Re: Why major in physics
- From: jtbell@xxxxxxxxxx (Jon Bell)
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:00:03 +0000 (UTC)
In article <1113774747.969798.275690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<hhc314@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>I earned my M.S. from Drexel, but the pattern at better known schools
>such as MIT and Cal Tech is exactly the same. A physics degree issued
>by a school that doesn't require this level of effort is barely worth
>the paper that it's written on. At any of these schools, assume that
>between 1/2 to 2/3rds of the entering class will not complete the
>program.
I'd say that pattern is actually pretty common at a wide variety of
schools. We certainly wouldn't compare ourselves even with Drexel, but
out of the 10-12 freshmen who sign up for General Physics, planning on
(usually) our 3-2 dual-degree engineering program or our 4-year physics
major, usually about 4-6 of them make it to the junior year and finish one
program or the other. The rest decide to switch to something like a
business major.
--
Jon Bell <jtbell@xxxxxxxxxx> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
.
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