My roommate and I argue about a lot of stupid ****. A few days ago, we were arguing about nature versus nurture. Eventually we came to a specific example. My roommate says that, given 1000 years of nonstop training, he could beat michael jordan in a one on one basketball game to 100. Some...
if i remember correctly from your previous posts, you go to Illinois. There are tons of research opportunities in the physics department. I worked for a high energy physics professor in the summer of my freshman year when I had little experiences. I got paid too. Go to the physics department...
So how exactly should I go about asking the first type of question? "So Prof. X, will there be opportunity for me to be involved in a publication in this research group?", like that?
When you consider joining a professor's research group, how can you bring up the subject of publication in a discrete way. What's a better way than to ask the professor straight up "if I work for you, will I get a publication in a relatively short period of time?" How do you raise this...
Hey OP, I didn't bother to read all the posts, so forgive me if I repeat anything here. I do think that I have some pretty original insight to offer you here :)
I am a junior in physics (LAS specialized curriculum) and I currently go to UIUC too. I was in a very similar situation when I was a...
Hi guys, I am trying to decide between these two courses. Which one is more useful for a physics major?
MATH 481 Intro to Differential Geometry (Vector and Tensor Analysis)
The basic tools of differential geometry will be introduced at the undergraduate level, by focusing on examples...
check out the discussion forum of collegeconfidential.com, it's a great website for college applicants. I found a lot of valuable information from that site when I was applying for colleges.
Like Monocles said, for ivy league schools, and for schools like Stanford and MIT, extracurricular...
what if the source of distraction is girls? say you don't have a girlfriend, and you are easily distracted by the hot girls around campus. On the weekends, you just can't resist the urge to hit the bars to try your luck? I mean it's pretty easy to get tired of video games or TV. But it's quite...
I am thinking of taking of some electronic circuits class as a physics major. I plan to go to grad school in physics or applied physics. Is knowing how to analyze and design circuits useful for physics research? I have seen that there is a lot of circuit design work involved in AMO physics...
Well in this context, there can be no approximate answer. So my question is really whether A is 3 times as large B or 4 times as large as B. This is more of an English question than math question.
This is pretty urgent, I am really confused by this kind of wording.
Normally when people say A is a factor of 3 above B, do they mean A = B*3, or A = B*4?
I emailed a few professors in my physics department about opportunities for undergrad research in their labs. some of them never responded to my emails. But I am still interested in their researches, should I just go to their office and show up unannounced?
It just seems that a lot of my friends in the same department are doing real research instead of being a lab technician. I feel like I am the odd one and left behind. Any one else?
So I have a question for you, why do you think there are so many Chinese grad students in the engineering and science departments in the U.S? In fact in many places, there are more Chinese grad students than American students.
Going to grad schools in the U.S is more affordable than you think...