Recent content by beethovenscroissant

Funnily enough learning piano from scratch as an adult is part of what made this all seem feasible and how I know I can budget the time for it. I don't think it's really analogous though. I would be far from the first old guy to earn a PhD. Most people don't start learning physics until their...

It will have been 12-13 since completed the classes themselves . The credits would transfer to the OU (16-year limit), but I will reach out to local schools to ask. They don't mention time limits online and that has been a concern so thanks for pointing that out. I have in the past few years...

I realize my posts were long so I don't blame you, but as I clarified later in the thread, that was my long(er)shot strategy. I asked in case there was chance I would be able to get into grad school faster if, in theory, I could get fantastic GRE scores through self study and take a few...

I'm not "wealthy" for a HCOL area but comfortable enough that going to a public school or doing the degree online would not a major burden at this stage of my life. Part-time tuition would be under $5000/yr in any of my preferred schools. For comparison, I would be spending significantly more...

You bring up good points and I appreciate the frankness. I feel I may have given the wrong impression that 'Plan 3' was what I was most likely to try. It was a long shot that I realized was unlikely to work. I know I will most likely be completing a second degree before entering any graduate...

I appreciate the thorough responses! To provide a bit more background and answer your questions: I've been lurking around this and other physics communities since college, so I'm definitely aware that a life in physics academia is not the pop culture version of it =]. For the past decade, I've...

Hi all! It's been a decade since I graduated with a bachelor's in philosophy. I went to an ivy planning double major with physics, but I ultimately dropped the latter after my introductory courses and graduated with a poor GPA (2.7). To save you the sob story, I basically had no ability to cope...