I'm double majoring in Physics and Mathematics at a small liberal arts college, with a minor in Philosophy. I'm on track to graduate with honors next Spring. (Currently a junior)
I'm starting to seriously consider what I should do when I graduate in a little over a year. I was initially...
I went for the new one. It seems like I'll find the research more interesting, and it will help with my application being well-rounded. I'm just glad that either one seems fine and won't raise any flags. It's also interesting how graduate programs sift applicants... I didn't know that.
Thanks!
I'm a sophomore this year at a small liberal arts school - I've heard back on most of my physics REU program applications now, and have narrowed it down to two I'm seriously considering. However, I was in one of the programs last summer.
Further complicating things, if I go with the one I did...
Accepted:
Princeton (MIRTHE)
Georgetown
Rejected:
LSU
UWash
TCU
Still waiting to hear back from a few others. I already said no to Georgetown, so unless I get a spectacular offer somewhere else before the deadline, I'll be at Princeton.
Yeah, I ended up working around it. I was going to interface with it directly and write my own driver wrapper, but because of Windows USB enumeration issues, I just gave up.
So now I just built a simple mfc app, but slipped in all my code before it draws the window, so even if it's bloated and...
I came into college (in the US) last year with a weak high school background. I had one intro class in Physics and one in Chemistry, and my math only went up to Algebra II. Still, I decided to double major in Physics and Mathematics. I got an A in both Calculus I and Physics I my first semester...
It can be tough to say how you apply your knowledge until you at least take a Physics course. Did you take your college's intro Physics course yet - and did you do well or at least enjoy it? If not, then make no decisions until you take it!
Calculus II can be significantly harder than Calculus...
In the United States, at least, a lot of colleges offer part-time or non-student tuition, charged per credit hour. The state university near me offers courses at $300/credit - so for a typical semester long course, it would be ~$900. The same course at my home college would cost ~$2000 for a...
At most colleges calc-based physics requires calc 1 as a co-requisite (not prerequisite). I took them both together at the same time and did fine. Yes, taking calculus 1 first would have some minor benefits, but nothing substantial you couldn't do in self-study anyway. This is at most colleges...
Then relax until you know what to do. Take the general advice. A triple science major without much overlap like this is pretty much impossible in a typical four year program. Take some classes in the subjects before you decide. You're getting way ahead of yourself here.
One more tip is to make...
I think they're right in focusing on the now. Still, I know what you mean by wanting to look ahead and get focused early. You said you're a freshman - did you do any sort of accelerated program in middle school/junior high? If not, then you probably need to take at least your basic science and...
Great start! I didn't even think about it until I was half finished with senior year. Killed myself writing applications the day before they were due. But I got in a good number of places, and got a nice scholarship for a few of them.
This puts you well ahead of me.
1. Do as well as you can in...
Where I'm currently doing my undergrad physics degree, Gen. Chemistry 1 & 2 are both required courses. They aren't prereqs for anything, just required for the physics major. If they don't fit in your schedule, don't worry about it, but maybe you should try to do some self-study. I'm working in a...
Alright, I'll see if the professor will be willing to write one. Kind of what I expected. Thanks.
Still, is it okay to do this even though he doesn't know me that well? Is it expected to get a letter of recommendation out of an REU program, even from a professor who doesn't have all that...
I'm currently in an REU program after finishing my freshman year of college majoring in Physics. My mentor is a graduate student, and I see him every day and we are working on an engineering project together. I see the lab's PI a couple times a week, and he is following my project, and...