That should be an ok load assuming the stats courses come easy to you and the history isn't an overwhelming amount of reading. Real analysis will probably require a lot of time outside class doing exercises and proofs. Numerical analysis will most likely have computer lab assignments pretty...
it takes about 4-7 years depending on what you're doing, so lots of stuff can happen, some examples are (some have happened to people I know):
-you are married and want to have kids, but need a "real" job rather than a 15k a year stipend for working 80 hours a week.
-your spouse gets a sweet job...
Hah, good catch Vanadium ... sorry Dauden, I just misread and jumped right in with an irrelevant post, I have no clue as to the actual topic. That's what you get when you read things too quickly.
Good luck figuring this out though.
Many of my friends from when I was an undergraduate have gotten into meteorology.
They all majored in either Applied Math or Physics and all of them took minors in computer science and atmospheric science.
For graduate school, they all chose University of Washington to get their PhDs in...
I would recommend buying an old copy (something around $5 on half/amazon) of university physics by young and freedman and work through the problems in all sections.
I would do the same with an old copy of modern physics by serway, moses, and moyer.
Just do problems out of the books randomly so...
Keep in mind your own words there about "who your social peers are." I must say that I DO know many people with masters and PhDs (some in math, some in physics, some in music) who ARE "poor". I think it depends on where you are. You might not know any, but that doesn't mean they aren't out...
*As stated above by Jorris, you'll be doing stuff with Fourier analysis in both PDE classes in the list:
MS4404 Partial Differential Equations
MS4008 Numerical Solutions to PDEs
There may be some exposure to it in:
MA4607 Introduction to Applied Mathematical Modelling
MS4627 Maths of Natural...
Ok, for starters, I feel that I should tell you that there are most certainly courses in GR at UM, seminars in condensed matter, astrophysics, and loads of professors doing work in those fields ... I've remained relatively anonymous with my educational history thus far on the forum, but I feel...
I would definitely recommend going for it, but focus more on ending up in a common city rather than same school / same department although that may happen anyway. It all depends on how badly a school would want you and what level you're looking at. For example, I doubt they would pull strings...
An all-summer prep should be fine, especially for the bio and physical sciences sections.
I ended up studying I think for about 4 months (while I was still gigging professionally and after having a 3 year break since I took any science courses during undergrad). That amount of time of...
Sorry I didn't include this in my first post, but Advanced Calculus of Several Variables by Edwards is a great book that has everything you're looking for. It'll be a great fit since you are coming from a background of Spivak for calculus but I still maintain that you should fit in some linear...
I would recommend going with linear algebra next, but that's just my opinion ... I have a little bias towards learning algebra after you get through something like Spivak, before you move on to multivariable calculus, vector calculus, and differential equations.
That being said, I would...
I think you're right that many mathematicians and physicists believe they are more intelligent. There are a few reasons I think this is true:
1) at my university, there were many physics majors that got to sophomore/junior E&M + statistical mechanics and failed the course. These same people...
What you have chosen there may be a perfectly acceptable course sequence assuming you already have a masters degree and took qualifying examinations in mechanics, math, electromagnetic field theory, and statistical mechanics.
a few things:
* I don't have actual numbers, but I would imagine MIT...
not all medical schools have MD/PhD, but there are tons that do. As far as getting into the programs: like the above post stated, they are VERY competitive. often a medical school may sponsor half a dozen of them per year. it helps if you have a 3.8 or higher overall GPA with even higher if...