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2007-03-19 12:56:11 · 11 answers · asked by Jack 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I really don't care if you think the people at ivy league colleges are jerks. I am more concerned with an education.
2007-03-19 15:43:54 · update #1
I'm going to list the top graduate schools. They all have good undergrad programs as well, but remember, you don't stay in the same school for graduate and undergraduate degrees. And you DO need a PhD to do anything in astronomy.
Harvard, Berkeley, CalTech, Princeton, Yale, U of Toronto, Cornell, Columbia, U of Chicago, U of Arizona, U of Hawaii, U of Washington (Seattle), UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, U of Colorado (Boulder), UT Austin, U of Virginia, Penn State, MIT, U of Michigan, Clemson U, U of Maryland, Ohio State.
2007-03-19 13:32:08 · answer #1 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best Schools For Astronomy
2016-11-08 02:10:12 · answer #2 · answered by maritza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivy League Schools other than Cornell (for astronomy) are an enormous waste of money. The people there have an elitist attitude. I did an internship at Stanford, all the students were pricks.
Your undergraduate degree doesn't matter. Make sure you get in a good school for your PhD. Make sure you get a fellowship. Remember what makes you professionally is NOT what school you went to, but the quality of your dissertation. Remember Albert Einstein made his career (theory of relativity) while doing a menial job in a patent office.
In conclusion ivy-leaguers are for the most part (no so much the physics-types) are great ***-holes. Sorry girl from Brown, but you are.
2007-03-19 13:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what your specific interest in Ivy League schools is. You're probably better off looking at MIT, another great school in Cambridge. University of Hawaii also has a good astronomy program, thanks in large part to their role in the Mauna Keia Observatories.
2007-03-19 13:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I go to Brown and we make fun of the astronomy concentrators. Don't come here.
Seraph below me says that he is judging his view of people from the Ivy League based on his experience with people from Stanford...Newsflash!: Stanford is not an Ivy League school...
2007-03-19 13:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about ivy's, but the best astronomy schools may be Iowa and Arizona. Check it out.
2007-03-19 12:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a great school for Astronomy I suggest the U of Hawaii they have a great program out there.
2007-03-21 17:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by killertomcat02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are able to flow to different universities, and maximum Ivy Leagues will take transfers. besides the fact that if, they're additionally very aggressive, and take in elementary terms a minority of the excellent applicants (Harvard's acceptance cost is approximately 7%). As such, you are able to desire to stand out- "keeping sturdy grades" should not be adequate for many circumstances. this is doubly genuine for transfers, the place even fewer places exist. to supply you some theory, i be attentive to of folk who've very admirable achievements (printed study in recognized journals, club of professional enterprises, that form of factor) who weren't regular. you rather might desire to stand out in case you desire to be regular.
2016-10-19 03:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can rank them yourself according to your own criteria at the National Research Council site:
http://www.phds.org/rankings/astronomy/
By most measures, Princeton and Cornell come out on top.
2007-03-19 13:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would fefinitely say Cornell. It was Carl Sagan's school, they run the Aracebo radio scope and most of the Mars rover work was started there.
2007-03-19 13:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋