What is Undergrad: Definition and 908 Discussions

Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and prior to postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-level university student is known as an undergraduate, while students of higher degrees are known as graduate students. In some other educational systems, undergraduate education is postsecondary education up to the level of a master's degree; this is the case for some science courses in Britain and some medicine courses in Europe.

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    Is it normal to feel overwhelmed by the abstraction of undergrad Math at first

    Im still a Sixth Form student (senior high school equivalent in the US) but have finished my school syllabus so I've recently bought and started working on an introductory analysis book which is supposed to assume no more than A Level Maths (Calculus in US). One main problem I am finding with...
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    Is Double Majoring in Physics and Engineering Worth It?

    I want to go to school for engineering, mechanical specifically but some elec. on the side, but I'm a lover of Physics. I'm considering Double majoring in ME and Physics for my Undergrad with a minor in EE. Would it be better just to get my BS in physics and minor in EE and ME and the go on to...
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    Topics They Don't Seem to Teach in Undergrad

    I've noticed that there are certain topics that physics departments don't seem to teach at the undergrad level, except maybe smaller introductory elective courses here and there. It seems like the emphasis is entirely on making E&M and Quantum specialists at the expense of certain other areas...
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    Physics undergrad versus the world

    Hey everyone, I'm new here on this forum. At the moment I'm studying in 2nd year in physics but I'm also looking towards the future pretty seriously. My family and I are not really in a financial position to do much in line with further eduction past my undergrad. I was however looking at a...
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    Courses Is availability of astrophysics/astronomy courses important for an undergrad?

    My son, a high school senior, is on the verge of applying to college. The potential problem we are encountering is that he thinks he'll want to study astrophysics, but his top college choices are mostly small, liberal arts schools that offer neither astronomy or astrophysics as a major. And...
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    Programs Astronomy-related PhD without Astronomy Undergrad

    Hi All, Just some quick background that may be relevant before my question: I am 29 years old and am back in school after not knowing what I wanted to after high school. Originally, I did well some terms and not so well other terms starting out, and I ended up taking a ~5year break. In my...
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    Loosing interest (last year of undergrad)

    Hi, I was hoping for just about any advice in my situation, to gain some perspective. I'm now on my last year of bachelors degree in physics and I feel that I'm loosing interest in studying physics anymore. This begin when I started therapy for an anxiety disorder. The therapy has been...
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    Programs Questions about Undergrad Degree in Physics

    Hello I am a high school senior just about start applying to colleges. I am looking at schools to go to and get an undergrad degree in physics in but can't really find any information about which schools are the "good" schools really besides ones like MIT, Stanford and others I probably will not...
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    Brushing up on undergrad, preparing for Master's

    Hello, I currently have an undergraduate degree in physics, with a slightly subpar undergraduate GPA (didn't take it seriously enough, but the real world and bills due is a good motivator now). I want to make up for it by doing well on the physics GRE, and applying as a post graduate with...
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    Schools Undergrad college admissions - are they as ridiculous as they seem?

    Over the past few months, I've been looking into applying to college in the US. I've been reading up on stuff on the internet, asking a couple of questions on the forums here and also been on CollegeConfidential a few times. A huge portion of the applicants there sound like they've totally lost...
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    It feels like M.E. undergrad degree is a JOKE

    I'm getting pretty annoyed at this point, I don't know if my department is a special case or if this is universal but the M.E. undergrad degree is a joke. I'm pretty much done with undergrad M.E. courses, I just need to take 1 or 2 more ME electives and 2 more non-ME electives and I'm out...
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    Third Year Undergrad in Need of Advice

    Third Year Undergrad in Need of Advice! As what the topic says already, I'm currently a third year undergrad majoring in Materials Science Engineering. I recently switched into the major from biochem because I realize that biology wasn't my thing. Anyway, I'm starting my third year in MSE and I...
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    Help Picking Undergrad Physics Electives

    Hey guys, Doing a double major in CE and Physics, most likely not going into physics research but if I do it would be more on the solid state/ quantum computing side. That being said, I have room for about 1-2 physics electives left. What would you recommend me take, purely on what was fun...
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    Choosing where to go for my undergrad

    So I have 3 schools on my list of where I want to go when I graduate high school. I'm a senior this year going to graduate and major in physics. I live in Idaho. My three schools right now are Whitman College, Colorado School of Mines, and Idaho State University. Whitman is at the moment my...
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    ME vs. Astronautical Engineering: Choosing the Right Degree Path"

    Hello, I'm stuck on the decision of having my undergrad degree be an ME or my grad degree be ME. I'm currently listed as Astronautical Engineering (which is what I really want to get into) but I know that it's essentially specialized ME. I don't want to limit my job sphere, so I'm pondering...
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    Courses English language undergrad courses in Europe (non-uk)

    Hi I am a UK student and I'll be applying for undergrad physics courses in the UK and hopefully mainland Europe to start next September - just in time for the £9000/year fees to kick in! Most of my chosen UK courses are "Year in Europe" courses anyway, since I would like to study abroad...
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    Help vectors year 1 Physics undergrad.

    Homework Statement a weight fastened to a roof 35 degrees above the horizontal, the weight is directed downward, in order that the unit not crush the roof tiles the component perpendicular to the roof can not exceed 425 N, What is the maximum allowed weight of the unit? Homework...
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    Admissions Applying to uni [Undergrad] - How?

    Hi. So I'm in my final year of high school in India. In a couple of months i'll be applying to universities in the US. I have a strong interest in Physics. However, I'm worried that I wasn't outgoing enough in my school and didn't win a lot of 'awards'. Also, I don't have a talent apart...
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    Preparing to apply for undergrad. research position

    Hey, everyone. I'm preparing to apply for a undergrad. research position. I have the link about the research topic: http://electron.physics.buffalo.edu/hzeng/ For those who did not goto the link, its about nano-scale magnetism. I want to be part of the research project because magnetism is one...
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    Courses Math courses to prepare for undergrad physics for older student

    Along with my previous thread, I've been searching around looking at advice and such for going back to school for physics from an unrelated field (media production). My math needs a lot of work before I even consider enrolling in a degree program. My BA only had a few required math courses...
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    Should I take Graduate level QM as an undergrad?

    I have been wondering if I should take Graduate level QM as an undergraduate. I'm currently signed up for a two quarter QM series, I have already taken a one quarter introduction to QM. I am a bit apprehensive as I am unsure if they assume vast QM knowledge (which I would sort of expect seeing...
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    Chem e undergrad: did I just sign up for another death sentence?

    I'm a third year planning to graduate 1 semester early. Last fall, I took 18.5 credit hours and worked 2 jobs (paper delivery and research assistant). I was pretty wasted by the end of the semester. Subsequently, I got depressed the following spring semester and had to drop down to a part time...
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    Should an undergrad visit math departments?

    I've only done it once when I was in town visiting a friend. I guess explaining my situation should give context, my grades before switching to a math major were sub-par(and by that I mean terrible); I did well in a couple of courses, one with the dept. chair and he helped me get a job this...
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    Schools Undergrad research for astronomy grad school

    hi - does it matter if you do research or not in astronomy as an undergrad? is it ok to just do undergrad physics research for astronomy grad school? does it look any better to do astronomy research versus physics research as an undergrad, or any physics will do? I'm asking as a matter of...
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    Graduate Math: Exploring the Rigorous and Conceptual Approach

    We just started back at school on Monday and I am taking a graduate algebra course. I have taken undergrad Algebra I and Algebra II. Of course I expected that the graduate Algebra I would be much more in depth than the undergrad course, given that it is meant to prepare a student for the comps...
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    Real Analysis/Group Theory in Physics Undergrad?

    I was wondering how people felt about taking courses in Real Analysis and/or Group Theory during an undergraduate leading towards physics graduate school in a possibly theoretical field. Right now I am going into my third year in engineering science at the University of Toronto and have so far...
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    T invariant subspace (intro lin alg class undergrad)

    Homework Statement V=Matrix (2x2), T(A) = (0 1 ) A , and W = {A\epsilon V: A^{}t = A (1 0) Homework Equations So T(A) transformation, multiplies a 2x2 matix with entries 0 1 1 0 by A with A on the right side The Attempt at a Solution I...
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    Quantum Mechanics help for a freshman undergrad

    Hey all. I've recently graduated high school and will be entering college this fall. I managed to get my hands on an inexpensive copy of of Griffith's Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and thought I'd jump on the opportunity to teach myself something I have immense interest in. I started reading...
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    Video lessons on undergrad physics?

    Hello everyone. I am just exiting high school and will be going for an aerospace engineering degree this fall but in the mean time I wish to study physics. I am terrible at learning by reading, I cannot stay focused and drift off very easily, reading it but not soaking any of it in after more...
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    Undergrad Questions: Physics & CS Double Major

    confused undergrad! hey guys, i'm about to start my junior year (double majoring in physics and computer science) , couple of questions, would i be eligible to apply to grad school for applied math (i'm interested in development of quantum algorithms) , also what kind of a jobs would i be able...
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    Schools King's College London (KCL) undergrad physics?

    I've been offered a place at both King's and Bristol to study physics at undergrad as a mature student (I just turned 26 two days ago). I live in London currently and would quite like to stay here so the offer from KCL is the most immediately attractive. However King's physics department...
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    Schools Do Grad schools care about your topic of undergrad research

    Hi everyone, So my question is, do grad schools care about the topic of your research when you're an undergrad? I'm interested in high energy/particle theory but obviously I'm not doing research in that since I'm an undergrad. I did a semester's worth of work with the high energy exp group...
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    Job Skills What should I include on my resume as an undergrad without research experience?

    Hi, I am currently going into my sophomore year majoring in physics. I am trying to get a job or volunteer position to gain some research experience and I am trying to make a resume, however, seeing as how I have no prior research experience, I was wondering what I should put on it. Thanks
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    Need Help for Undergrad: Applying to MIT & Grad School

    Hey Physics Forums, I'm a Canadian kid who frequently haunts these forums to read up on stuff although I don't post much. At the beginning of next year I'm going to be sending off my university applications, so I figured now would be a good time to get some of my questions out of the way...
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    Schools University of Toronto: Bad for undergrad?

    If I want to go to graduate school in either math or physics? I've been advised against going by my teachers, guidance councilors, and friends who have siblings that are currently UofT students. I've heard all the stories of students coming in with 99 averages into the math and physics stream...
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    Schools EE undergrad looking for grad school advice

    Hello PF, I'm currently an undergrad electrical engineering student at a large state university. I am hoping very much to go to graduate school, either for further development of my EE skills, or for something different such as economics. My situation is this: I will be a fifth-year senior...
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    Undergrad in USA to Ph.D in London?

    Hi all, I've been searching various forums including this one for information on applying to and completing a Ph.D in physics outside the US including institutions such as University College London, Kings College, and some others (mostly in the London area) but have come up with little info...
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    Schools Do graduate schools (Physics) care if youre a 5th year undergrad?

    Title says it all. I've heard some schools don't like 5th year undergrads, is there a general truth to this from what you guys have heard, if you ever have? Thanks ^^
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    Programs What my undergrad degree(s) should be

    Hello, I am currently halfway through my undergraduate in Physics, and planning to go to graduate school in 2 years or so. I initially wanted to do Astronomy as an undergrad but I was told doing Physics in undergrad is much better. This wasn't a problem because I loved and still love Physics...
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    Engineering physics undergrad to Aerospace grad

    I am currently deciding between going for an aerospace degree or an engineering physics degree with concentrations in space topics (propulsion, system design, etc). I am interested in propulsion systems and possibly doing research and development in this this field. I think enjoy the science...
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    Undergrad Engineering Transfer

    Hello, I'm currently doing Mechanical Engineering (Mathematics minor) at my state university. I'm going to apply to transfer to some "better" schools next year (so I'd be starting at the new university in Fall 2012). Some schools I'm considering to transfer to are WPI, Northeastern, RPI...
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    Have you guys ever written an article in your undergrad math class?

    Okay I just checked out my ODE professor's site for next year and I notice that all of her assignments are writing-based... I've attached one of the sample assignments (there are like four writing assignments in one semester...), the marking scheme and a sample article I am a little worried...
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    Very restricted in undergrad options, need advice

    Aside from some math courses I would be missing, would this degree suffice to get me into an electric engineering prog or something similar? http://www.apu.apus.edu/academic/programs/degree/1278/bachelor-of-science-in-information-technology
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    Fluid dynamics (2nd year undergrad) question on jet incident on a plate

    Homework Statement A circular jet of water of radius r1 is propelled vertically downwards and hits a circular plate of radius r2 (> r1 ) so that the centre of the jet is incident onto the centre of the plate. The velocity of the jet as it hits the plate is v and is normal to the plate...
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    Financial Aid Template for Summer Research as Undergrad

    Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance regarding an oissue that has come up. Recently I was accepted for a REU but I am told I need to write a letter to my department for aditional aid (aside from that given by the hist school). Im sure some of you have...
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    Uni for undergrad physics - does it matter which?

    The first one seems more industry focused whilst the second focuses on research. Here are the course outlines: 1 Sem 1 - Physics Sem 2 - Calculus 1, Mechanics, Electromagnetism and Thermodynamics Sem 3 - Calculus 2, Materials and Thermal Physics, Optics and Radiation Physics Sem 4 -...
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    Need a laptop for engineering undergrad

    hi i am going to a university next year for electrical and biomed engineering ... can someone tell me the minimum specs i would need in a laptop ...
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    Schools 6 years inbetween undergrad and grad school?

    Hello, I am a mechanical engineering and mathematics undergraduate, and am looking at the Navy's NUPOC (nuclear propulsion officer candidate) program as a potential right-out-of-college job prospect (well, technically, while in college, but for all practical purposes, it starts after I...
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    Stanford VS Harvard for undergrad physics/astrophysics

    I'm at a crossroads in my life now and I have the lucky dilemma of having to choose between Harvard and Stanford (which one should I take? :P) so...which one do I take? I'm planning to major in physics/astrophysics but I see both have are pretty strong with those fields. FA is amazing at both so...
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    MechEng Undergrad, MatSci Grad

    I'll be starting my final year of college next fall and am looking at going to graduate school for Material Science Engineering. My school doesn't off a Material Science undergrad program, and it was not what I initially wanted to go into when I started school, so I'm currently studying...
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