Top school to become a physicist?

[Anonymous]

- how does a HS kid know which such certainty that they want to have a career in physics research? This is not something they typically have exposure to with enough regularity to know. What experiences allowed your DC to decide this path?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: - how does a HS kid know which such certainty that they want to have a career in physics research? This is not something they typically have exposure to with enough regularity to know. What experiences allowed your DC to decide this path?

Exactly. I don't know why we are all wasting our time responding to this thread. This person has no clue.

[Anonymous]

What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: - how does a HS kid know which such certainty that they want to have a career in physics research? This is not something they typically have exposure to with enough regularity to know. What experiences allowed your DC to decide this path?

Exactly. I don't know why we are all wasting our time responding to this thread. This person has no clue.

The same way literally any other child has a career idea in mind. People like you are so useless and add nothing to these threads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

Competitions would require multiple schools with quantum physics teams. Which I doubt exist. There aren't even that many regular physics teams, though those likely do at least exist.

I'm guessing this child made up a quantum physics team so that way on their college apps they can brag about "founding a club." Convince a few classmates who know nothing about physics to join. Meet once in a rare while to talk about something. And then exaggerate to colleges about how great it is. At which point the interviewer and/or admissions person calls BS.

[Anonymous]

- how does a HS kid know which such certainty that they want to have a career in physics research? This is not something they typically have exposure to with enough regularity to know. What experiences allowed your DC to decide this path?

Exactly. I don't know why we are all wasting our time responding to this thread. This person has no clue.

The same way literally any other child has a career idea in mind. People like you are so useless and add nothing to these threads

Our kid has been gung-ho for physics since 10th grade, and the enthusiasm shaped every aspect of the college application process this past year and has has only grown more intense the more the kid learns (through mostly self-directed inquiry, plus dual-enrollment and an excellent summer program at a research university).

The parents did not impose this. It isn't 'careerism' but intellectual passion, sparked initially by stuff the kid discovered watching videos and lectures on the internet.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure Princeton isn't the only place one can be a physicist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

Competitions would require multiple schools with quantum physics teams. Which I doubt exist. There aren't even that many regular physics teams, though those likely do at least exist.

I'm guessing this child made up a quantum physics team so that way on their college apps they can brag about "founding a club." Convince a few classmates who know nothing about physics to join. Meet once in a rare while to talk about something. And then exaggerate to colleges about how great it is. At which point the interviewer and/or admissions person calls BS.

No one is bragging about doing quantum physics- most people think it’s a total bore.

I get tired of parents here trampling students with any level of passion, just because their kids do the same robotic Extracurriculars as everyone else.

[Anonymous]

There is a high school level physics exam sequence that lead to the top physics students representing the United States at the physics Olympiad which is an international physics competition. The initial test is F=ma, and then the USAPHO exam. Students who test well on these exams have strong placements in top universities. I suggest that your daughter might want to investigate taking these exams at her local high school.
And I disagree with the person who says that kids can’t know their interests at a young age. My DS became interested in physics in middle school and recently graduated with a PhD in physics and is now doing his post doc. He hopes to be a physics professor. It’s his passion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

Competitions would require multiple schools with quantum physics teams. Which I doubt exist. There aren't even that many regular physics teams, though those likely do at least exist.

I'm guessing this child made up a quantum physics team so that way on their college apps they can brag about "founding a club." Convince a few classmates who know nothing about physics to join. Meet once in a rare while to talk about something. And then exaggerate to colleges about how great it is. At which point the interviewer and/or admissions person calls BS.

No one is bragging about doing quantum physics- most people think it’s a total bore.

I get tired of parents here trampling students with any level of passion, just because their kids do the same robotic Extracurriculars as everyone else.

I was just curious when OP called it a “team” which implies competitions vs a club where interested students can explore the topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

There are and there aren't.

No way to know for sure until you try to watch one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

There are and there aren't.

No way to know for sure until you try to watch one.

Welcome, Mr. Schrödinger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does the Quantum Physics team do? Are there competitions?

There are and there aren't.

No way to know for sure until you try to watch one.

That was hilarious and I’m not even in physics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is pretty neurotic and a high scorer on exams but simply lacks extracurriculars. She aspires to be a physicist and in her free time, she’s president of the Quantum physics and robotics team. I’m concerned that without going to a top 20 university, she won’t be able to ever achieve her dream. Looking through the assistant professor page at Princeton, every one of them has a degree from MIT, Stanford, Tsinghua, and IIT, so what chance does she have getting into the professsion?

U Rochester is amazing for physics

[Anonymous]

Lawrence University!!