How are physics programs in Pa universities?

[glennpagano44]

How are the following college for physics programs Penn State, Widener, Drexel, Blooms burg, and Carnegie Mellon University. Are there any other good colleges for physics major in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia area.

 

[robphy]

In addition to your list, you might want to also look into:
u. pittsburgh, u. penn, temple, penn state erie (behrend),
swarthmore, bucknell, bryn mawr, haverford, dickinson

...in NJ, near Philadelphia, there's also princeton

 

[glennpagano44]

Thanks I will look into those

 

[glennpagano44]

http://college.mychances.net/view/?id=9965&app=college look at this and vote on my chances of getting into these colleges. My SAT is bad but hopefully i will increase all of my scores by at least 170 in each subject because this time I am going to study

 

[kuahji]

In addition to your list, you might want to also look into:
u. pittsburgh, u. penn, temple, penn state erie (behrend),
swarthmore, bucknell, bryn mawr, haverford, dickinson

...in NJ, near Philadelphia, there's also princeton

I'm surprised to see Dickinson on the list... I live about 10 minutes from there, perhaps I'll check it you too. Though its suppose to be pretty expensive. I think the SAT score average or something to get in there is like a 1300 or something (classic score).

 

[robphy]

I'm surprised to see Dickinson on the list... I live about 10 minutes from there, perhaps I'll check it you too. Though its suppose to be pretty expensive. I think the SAT score average or something to get in there is like a 1300 or something (classic score).

http://physics.dickinson.edu/~dept_web/info.html
http://physics.dickinson.edu/~dept_web/dept_homepage.html

They have been innovative in physics education.
http://physics.dickinson.edu/~wp_web/WP_homepage.html

 

[Laura1013]

I'm not sure about your area of interest, but I worked at the Villanova University Astronomy Department for two summers. Since they only grant astronomy bachelor's degrees, their undergrads are heavily involved in research. The undergrads I spoke to seemed happy with the level of education, and the department was very close-knit.