<p>Assuming that I will be a physics student, I will be taking physics, since I am in the physics program. But does college differs from University, in a sense that I will have other required courses to follow?</p>
<p>What course will I be required to take besides physics and math? If I go to Harvard, MIT, Princeton or Berkeley, what will happen to me?</p>
<p>Thanks for replying...</p>
<p>Every student has their required classes to graduate that you usually knock out during your first 2 years of college. These will generally include english classes, social studies classes, foreign language, etc. You can check each schools website for the requirements.</p>
<p>most colleges have some version of "general education" requirements to graduate, which is what gstein was referring to.</p>
<p>As far as your major goes, you will probably have to take general chemistry and a few computer science/programming courses in addition to a whole lot of math & physics.</p>
<p>GERs...go look at the course catalogs for the universities you're considering to see what they require for your major.</p>
<p>What additional classes you have to take will depends on whether or not you take the "Princeton/Harvard/Berkelely" route, or the MIT route. The first three are liberal arts schools, so you'll be required to do at least a little bit of writing/humanities/social sciences. At a place like MIT, your gen ed classes are going to be more along the lines of chemistry/biology. You'll still have to do a little humanities and social sciences, but it will be much more geared towards tech students than at a liberal arts school.</p>
<p>while I can't speak for the other schools, at berkeley you'll have some general ed classes and breadth requirements. HOWEVER if you were somewhat dilligent in high school and scored well on various AP tests, your non-major classload won't be that bad since you will have 'tested out' of a lot of lower div classes.</p>