If someone has bothered to write it down , and It is theory pertaining to math or physics , I can learn it , and master its applications with nothing but a good library(and spare time). I am sure saying that makes me instantly look like a total crackpot , and for a very long time I refused to...
Ok well thank you all for your thoughts ; skeptical and negative they may be , but I appreciate an honest opinion. I am just going to keep my nose in my books and soldier on , If I can only get into a rank 30 - 50 school so be it. Hopefully doing good post doc research will still lead me to...
Hmm...ok so anyone have any suggestions as to what might be an appropriate physics program for me to apply to? (remember this is assuming i get >950 on the physics gre).
Ok, so what about schools in the top 20? I am thinking of the following 5 schools in particular:
1) University of chicago (ranked around #5 or 6)
2) cornell (also ranked around #5 or 6)
3) University of Illinois at urbana-champaign (ranked around # 10)
4) University of michigan - ann arbor...
I guess my point was that I got myself through the first 2 books in landau's course of theoretical physics and am almost ready for the general doctoral level qual. exams. I guess what I am saying is that my independant study greatly exceeds any college work I've ever done, my problem would be...
I will be applying to grad school (physics -- particle theory) for next fall and have in my estimation an unusual background , I was hoping some people here might give their opinion about my chances of getting into a top tier physics school like MIT or Princeton. Here's my (condensed version)...