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Programs Maximizing Your Robotics Career: Choosing the Right Major and Minors
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Other Should I become the Physics lab coordinator for my university?
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Programs Physics Major, EE Minor: Making the Decision
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Other Feeling Inadequate in Physics: Junior Undergrad Struggles
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Should I pursue this skill? (becoming a mechanical engineer)
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Studying 7th Grade Aspiring Rocket Scientist
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Studying Can I Pursue a Career in Physics with Weak Math Skills and Specific Interests?
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Studying Trying to learn quantum physics on my own
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Career help in Robotics and Mechatronics
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Studying Learn Quantum Physics: Bohr's Atomic Model
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Courses Should I Take Graduate Level Cosmology?
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Studying What should I be studying to better understand the Universe?
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Programs Tips and Advice for Self-Learning IT, Engineering, and Science
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Programs Every website that a Physics Major should check?
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Schools Research sites like MIT News or Scientific American (for a high school student)
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Courses Where Can I Find Resources for Homeschooling AP Physics C?
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Best online QM/QFT courses/tutoring
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Testing Physics GRE Prep - Mechanical Engineering Student | Book Guide
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Testing To focus on general GRE Writing?
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Schools Best major for nuclear engineering in grad school?
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Need career guidance for my masters in High Energy physics
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Courses AP Physics 2 without AP Physics 1?
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Programs Masters in biotechnology after BS. in applied mathematics?
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Preparing for Vector Calculus: What Topics Should You Focus On?
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Courses Deciding Between Calculus I & Calculus w/ Analytic GeometryI
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Schools Math Grad school with only one real analysis course?
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Studying I want to learn a lot about science
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Schools Community College vs. University for Mechanical Engineering
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Studying Starting 2 calculus classes without background in calculus
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Other Combining Physics & Medicine: My Questions & Advice Needed
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Programs Guidance on Future of Physics Degree
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Schools Comparing the good and bad universities around the world.
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Schools Undergraduate level summer schools
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Programs Mechatronics or Computer Science?
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Admissions Can I choose to withdraw from a program after deferring
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Courses Taking Multivariable calc after AP calc AB
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Admissions Recommendations for Medical Physics Ph.D Programs
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Programs Which Science Major Is Most Employable?
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Studying How do i learn derivations and diagrams?
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Testing Which fields in physics are nearly saturated?
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Studying What path should I take to eventually understand QFT?
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Self-learning Special and General Relativity
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Schools Extracurriculars For Grad School
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Other Biomedical Engineering considering Applied Physics
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Courses What Are Suitable Engineering Research Projects to Bridge into Physics?
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Programs What path to follow for scientific computing?
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Gaps in my mathematical foundations
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Studying How should I prepare for a computational science masters?
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Courses Relativity an Quanta? What can I expect?
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Factoring rational equations -- looking for worked out practice problems
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Which professor position would you select?
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Rigor in Quantum physics -- Do I need to know Functional Analysis well?
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Programs Is a 3.4 GPA enough for a PhD in Organic Chemistry?
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Any book/magazine suggestions on physics (nothing too technical)?
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New to physics, what should I learn?
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Other Physics Graduate Study - Which Area?
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Learn French or German language for physicist?
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Courses Linear Algebra vs Deterministic Operations Research for CS
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Physics PhD in New Zealand (or Australia)?
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Courses Topics for undergraduate mathematics and physics research
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Schools Grad School Skills: Programming & Research Experience
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Programs How to recover GPA in order to apply to Master's programs?
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Schools Graduate School resume/guidance please
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Other I find myself in a science 'no focus' country.
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Courses How stressful will 18 credit hours in Physics be at Uni?
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Studying How Can You Effectively Prepare for an Exam?
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Do professors allow outsiders to assist with research
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Can I be a successful physicist or mathematician?
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Advice for Aspiring Automotive Engineers: Apprenticeships, Schools, and Courses
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Other Help designing self-taught astrophysics curriculum
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Admissions Is it worth me applying to Cambridge?
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Schools Physics Graduate School in UK/Germany/Europe
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Other QM Probability: Is It Critical to Learn?
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Courses Confused about Future: Seeking Advice
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Programs Finding the Right Master Program: Advice for a Physics Grad Student
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Courses Should I take a physics course over summer or is it cramming
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Highschool graduate dealing with a triple integral?
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Programs Minor in computer science w/ a Physics major?
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What are the topics in theoretical and mathematical physics?
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Schools What kind of grades would a future physicist tend to have in high school?
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Other 2 masters, but 2nd one was very bad
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Studying Am I Taking Too Long to Learn Calculus? Should I Give Up?
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Afraid of not having a physics job :(
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Schools Schools for studying the Casimir Effect?
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Other Recommendations to Help Studying
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Learn Quantum & Nuclear Physics: 14 Y/O
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Other How to be productive this summer?
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Other Which Books Are Best for Studying Electromagnetic Theory from Scratch?
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Programs Programming courses useful for physics majors?
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Schools Should I take a gap year to self study before college?
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Programs Should I Double Major in Computer Science & Physics?
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MHB What Are the Advantages of Earning a Math Degree?
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Programs Help choosing a type of engineering-- unclear on differences
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Studying Beginning physics knowledge while in middle school
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Studying Self-Study SR w/ Resnick & A.P. French: Is That OK?
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Programs What features/facilities do good astrophysics programs have?
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Programs What is graduate study in black holes at UCSB like?
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Studying Should a theoretical physicist learn maths like a mathematician?
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Programs Are there any Engineering Majors that deal frequently with theoretical physics?
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Courses Is undergrad analysis more difficult than calculus 1&2?
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