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Tag Archive for: academic advice

What Academic Advice Would You Tell Your 18 Year Old Self?

May 27, 2018
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We asked our PF Advisors to tell us what academic advice would you tell your 18 year old self. Here are their responses… PF Advisors' Academic AdviceThanks…
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A Guide to Going Back to School For Math or Science

November 24, 2015
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Motivations for creating the series I came to Physics Forums originally to read ZapperZ’s thread about becoming a physicist back in 2013. It was one…
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Understanding the US Physics Graduate School System

May 21, 2015
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Full Chapter List - So You Want To Be A Physicist... Series Part I: Early Physics Education in High schools Part II: Surviving the First Year…
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