Recent content by CrysPhys

* Your question is a bit tricky to answer. From your profile, I see that you're in the US. If you had a BS in a major engineering field (such as electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical ...) and asked whether it would be worthwhile (with respect to increasing career prospects) to get a MS in...

I totally agree. In particular, several of us asked the OP how well they learn particular skills (such as hands-on skills) outside of a structured classroom environment, and whether it's their intent to attend college. No response. There has been a lot of informative personal anecdotes and a...

These two questions have been asked in one form or another, but the OP never answered (other than the OP is now a technician, with no further details).

Yes, this is reality. A friend of mine really, really wanted to become a medical doctor. In the US, you need to attend medical school; and in order to be admitted to medical school, you need to score well in the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Her undergrad GPA was reasonable; she had...

You need someone who is both competent and is good at taking tests (assuming that competent engineers need to pass required certification tests in order to be employed at a nuclear plant). ETA 1: I see that Dale just responded before me. ETA 2: There are many professions that require both...

The question is who are the "they" and when did "they" say that. You previously responded: So was the "they" just one psychologist from long ago? You don't need to answer this. But again, if it were me, I would get re-evaluated (for both potential physical and mental issues) before...

Yes. The whole point is to determine whether or not there are underlying conditions first, and then decide how best to proceed. Three possible outcomes: (1) no underlying conditions, (2) one or more underlying conditions, all treatable, (3) one or more underlying conditions, at least one...

@randomranger900 . If you do plan to pursue further classroom education, it would probably be worthwhile to first get re-evaluated by appropriate medical and educational specialists to determine whether you have any underlying physical or mental conditions that would impede your progress.

I already asked the OP whether the main issue was test anxiety. The OP indicated that it was not:

@randomranger900 . There are a number of issues to clear up. But a key one is, "How well do you learn to do things outside of a structured classroom environment?" Did you truly do nothing outside of school? In addition to the specific trade-related questions asked by @berkeman above, what...

But you didn't say how well you understood the material beyond the test scores. It's a different situation if you did well with homework, classroom discussions, tutoring sessions, ... but bombed the exams than if you struggled with the material overall. So which was it? The obvious answer...

Given the chaos in current US immigration policy, make sure you get personal experiences that are less than one year old.

"A terminal bachelors in physics isn't going to explicitly open many more doors that weren't already opened for you." On what do you base this conclusion? We don't have sufficient information on the OP's education and work background to say what opportunities in their target fields would have...

We have many posters here asking along the lines, "Which degree will guarantee me a job?" Microbiology is not it at this time in the US; particularly with the present federal administration, their healthcare directives, and all their funding cuts. In the US at this time, about the only...

Again, that depends on what the OP plans to do afterwards (which still is not clear to me). In the US, one or more postdocs after a PhD is the norm for those ultimately seeking an academic position at a university. But not for those seeking a job in industry or business.