htm#Physics%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sciencewatch.com/nov-dec2002/sw_nov-dec2002_page2.htm#Physics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

[username321]

<p>Google Nigel Lockyer. I had him for freshmen physics. The guy's absolutely brilliant. He's also a leading particle physicist.</p>

[valecollegorian]

<p>Lockyer rocks! he made me love physics when i really hated it.</p>

[rice_boy]

<p>Though Penn isn't the best in the sciences, the school also gives you a very good liberal arts background. If you're interested in chemistry, you should also check out the Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/biochem/vspmls.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sas.upenn.edu/biochem/vspmls.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>