Recent content by cmyers152

thanks for the sass and not helping...

Homework Statement Consider the isobaric mass chain A=141. Using the NNDC website, determine what types of ground-state beta decays are possible for different elements within this chain (beta minus, beta plus, EC, etc.) as well as the nature (allowed, first-forbidden, etc.) Homework Equations...

I mean this is from industry professionals. Get your EE degree bud, you'll be much better off

I have not graduated just yet, still a couple months away, but I am applying for jobs now, as is normal. But many places that have applied to have said that the degree only encompasses some of the skill they're looking for. Specifically, I wanted to get into computer hardware engineering. I was...

Absolutely, so firstly this, a BS/BA in physics really is worthless. Unless you minor in computer science, no one will really care for you in the working world. Your options with a BS/BA is to teach at private high schools. Now, if you go on to graduate school for physics, that's a whole lot of...

I don't think this would be a good idea. Intro physics 1 and 2 (Newtonian and E&M Without calculus) are fairly stripped down versions of the actual courses. They are there for the development of critical thinking skills and how to approach physical problems. If you can't pass those two and...

As a graduating senior not going to grad school, get out of physics. Go directly for the EE degree. Feel free to continue the physics degree, but take it as more of a hobby than as a way to a career.

I'll start this off with I'm no crazy scholar, but my uncle is. He received his PhD from MIT and he highly recommended NOT going to undergrad at MIT. But instead going to a big school with good research programs. The undergraduate rigor at those schools is overkill. Going to graduate school at...

I just went through this, but in a slightly different way. I'm a undergrad senior still, but I asked a prof of mine if it's harder to get in once you get older. She said it was as most schools are age-bias for masters and PhD programs. She has her condensed matter physics PhD from Harvard to add...

Yeah, thanks guys. As for graduate school, there's maybe some low end places that have a super low end chance of accepting me. But i would not go into grad school for physics. I see so many of my graduate counterparts and just do not like the large amount of research they do. Plus, in all...

Hi everyone, I'm currently an undergraduate senior in physics with a 2.5 gpa looking to go into the computer hardware engineering field and was looking for help as to where I should go and what I should do to make this a reality. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I was curious if there were any computer hardware engineers out there that could help an undergrad physics major get into the field. I'm looking for recommendations on what skills to have, good places to break into the field at, second degrees, or certifications that employers are...

Hi everyone, Thanks for looking at my post. As I said above, I am going to b graduating soon (after fall 2018) with a 2.5 GPA from a big university with a respected physics program. I have found that not only is graduate school not an option, it's not something I want anyway, but I am,not...

Hi everyone, Thanks for taking the time to read my post. So as I stated above, I will be graduating with my BS in physics this coming fall. My GPA will be about a 2.5/2.6 upon graduation. I come from a respected big ten school so I know the name alone will help me a slight amount. But as for...

I'm in a far worse situation academically than you are with way less time remaining before graduation, from the calculations I've done I can still do it, but for you, I would say continue working hard. You're going to need to keep getting 3.5's and 4.0's in your physics classes. Keep work hard...