Recent content by bluebottle

Whoops didn't see that last post there. I'm currently job searching. :) And I'm getting involved in some volunteering right now. So I am trying to improve that part of my CV. To be honest, I don't know what specific jobs I would be applying for. I would go for the research labs, call them up...

I think I have knowledge issues and a little bit of "social skills" issues (i.e. I don't have a "scintillating" personality and, on paper, appear to have no interests or hobbies...) Annndddd that's what I was expecting to hear! I have bad grades (at least, highly unimpressive ones), no...

So you mean doing a master's degree, either in physics or in something "irrelevant"? But that's grad school isn't it? So do you recommend getting an MSc over going to community college? And do you think it's more useful to get an MSc (or community college diploma) in a "technical"...

Yes, but I'm afraid that my mediocrity academically will keep me from getting hired in the first place You know, there are a bunch of on-line university-affiliated GPA calculators, but they all seem to give a different result. And there doesn't seem to be a "universal" GPA to percentage chart...

I'm going to have to figure out what I'm interested in. :/ there's so many options for college programs. So is this basically the only avenue open? I really have to invest another 2-3 years studying? Thanks for the advice, StatGuy2000.

Yes. And I do not want to teach. It would be painful for me and painful for the students. A combination of ALL those reasons. But it most definitely the last reason too: by the third year I realized that physics wasn't right for me. I was in over my head. But I felt like I had to perservere...

I don't know precisely because some of my grades aren't in yet. Also, I'm finding different GPA scales depending on the university so I don't know. Suffice to say, I have a 60something average. Who would hire me? So I'm thinking I'd need something extra, and that would be a community college...

I am finishing my physics Bachelor's of Science degree. I got 50-70% grades in every course from first year to fourth year. Also, I never got any research experience. I have neither academic or non-academic distinctions. Nothing special at all - I was just a thoroughly mediocre student. I...

Well, thank you. I guess there's not one book that leaves all the others behind, eh? :/

I'm not looking forward to optics so I wanted to do some self-study, like learn the topic on my own and ask to write the final. It's basically a first year optics course, no calculus beyond high school is really required. My university uses the optics textbook "Introduction to Classical and...