Admission Statistics
- Address admission inquiries to: Admissions Coordinator, Department
of Physics and Astronomy
- Graduate application fee required: $70
- Admission deadline (Fall admission): December 15
- Admission information: For fall admission, 2005-06, 34 students were
accepted from 255 applicants.
- Admission requirements: For admission to the graduate programs, a
Bachelor's degree in either physics, astronomy, or a related science is required.
If the degree is not in physics or astronomy, a strong physics minor is necessary.
No minimum undergraduate GPA is specified. The GRE verbal and quantitative
is required. No minimum score is specified. The GRE Advanced test is required.
The average GRE scores for 2005-06 matriculants were verbal-626 (non-native
English speakers not included); quantitative-780. The average GRE Advanced
score for 2005-06 matriculants was 781. Students from non-English speaking
countries are required to demonstrate proficiency in English via the TOEFL
examination.
- Undergraduate preparation assumed: A typical student will have
completed intermediate and advanced courses in mechanics (Marion,
Becker, etc.); electricity and magnetism (Reitz and Milford, Corson and
Lorrain); quantum mechanics (Saxon, etc.); and undergraduate
laboratory.
M.S. Thomas
October 2005