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Reply 24 of 31 (Originally posted on: 06-13-10 04:01:42 PM)
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Quoted from Simfish II: Sandamnit
I'm a bit late in the thread, but you may want to check out the out the US World News Report listing of the top Physics grad schools. It's not exactly the most accurate listing, but it will give you a good start on where to look for programs. I highly recommend reading each schools' website and even look at their listing of graduate students and faculty members to see what kind of stuff they have listed on their CVs, etc. Since you're going Physics, you're gonna want to go somewhere that has a strong research focus that you're interested in, but I'm sure you already knew that.
I don't know how it is for Physics, but the American Mathematical Society puts out a yearly graduate school publication that lists each school and how many students they accepted, how many students are enrolled full/part-time, how many students are supported via being employed as TAs, RAs, and/or other fellowships. You may be able to find something similar for Physics programs. It may be a bit discouraging if they only accepted 1 or 2 students, but it will at least give you an idea of chances of being accepted based purely on the sheer quantity of students they accept annually; don't let that dissuade you from applying to a school though!
Also, attending a summer REU looks good on an application to grad school, as well as any conferences you've attended, presentations and publications you may have, and so forth. I definitely recommend being proactive about doing research to make up for a lackluster GPA. Even if only to get an extra bullet on your CV and a few extra dollars in your pocket.
Quote: Colorado/Wisconsin/Minnesota
Aside from Wisconsin, those are the same level of schools I'm applying to for Mathematics. Not that anyone cares, but I'm looking into the following schools (you might want to check into some of them and see how their Physics program is as well):
Dartmouth College
Boston University
Rice University
Washington University in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins University
Purdue University
Carnegie Mellon University
Duke University
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Colorado at Boulder
Indiana University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vanderbilt University
University of Washington at Seattle
University of Maryland at College Park
University of Utah at Salt Lake City
Yeah. I know. I'm applying to a shitload of schools and it's going to be expensive, but I've been setting aside money to finance the application process and attending specific conferences that allow me to defer application fees (for example, there is a grad school expo at Purdue University each year, where if you attend, they will waive your application fee).
Depending on how I feel about my upcoming Subject GRE in November, I may not apply to a few of these schools, but at the moment, this is my working list of schools.
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