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Sorry about the mix-up in countries. I did look at your profile, but wrote UK instead of Canada by mistake. Regardless, in Canada, if...

<<Emphasis added>> Not as a first option. If your PhD is already in computational physics/ML applied to geophysics and you have the...

<<Emphasis added>> The regret you express here does not bode well for fulfilling your ultimate goal: The categories in which you have...

What are you considering for your next phase? A postdoc? A job in industry? Or ...?

Welcome to PF! <<Emphasis added>> If you're comfortable discussing it, what career did you pursue? A common question that pops up...

Your profile lists Israel as your country. Are you attending college there now? Are you planning to complete your master's at a...

You've listed 22 schools. That's a lot. Is this because of the current uncertainty in federal funding, or do you have some other reason?

At least this is a good start; i.e., you're motivated to major in EE by a specific, personal, concrete experience rather than by a...

Your best strategy would be to apply to ~6 programs of varying degrees of selectivity, ranging from top schools on your wish list to the...

<<Emphasis added>> Yes, this is a key question for the OP to answer before we proceed. OP: What triggerred this epiphany?

The titles, scope, and levels of exams required in the US are not standardized and vary substantially with the school. For NIU...

<<Emphasis added>> ??? I don't understand your distinction between (a) "quals" (which a master's exempts you from) and (b) "some PhD...

Having a master's from School A does not ensure that you'll breeze through the quals at School B (or even at School A).

OR PhD physics programs will become like many other graduate programs (e.g., med school, law school, business school, many master's...

[ETA: I read this wrong.] The report you cited states that enrollments have been declining in recent years. Still, under the category...