Recent content by geosynchronous

Using these competitions as a test for students' math ability seems unusual. In my high school, we were encouraged but not required to take the test, and got a couple extra credit points if we did well on them, but that was it. There was no mention of them in regards to college admissions at...

I want to go to grad school. I also want to do the Fulbright program. Is it possible to apply for these both in the same year, or will I go insane from the amount of work it takes? If I'm accepted to both, I would go on the Fulbright and defer grad school for a year. A little about me: I'm in...

I had a really great experience! I was working on data analysis for flavor tagging at LHCb. Everyone in the lab I was working in was very friendly and we often had social events like staying in late on Wednesdays for pizza and a 60km bike trip to the head professor's house for a barbecue. There...

Yep! I'll be there this summer!

Hi! I'm an undergrad physics major. This website is super helpful with homework and I recently discovered the other forums for discussion about physics in general. Excited to join!

I applied to SLAC and LLNL and got accepted to SLAC. I heard back on February 17th but maybe they do multiple waves of acceptances?

Hi, I did the DAAD RISE program last summer. You probably already made your decision, but if you accepted let me know if you want any advice on living and working in Germany!

I applied for the DOE SULI program this year and got accepted to SLAC on February 17th. Maybe they send out multiple waves of acceptances as spots open up from people turning it down? I only had ten days to decide to accept my placement.