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    Programs Will I ever get a Math PhD or should I just give up?

    Can I suggest something, the classes you have mentioned sound like they are mostly first year and perhaps second year classes. Alot of the time in these classes actually understanding the material is not what's required, as classes will more focus on wrote learning for their assessment. However...
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    Programs What Do You Think? Stats vs Econometrics

    I mean for job prospects which skill set would be more useful?
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    Programs What Do You Think? Stats vs Econometrics

    Well what are your opinions? Would not having a solid grounding in statistics be more useful than a solid knowledge of the applications of econometrics?
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    Schools Why are some of the oldest universities in the world ranked so poorly?

    Are not Russian Universities good though for example? What about german universities?
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    Schools Why are some of the oldest universities in the world ranked so poorly?

    Yeah but it seems that the rankings are very skewed towards universities whose first language is english.
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    Schools Why are some of the oldest universities in the world ranked so poorly?

    For example the University of Vienna (Austria) is ranked around 87th in the world yet it's the oldest institution in the german speaking world (1365), why is this? Is language a reason?
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    Programs Coming from engineering to science degree, should I keep my units or not?

    Ok so I have done around 1.5 years of maths, science and engineering classes (12 subjects) and realized I didnt enjoy engineering (my major), so I have now changed from a bachelor of electrical engineering to a bachelor of science. Now I am want to include a maths major in the degree however I...
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    Schumann Resonance: Tuning In Possible?

    if schumann resonance is an em wave then why could not something tune into it?
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    Schumann Resonance: Tuning In Possible?

    I was just wondering if would be possible to tune into this frequency? Has anyone ever attempted it?
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    Equation for the oxidation reaction for KMnO4 solution

    well my notes seem to indicate IO4 has something to do with the oxidation..
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    Equation for the oxidation reaction for KMnO4 solution

    I thought Mn(2+) + IO4(-) ---> MnO4- + I- ?
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