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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a few ideas that aren't like MIT, but which would be excellent for physics and mathematics, look into Williams, Hamilton and Reed.[/quote]
None of these are anything like MIT. The whole point of MIT is a theory-heavy research-heavy environment for science for social good. Look at research universities with a good campus culture. [/quote]

A number of LACs offer a theory-heavy education with excellent research opportunities. That research may not be as likely to be published in Nature or Science, but it might be more likely the undergraduate leads the work, which grad schools also care about.

MIT is pretty unique, but OP is looking for good but “less impossible” options, many of which are indeed universities, but many of which are LACs. [/quote]
There's a lot of distance between MIT and William or MIT and Reed. Like sure there's a strenuous connection one can make, but answers like WPI, Gtech, even Harvey Mudd are quality answers. 
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Not so much distance in undergrad education for the programs they offer. OP said she was less likely to be interested in engineering. [/quote]
There's a substantial difference studying physics at Williams and studying physics at Berkeley or MIT. I don't understand how someone can have such an uninformed opinion. 
Look at course availability alone: https://physics.williams.edu/programs/courses/
MIT:https://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/8/[/quote]

[b]There’s a critical mass of variety of courses needed for a great undergraduate education.[/b] It is possible to have too few, but that’s not a problem at any of the better LACs. There’s a point of diminishing return. At the undergraduate level, coursework is mostly about mastering a field’s foundation. The more esoteric courses aren’t as significant til the grad level.

Ohio State has more physics courses open to undergrads than Harvey Mudd. That doesn’t make Ohio State a better place for undergrad physics.

For physics, 8 of the top 15 PhD producers by rate are LACs. Berkeley is 38th.

No one is trying to downplay how incredible MIT is. No one is even saying other universities aren’t also great. But the people saying you can’t get a top STEM education at an LAC are simply not well informed. [/quote]
Chemistry or physics students might need 10 or 11 courses from within their departments to complete a major. A choice of electives is desirable, of course, which is well within the scope of LACs with strong departments in these areas.
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