Recent content by Andromeda321

Hello all- I'm currently wrapping up a Physics M.S. in astrophysics at a well-known university in the USA for this field, and for a few reasons I want to get my Astronomy PhD in Europe, focusing on experiment (I know I want to transfer from here because the research opportunities don't...

I applied to about ten programs that were a mix between astronomy and physics... I've heard back from three so far, but no luck.:frown: Two of those were programs with February 1 deadlines, however, so I still have a bit of hope.

You're right: most US programs are required to only have US residents in the programs due to funding (like the vast majority of REUS). However, there are some exceptions if you look carefully at the list, Caltech's LIGO comes to mind, but most places will still give preferences to Americans...

They're published articles, some of which I was paid for and some of which I wasn't (difficult to get paid as a teenage writer!). The ones I was thinking about are ones that involved science writing and reached a decent circulation size...

Alright thanks for the responses.:smile: After looking through a few applications I have another question for you all. One of the things I do as a hobby consists of freelance science writing and I've got a small file of articles like that already, and while everyone I've asked agreed that it...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone here had any experience or advice for applying to REUs. I'm currently a sophomore with some research under my belt so I'm probably going to give it a shot this year. :smile: Does anyone have any advice about getting in or know anything about specific...

*Looks at grades, makes plans to transfer to the University of Victoria*

Hmmm... how about a collage of perdy astronomy pictures, would that work?

I'm a twin and people keep asking which of the two of us is the evil one. So I guess my alter ego is the good one. :devil:

At my school the premeds take Calc I and II, the idea being if they're going to take physics they need to understand it somehow. :wink:

Safe solar viewing techniques and such, particularly good when there's an eclipse conveniently available. :wink: Scale model solar system. If you want to make the planets any decent size (ie a sand grain) you will need to move a bit which is always fun. Say how much time it takes for light to...

From my private school- 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C Etc. Note we are the only school I am aware of that did not give actual GPAs to students, nor were we ranked. The reasoning behind this was they did not want 41 very intelligent girls getting all cutthroat as we did that enough just for who...

My dad's an EE and after grad school he went off to work for General Electric in Schenectady NY (don't quite remember doing what). Then he started teaching at Union as a prof then at Carnegie-Mellon. A few years after CMU he started his own company that designs software for EE people (such as...

I got invited once to a thing at Oxford for high school students from the US. Cost quite a bundle, however, so I never looked into it much other then getting the letter.

I've heard it's a slang to call a kilometer a click. Someone might want to verify that one though.