Difficulty of getting into top colleges

[jamalkoiyess]

Hello PF,
Can anyone tell me how hard it is for anyone to join MIT or Harvard for exemple in engineering or physics for graduate studies?

 

[Vanadium 50]

Hard. (Not sure what else to say)

 

[Dishsoap]

According to gradschoolshopper.com, which is a resource for physics graduate schools, MIT's acceptance rate is 9.87%, and Harvard's is 11.3%, and also consider that only the top students apply (presumably). I don't know how else to quantify "how hard it is".

 

[jamalkoiyess]

According to gradschoolshopper.com, which is a resource for physics graduate schools, MIT's acceptance rate is 9.87%, and Harvard's is 11.3%, and also consider that only the top students apply (presumably). I don't know how else to quantify "how hard it is".

So fast answer : don't even try . Right ?

 

[jtbell]

If you don't apply, your "acceptance rate" is 0%, right?

However, considering you're only 17 (according to your profile), I think it is way too early to start stressing out over graduate school. First get into a university for undergraduate physics and see if you still even like physics after studying at that level for a couple of years.

 

[micromass]

If you don't apply, your "acceptance rate" is 0%, right?

Yeah, but applying also costs money

 

[jamalkoiyess]

If you don't apply, your "acceptance rate" is 0%, right?

However, considering you're only 17 (according to your profile), I think it is way too early to start stressing out over graduate school. First get into a university for undergraduate physics and see if you still even like physics after studying at that level for a couple of years.

I have been accepted to AUB and will do what u said thanks