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    Schools How many B's can I allow myself if I want to go to top grad school?

    One of my friends had ~3.8 and got into Princeton, as well as everywhere else she applied. Just try and know the material.
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    Graduating in Physics in a year ; looking to make a career change

    I've heard not to do an MBA straight out of undergrad; in fact, the very top programs don't allow students to do so. Some MFE/MFin programs do take students out of undergrad though. What part of economics are you interested in? If you're interested in macroeconomics, something in the...
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    Atmospheric physics / geophysics.

    Have you taken atmospheric physics classes? Aerosol research might be something that interests you in general - maybe check that out. It's also a field where people don't really know that much about how it affects temperature of the Earth (really huge uncertainties) so there's room to make progress.
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    What does a typical weekday look like for a busy scientist?

    Typical Wednesday: Wake up at 7.30am. Study and grab breakfast until just after 10. Class until 12.30 - have an hour long lunch break (but have to get to the other side of campus). Lab class until 5pm. Run a meeting from 5-7pm. Might tutor for an hour or two after the meeting. Do homework until...
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    Is GRE Required for International Students from English-Speaking Countries?

    Signapore's national language is English, so I'd be surprised if that is the case.
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    Engineering ''Social'' careers with engineering/science background

    You sound a lot like me - I'm a current student and I'm also thinking of future careers. I don't know too much about engineering, but some kind of quantitative sales or marketing job might suit your skill set and interests. Some of my friends are going into science policy if they can get jobs...
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    Is Natural Mathematical Ability Required To Be A Physicist?

    Math was my worst subject in high school but physics was always my best. There are many different kinds of theoretical physics, and you might find that some sort of theoretical applied physics or computational physics might suit you better than string theory or something along those lines.
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    Rejected from all REUs. What am I lacking?

    Columbia and Cornell also have pretty well known REU programs...
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    Schools 3.0s in most math classes and going to grad school for math? bad idea?

    My school has a combined BS/MS in math, and my friend went to apply for this program and was told he needed straight As in math (no A- grades). He had straight As in math, so it worked out fine, but the expectation for a lot of math graduate schools is that your grades should be near perfect...
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    GRE unofficial vs. official scores

    Do people know if unofficial scores given at the GRE testing site often change when you're given your official scores? I took the GRE today and my unofficial scores were good, so I'm really hoping they don't go down!
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    MIT vs Princeton vs Wisconsin vs UCLA for plasma phys.

    I'm not really into plasma, but one of my friends who wants to do plasma has raved about Princeton's program and is desperate to get in there for graduate school. Hopefully someone who's more qualified can help!
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    Is $14 an Hour Fair for a Software Engineering Internship?

    Yeah, tell me about it. One was in academia, the other was in industry...
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    Is $14 an Hour Fair for a Software Engineering Internship?

    I'm not sure about software engineering, but the range of salaries I've received for internships have been between 1000 dollars a month and 1.5k per week (+ housing and travel bonus). So it's definitely within that range...
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    Applying to MIT from Mexico: Advice and Resources

    Tec de Monterrey is a university though - 1.5 years is enough to transfer to an American university, I think. In any case, why are you so sure that you're going to be admitted to MIT? Have you topped Mexico in any significant academic competitions such as olympiads or high school leaving exams...
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