Recent content by acpsiddhartha

I think IIT entrance exam is one of the most difficult exam in world. and who said the final grade depends on final exam only? most of the time the final exam is of 50-60% , which is more or less same as USA. IIT is really a nice place to study/enjoy life. you have lots of freedom there.

in USA there are a lot number of universities... depending on your academic qualification you can choose a number of universities in USA ... always remember USA is vast ...

go and get a EE degree ... it is worth ... interesting and high salary also ...

I would say if you are interested in applied thing so for engineering... if you are interested in hardcore theory, choose physics

if you like to get a job and lead a happy life with money and stuff then go for EE. if you have passion do to something real good research then go for physics... but in my opinion if you are interested in experiment never do experimental physics... EE guys are much more smart in experiment...

I saw few pages of a finance book. it is full of sooooooo much complecated math, it seemed very difficult. I don't want to compare with physics. real understanding of physics is also not easy... anyway finance is never easy, that's for sure.

hey I hard that many financial companies hire physics students for quantitative jobs. how much is that true. and I also hard that they hire students from top 10 univs only. how much true is this? If I get some background in finance and develop skilll in c/c++ is there any chance to get into...

I guess you are from outside USA. you are now in B.Sc and you are thinking about PhD from now? you are so early ... anyway from which university you are? I have pretty good knowledge about admission in USA. reputation of your university also matters getting in cornell... last advice is go...