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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...

A "discreet inquiry" would entail a personal connection. Student A at University A is considering applying to University B. Student A...

It is unethical in the sense that applicants need to pay an application fee. It would be odd for a dept to admit this publicly. So a...

This is important (and sad) to hear. You brought up a specific instance of a small physics dept that normally admits only around 10 PhD...

Yes, this is a good time to evaluate your future career goals, with the understanding that you will likely need to re-evaluate them...

* In US universities, the typical path is to complete a BS physics and then continue to a PhD physics program (MS not required to apply...