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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school.OP: Please clarify. When I read your post concerning scholarships, I thought you were talking about scholarships for your 4th yr...
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CCrysPhys reacted to gmax137's post in the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks? with
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Granby Connecticut Public Library (this might be part of the Hartford County Library system). Where I live now, the local Washoe County... -
CCrysPhys replied to the thread What did you do with your old college textbooks?.What library was this? I and friends and family members have discussed what to do with old textbooks and technical books. The public...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school.<<Emphasis added>> * The passages I've highlighted are the most telling as to why you shouldn't rush through your undergrad in 3 yrs...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman.Picky, picky. It's stuff like this that make physicists such hot-in-demand party companions. :rolleyes:
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Pre-reqs for Ultrafast Optics? (Jackson or Zangwill for Electrodynamics?).It's an issue of how many holes there are and how big the holes are. Sure, if you're reading current research papers, then you will...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman.The original verse by Katie Melua in the original version of Nine Million Bicycles We are 12 billion light years from the edge ... The...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman.Since you're too young to drive, you are dependent on your parents for transportation; so there's not much you can do about that. But...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Pre-reqs for Ultrafast Optics? (Jackson or Zangwill for Electrodynamics?).This presumes that the reader has sufficient background to understand the papers; otherwise, it's a waste of time. The OP is right in...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman.Your reply did make a lot of sense. I'm glad you wrote a backstory with concrete details. This bodes well for you. Too often we have...
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CCrysPhys replied to the thread Studying Interested in Astronomy as a Freshman.OP: Although I agree that a good grasp of math is essential should you choose to pursue astronomy, at your current stage (freshman in...