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So my summer research adviser asks me to read a bunch of papers, and I am just a freshman, so I don get like 85% of the stuff in the papers.. what should i do? what does he expect me to get out of it? thank you.

As a prospective engineering/math/physics major in college, which laptop should i get? I want one which can last as long and can run eng/math/phy stuffs?..

bump..

'Impossible is almost always not impossible'

I am not going. I didn't study for my country's exams and haha.. good luck!

Thank you for all the advice!

100K of loans and you're thinking about astrophysics research which I don't think will help you pay your loans?

I am heading to college (liberal arts college).. what I want to know is when does one need to decide if he wants to be a theoretical or experimental physicist.. can we decide only when we get to grad school.. although I am heading to an outstanding college, I don't think there are many if any...

^is that a book of problems? or do they actually teach the syllabus of the olympiad?

Are there any to which internationals can apply?

Did anyone study for the IPhO? What books did you guys use? Thanks!