Recent content by hopelessss

Usually, if you're "accepted" to a physics program, this means that the physics department at that school is passing a "recommendation for admission" to their College of Physical Sciences (or whatever contains the phys dept). Ultimately, the college/dean has the final say as to whether or not...

Thank you all for your advice. A special thanks to each of you that encouraged me to apply to grad school anyway. I wanted to update on this... Apparently all hope was not lost. In the fall I will be attending a very good graduate school for the PhD program. I was and remain... completely...

I'd like some advice. I go to university of illinois. My phys/math gpa is ~2.6. An in-depth explanation for my poor grades is out of place here, and they are reasons that I certainly cannot put in an application (various personal issues, mostly confidence problems and test anxiety, etc). I've...