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I have no idea man. It's happening somehow. I go to LUMS. Good science school for a poor developing country but nothing compared to US schools. They have good grad school placements though. I know people who are now doing their doctorate at MIT and UC Berkeley.

Mechanics. Calculus 1. Along with some core requirements for my science school such as introductory chemistry and computer science. Next semester I'll take linear algebra with Differential Equations and modern physics along with what's left of my core requirements: introductory biology. Chem...

That can be easily managed. In fact, I think if I plan well, I might even be able to take Statistical Mechanics in addition to the other two extra physics courses I'm taking. Otherwise I'll take it instead of Nuclear and Particle Physics or Advanced QM. If I go by the math route, will that be...

Hi guys. I need a bit of an advice in deciding my major. My university allows only one major (along with minors) and I'm having a little bit of trouble in deciding what to do. Here's the thing. I want to go into Theoretical Physics in grad school and so I have two options: 1- Major in Physics...

Yeah. The improbability drive, lol. :-D

The probability of your spacecraft just happening to land on the moon after failing to complete an interstellar journey is almost nil, but I get your point. :-D

That was hilarious. :biggrin: There's also this one I found on XKCD. Not as remarkable or funny, but relevant:

Even I, a layman, care about the solution of the Riemann hypothesis, and I'm pretty sure professional mathematicians working in the field care far more. Secondly, in spite of the fact that Perelman refused the fields medal and the Millennium prize because he "didn't want to be treated like...

Unless you're Ramanujan, I think it's better to get at least a bachelor's degree in mathematics or a related field first (assuming you don't have one already).

Congratulations to everyone. Vanadium 50, micromass and ZapperZ have helped me a lot in the Academic Guidance section and I am very grateful to them for it. Thank you. :smile:

Thank you for letting me host the trivia, micro. :smile:

Questions for the Trivia: Q1- This British scientist carried out a famous experiment related to gravity. It was the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between masses in the laboratory and the first to yield accurate values for the gravitational constant. This experiment and a...

Yeah. In about 6 hours.

Can't wait. :-)

Thanks for posting this, OP. I'm starting university this fall too and I was facing the same problem. :smile: . My parents are suggesting Macbook Air, but I guess it's better to buy a good spec PC and install Windows or Ubuntu.