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Schools What are the options for transferring engineering credits between colleges?
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What Are Your Chances of Getting Into a Medical Physics Master's Program?
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Which courses should I choose for my final year in mechanical engineering?
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Is electrical engineering just rote memorization? Or am I
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How Important is a College Degree in the IT World?
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How to avoid lab during PhD thesis writing
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Schools Asking my Boss for Grad School Funding
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Can someone help me find a good scholarship for B.Sc phy?
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How should I select a Calculus class?
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Programs Comparing Double Majors in Physics and Chemistry
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Where Can I Find Reliable Physics Formulas, Quizzes, and Theories Online?
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Programs Should I consider double majoring in physics and engineering?
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Mastering physics and math courses
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What Can We Perform for the Physics Open Day?
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Perimeter institute 2015 summer undergrad program
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Schools How Should I Approach a Professor About Grad School as a Backup Plan?
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Intensive GRE study or job over summer?
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I am thinking of switching from a Physics BS to a Math BS
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How can I improve my studying techniques for difficult subjects in university?
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Programs Possible double major: abstract algebra or otherwise?
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Studying Help with Physics Books in Delhi, India
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What are some interesting BS-MS project topics in QFT for a 1 year duration?
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Research Question - How to find novel research ideas?
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What should I learn after learning Calculus?
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Career change to Aerospace from Architecture- need advice
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Should i take trigonometry during the summer?
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Overcoming the First-Year Physics Wall: Advice for Struggling Students
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Is STEM the Right Path for Me?
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Programs Studying masters degree in physics in US
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Studying Best books for learning Plasma Physics?
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Stanford (or any Ivy League) Graduate Program
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Is Open Access Publishing a Threat to Academic Integrity?
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Solving Issue with My Director in University Physics
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Choosing Between BSc or B.Tech for Engineering: Job Opportunities and Advice
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Do you get paid for doing a PhD in physics?
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Studying Independently in High School - How Much Time?
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Schools EE grad school with a physics minor
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Suffering from panic attacks during test
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Recommendation for a Physics Simulation Software
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Energy-first approach to introductory physics
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Research theme about semiconductors involving programming
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Do I have any hope of escaping physics after my bachelor's?
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How To Fix My Weak Physics Foundations?
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Khan Academy for Undergraduate Physics
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Programs Physics Graduate with Mathematics degree
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Programs Should I add on a Chemistry Minor?
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Is it possible to understand GR and SR on your own ?
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Edinburgh theoretical physics msc
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Schools American Student Doing Graduate School Abroad
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Where to go next? (applied mathematics and physics)
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Studying What I have to learn to be able to understand this textbook
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Astrophysics and mechanical engineering
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Programs Double Major Physics and Environmental Studies
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To what extent do subfields matter for an undergrad choice?
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Senior in High School Seeking Direction for Physics Degree
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How Can I Maximize My Summer Power Learning Plan?
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Schools Reputation of Imperial College London in the US
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Can I become a theoretical physicist?
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Testing Horrendous SAT difficulty level in English?
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Order of Math and Physics Courses
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Reading list for learning Quantum Mechanics please
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Accelerator summer job for an EE student?
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What Should I ask at U of I at Urbana
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Do i need differential equations?
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Did I overload myself this quarter?
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What Should I Study After Basic Physics?
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Schools Physics schools and holistic admissions
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Rebounding after one bad semester
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Tutor Needed: 10th Grader Seeks Science Professor
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Schools U Of Toronto vs UBC in physics graduate school (condensed matter theory)
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Courses Can a computer illiterate graduate in theoretical physics?
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Can I switch from Comp Sci to Aerospace?
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How Can a Physics Undergrad Secure Research Opportunities with a Low GPA?
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Ph.D. Systems Engineering at CSU
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Schools Thinking of giving up on college
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Failed first mathematical methods test
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Best way to acquire Proof/Logic skills
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Numerical Analysis Programming Language
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Schools I figuring out what to do at University
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Letter of recommendation from father
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Programs How many hours, on average, of pure learning for bachelor degree?
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What Are Your Thoughts on DePaul's M.S. in Pure Mathematics Program?
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Duke University Lessons for 17yo Student: Maths, Physics, CS & More
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(Physics Ph.D.) Berkeley or Princeton.
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Schools Testing out of college and earning a PhD
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Pursue a Masters in Comp Sci immediately after BS Math?
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Struggling with AP Exams? Learn how to study like a college student!
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Should i switch from BS in math to MS in Engineering ?
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Is it Possible to Study Mathematics with a Low GPA and Unrelated Degree?"
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Admissions Taking 3 courses per semester and graduate admission
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How Can I Self-Study Physics to a Bachelor's Level?
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Admissions Admission to Europe for PhD in theoretical physics
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Is it worth it to pay for a certificate from edX?
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Guidance in my quest for knowledge and understanding
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Should I Accept a Summer Internship Offer as a First Year Grad Student?
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Programs Consecuences of leaving a CS major for physics
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Ohio State vs. WUSTL vs. Notre Dame for particle cosmology theory?
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Is it weird to give a thank-you gift for letters of recommendation?
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What is the order of study between these 3
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INPHO & NSEP Preparation Guidance
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