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    Schools Starting graduate school; advice on deeper understanding?

    I double majored in physics and math. Physics: In addition to the standard courses (introductory classes, CM, E&M, QM, Stat Mech), I did a graduate class in CM, a grad class in quantum (which went through about half of Sakurai), a grad class in E&M (Jackson), an introductory particle...
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    Schools Starting graduate school; advice on deeper understanding?

    Thank you for your reply. Being that I have to study for my qualifying exam, the material in my first year is not useless, and regardless, I have to take these courses to meet the degree requirements. I figure it would be best to have a thorough understanding of these by reading the books I...
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    Schools Starting graduate school; advice on deeper understanding?

    (PREAMBLE: skip to the third paragraph if desired) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am currently a physics student about to begin my graduate studies. I will be attending a top-5 school, so I am quite fortunate in that...