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Browse and request academic advising for all sciences, math and engineering. Topics include school selection, GRE tests, degree information, funding and more. Find the help you need here to navigate and succeed.
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Studying Share self-studying mathematics tips
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How to use this Subforum: A disclaimer
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Other Should I Become a Mathematician?
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Other Becoming an Engineer: Considerations and Personal Experiences
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Other So You Want to Be a Physicist: A 22 Part Guide
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Other Hi, I need some advice about how to publish
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Programs What core abstractions connect real analysis, probability, operators?
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Other Which branch of engineering is more physics heavy?
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Admissions Statement of purpose critique request (high-energy theory PhD application)
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Admissions Could I please get critique on my SOP? (Experimental Biophysics)
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Other Is having bad resources from university normal?
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Schools How good and well-known is the physics program at RPI?
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Need some advice on my future career
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Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school
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Courses What are the best A-Level options for someone wanting to do Physics?
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Admissions Chance of admission to Imperial QFFF and LMU MSc Physics
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Pre-reqs for Ultrafast Optics? (Jackson or Zangwill for Electrodynamics?)
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Advice for Physics Olympiads
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Other Should we reach out to fellow researchers, or patiently wait for them?
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Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman
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Programs Physics Masters at undergrad school before PhD?
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Other How do physicists practically switch fields to non-adjacent subfields?
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Admissions What are some of the questions asked for a medical physics residency interview?
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Other Master's degree advice to work in the Space Industry
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Uncertainty in pursuing Engineering
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Schools Anyone from Rutgers Newark?
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Courses Which C++ book is best for learning algorithms and data structures?
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Admissions PSA -- Contact PI's before applying to graduate school in the US
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Programs Help with my plan to get into research about bound states
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Admissions PhD Admission: What Do Committees Want from an MS Applicant in Research?
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What major topics are there in arithmetic and what order to learn them?
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Any good websites for Quantum Chemistry?
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Is my plan for education reasonable?
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My Grade 11 Math mark is eating me alive. What do I do?
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Studying Should I pursue a masters degree after 4.5 years working in IT?
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Admissions Tips for a CS and physics major
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Schools How to Navigate Applying to HEPTH PhD Programs in Europe vs. the US?
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Other Cosmic ray project ideas for physics undergrad?
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Admissions Should I submit 860 PGRE?
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Other Considering the change from CMP to AMO
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Programs Where did all the “fundamentals-deepening” master’s programs go?
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Other Don’t have a high enough IQ for physics so I want to give up
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Programs MS in Artificial Intelligence from UC Boulder on Coursera
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Programs Mathematical/Theoretical Physics MSc with High Teaching Quality
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Applied Math PhD candidate but I hate group theory
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Help Please: Need advice for studying for my freshman geometrical optics class
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Programs Electrical Engineering PhD or Applied Physics PhD?
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What should I do if I found a paper with same result as mine?
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Is there a science olympiad for college students?
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Self Learning Math/Physics
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Is Solid State Physics a useful class for Materials Engineering?
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Learning physics beyond classical mechanics without labs?
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Schools Theoretical Physics Masters Course in Spain or Italy?
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Testing How to not get stressed on the actual exam?
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Maths Genie (new A Level page videos but no worksheets?)
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Studying Skipping Chapters in Stewart’s Calculus? (Pearson's Edexcel IAL Background)
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How Can a Math-Loving Physics Student Excel in Mathematical Physics?
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Getting into Plasma Physics and Fusion
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Studying How to self-study physics past High School Level?
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Admissions How to get a Medical Physics PhD?
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Studying Struggling with exercises after reading quantum mechanics textbook
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Studying Poor at problem solving -- I'm looking for changes to my approach
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Studying Need Help with Study Approach
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Admissions Am I cooked for graduate school?
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Studying [Academic Advise Needed] Math and coding in Astrophysics
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Prepping for the Intl. Physics Olympiad (IPhO)
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Admissions Taking longer to complete the degree
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Using YouTube as an education resource
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What should I do about my academic supervisor?
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Courses Advanced Math for Computational Material Science Engineering
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Programs Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Masters online
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Courses Planning to take Intro to PDEs via UIUC NetMath — What should I know?
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Courses Math Course Advice -- Harvard freshman planning to double major in physics and mathematics
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Programs Materials Engineering Undergrad Reflection
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Studying Looking for a thread discussing ideal math classes for physics major
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Other How can I fill course requirements for Physics Master's program?
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What is computational physics and what is the best way or method to learn computational physics?
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Can I pursue an MS in astrophysics with a BS in studio art?
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Courses Double degree in APhys and Materials Science Eng. or BS/MS in MechE?
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Other Could/Should I still go for a PhD?
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Which college is the best for physics research in general?
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Other How to self study mathematics for the sake of the subject?
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Programs Physics MSc vs Theoretical physics MSc
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Courses Looking for recommendations for topics for a master's thesis
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How can I get peer-reviewed studies supporting my assertions?
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My physics exam preparations feel like rote actions, I'm not understanding
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Studying Is the suggestion for self-learning mathematics from books wrong?
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Other Is it too late to pursue physics?
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AP Calculus BC
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Programs Advice on decision for a US vs UK/EU PhD [Particle Physics]
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How do I publish my new Cosmic Clock hypothesis?
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Schools What are the best online physics courses?
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Programs Physics degree to med school? please help
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Admissions What is my chance of getting accepted to Princeton Plasma for PhD?
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Courses Need Ideas for a Physics Extended Essay for IB
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Admissions Plasma Physics PhD from an EE undergrad
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Please help me start studying physics
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Programs Need help finding master's program (Europe) with modeling aspects
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Courses Need help in choosing math classes for a HS student
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Masters in Mathematical Physics at LMU TUM or Hamburg?
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Programs Help me decide: physics or chemistry?
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Studying Perspectives of a former undergrad student in science
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Developing Academic Discipline
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Other After an Engineering Physics BSc, can I enroll in a Physics MSc?
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Programs BS MSE + Math OR Physics Minor?
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