Recent content by Kites

Hello everyone, It's that time of the year... Applying for grad school, taking GREs and all that business and honestly I am freaking out. Currently waiting right now to get my PGRE scores back but it's starting to bug me and I could use a bit of persuasion that scores aren't all that. So...

A quick question for everyone. Today I took the Physics GRE and while I think it went pretty well I am worried now that I might have a problem. Dec. 1st deadlines. A lot of programs like UW-Madison and U of Texas have this deadline for all application materials. Can my GRE scores make it...

Hm. I'll take another look at that list thanks. What about schools for Theoretical or Particle Physics? I haven't the foggiest clue of where are good places to go for those areas.

So I am approaching my senior year. Studying right now for the GRE and all that standard business that we go through during the summer before senior year. I've got a dilemma though. I don't have a great idea of where I should aim for. I am pretty open to any location but I want to be sure that I...

Just a short question. I have five energies. -25 eV -5 eV 0 eV 5 eV 25 eV The textbook definition is that the ground state is the state with the lowest energy, i.e. I believe 0 in this case. But that is taking the absolute value of theenergies. In reality the lowest energy is...

Homework Statement Find the power series of x^3/(e^x-1) and keep terms through x^4 Homework Equations Taylor series f(x) ~ f(a) + f '(a)*x + f ''(a)/2!*x^2... The Attempt at a Solution Taking the first term f(a) around the point 0 shows 0/0 so I discarded that and moved on...

Hello. I am having a hard time finding information on this and really need some help. I am a physics major at my school without a medical physics program. I am planning on going to graduate school and pursuing a masters/phd in medical physics. There are a few problems. 1) Most graduate...

Homework Statement A cup sitting on the table contains 200g of water. You measure it at a certain time and it is 20 degrees Celsius. You leave the room and come back 10 minutes later. It is now 25 degrees Celsius. What can you conclude about the heat added to the water? [hint trick question]...

Hello everyone, I am a junior currently at my school in physics. I have a year of chemistry and biology under my belt by the time I graduate and am now looking towards graduate schools for the last bit so I can enter into a career. The question fr me is what career? I am currently...

Homework Statement Consider a particle of mass m and a particle of mass 2m. They are connected by a horizontal, massless, rigid rod of length 2a. The rod is fixed to a vertical stick that connects to the rod's midpoint. The stick is spinning with constant angular speed. Consider a point P...

This put a huge smile on my face. Well sounds like I know what route I am going to take then with the books. Thanks guys.

I am one of many poor college students looking to save some money this upcoming academic year and I am thinking of buying international versions of my textbooks. Specifically, Classical Mechanics by Robert Taylor Optics by Eugene Hecht I was wondering if anyone knew in general the...

In 2012 you will have to be and by the time I graduate it will be past then. Well! I'll just have to take my chances and try.

I agree with all of that. Sadly medical physics is pretty much unheard of here at my school so it's near impossible to get any kind of research experience related to the field or undergraduate courses. Biology might be a tough work in but I'll take a look at it. With only two years left there's...

Hello everyone, I am looking for some advice today on whether or not I stand a chance at being admitted to an accredited medical physics program here in the United States. My stats are as follows: GPA: 3.67 On track for a B.S. in Physics with an edge in experimental physics. 1 course in...