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Machete_B
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Hello guys!
Well, where to start? First I want to say that I'm really happy to find a forum like this, I've spend like 2 hours reading the career and academic guidance section, and I realized that I have a lot of questions myself.
Before I start I apologize for my future grammatical mistakes, I spend 12 years of my life in french school and I learned English recently.
So here is my story. As mentioned in the title, I'm a 20 year old undergraduate student at Mcgill university. I'm doing a major in physics, and I have completed my U1. I'm taking 4 courses per session so I plan to finish it in 4 years (the whole B.Sc).
The main problem, and the reason why I need some advice, is my GPA (grades).
I was at 2.2/4 after my first year, which is not outstanding, I know. Things got better with some B+, and then I failed my first course in U2 (Math course), and now I'm at 2.03. I went to see the advisor and he told me that I can still continue, and that I need to take some «easy» courses (200 level, general interest physics courses).
Hopefully my GPA will go above 3.0 by the end of my B.Sc.
I really, really, really love physics. Otherwise I would have switched to something «easier» after my first term (got 4 C+ :/)
My dream would be to pursue my studies in Thermodynamics, and work in an Aerospace field (or maybe astrophysics?) as a physicist.
Maybe I need a reality check, I don't know, it's kinda crazy to go head on in a field and be SO uncertain about your future, but physicists are crazy, right? So continue, switch? What do you think?And as my second request, I wanted to know how undergrad article publication works, do I have to study by myself and try to develop a mini-idea, since undergrad level courses are too general? Expose the work to a professor and go see him like once per week to talk about the subject? Maybe it's a stupid question but I'm curious!
That's it...it was shorter than what I've expected, thank you for reading it and thanks for your time!
P.S : I've made another thread in the Career section, if you want to answer there too I'll thank you even more :D.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=1940778#post1940778
Well, where to start? First I want to say that I'm really happy to find a forum like this, I've spend like 2 hours reading the career and academic guidance section, and I realized that I have a lot of questions myself.
Before I start I apologize for my future grammatical mistakes, I spend 12 years of my life in french school and I learned English recently.
So here is my story. As mentioned in the title, I'm a 20 year old undergraduate student at Mcgill university. I'm doing a major in physics, and I have completed my U1. I'm taking 4 courses per session so I plan to finish it in 4 years (the whole B.Sc).
The main problem, and the reason why I need some advice, is my GPA (grades).
I was at 2.2/4 after my first year, which is not outstanding, I know. Things got better with some B+, and then I failed my first course in U2 (Math course), and now I'm at 2.03. I went to see the advisor and he told me that I can still continue, and that I need to take some «easy» courses (200 level, general interest physics courses).
Hopefully my GPA will go above 3.0 by the end of my B.Sc.
I really, really, really love physics. Otherwise I would have switched to something «easier» after my first term (got 4 C+ :/)
My dream would be to pursue my studies in Thermodynamics, and work in an Aerospace field (or maybe astrophysics?) as a physicist.
Maybe I need a reality check, I don't know, it's kinda crazy to go head on in a field and be SO uncertain about your future, but physicists are crazy, right? So continue, switch? What do you think?And as my second request, I wanted to know how undergrad article publication works, do I have to study by myself and try to develop a mini-idea, since undergrad level courses are too general? Expose the work to a professor and go see him like once per week to talk about the subject? Maybe it's a stupid question but I'm curious!
That's it...it was shorter than what I've expected, thank you for reading it and thanks for your time!
P.S : I've made another thread in the Career section, if you want to answer there too I'll thank you even more :D.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=1940778#post1940778
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