Recent content by Gabe123

Thank you for the help and advice everyone, especially FalconOne. I truly appreciate your time and sincerity. I have chosen to stay at 'Oxbridge' and not pursue physics, which I think, due in no small part to you all, is the right decision. Thanks Again, Gabe

The Oxford option allows for study of latin, greek, literature, philosophy, history, archaeology and linguistics, which are all awesome, and would probably be the finest foundation in the humanities in the world, but which I feel perhaps I should relegate to the hobby/extra electives area of my...

"Have you considered sticking with Classics, reading popular science (as suggested) and taking philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of physics modules at Oxbridge?" Yes! Thoroughly, I go to every philosophy and physics society lecture I can at Oxbridge, and they do offer philosophy...

Okay, thanks for all the help! much appreciated :)

According to the local state school I may attend the Calc II I already did is more like their Calc III, so I've already done most of their Calc, but they will still make me retake Calc II and at least have to do a test to validate Calc III, if not retake it, just because of the content...

I do like math and am fairly keen at it, especially calculus, but I'm certainly no prodigy. I received A's in Calculus I and II, if that means anything. So I think math intensive is okay. Unfortunately, I can't take upper level physics or math classes for fun. if I stay at Oxbridge I am...

I have tried coding in a basic IT class that involved some java, coding helper type software, and making your own website. I did not enjoy any of it.I was also terrible at it and that class was my worst grade that semester even though it should have probably been my easiest class. If I should...

Unfortunately, study abroad, especially in a different subject, is not really an option. YOu come to Oxbridge to study one thing and one thing only, its just the uk system. I could potentially finish out the year at Oxbridge before transferring, although that would put me more than a year behind...

Ah, it would really be a killer if graduate school isn't for me, because that was my plan from a physics BS. But if graduate school is truly not for me then I need to seriously rethink this decision, and fast. Whats the best way to VERY quickly get an idea of physics graduate school life, work...

I would be planning to teach anywhere I could find a job, probably at first anyway. It doesn't have crazy good pay, but the benefits and 15 weeks vacation would provide me with the lifestyle I enjoy (i.e. plenty of time to think, read and study on my own).

You sound a lot like me in many ways. I am similarly dedicated to my studies, and have always had a passion for my school work, but I cannot be sure if that passion would be fueled by upper level lab work. I felt physics was a good way to put off making any hard and fast career decisions, it...

A few more things: I would almost certainly not maintain those contacts in Englad because I have simply not been there for long enough, I only just started this fall. And if I were to study abroad from Oxford it would have to be in the same coursework, and I don't think Classics students can...

It's not so much that I would expect to skimp on those skills as an undergraduate. I can and expect to work my way through those sorts of things in school. I guess my question is, are those things to be worked through, or absorbed as part of an indispensable skill set to be used regularly and...

Unfortunately, there's no way I could do a summer REU before making this decision. Why did you choose to switch from physics to political science, especially if you were so involved in it? Did you lose interest in political science, randomly decide you liked physics better, change because of...

Thanks for the response. I'm not entirely sure where I will end up working, I really have no idea. That's my main problem, because if I pursue Classics I will exclude myself from science and engineering, which might end up being what I wanted to do after all, but if I leave Oxford I will...