Thanks ZapperZ and Choppy for your input. I should have mentioned that I started graduate school in the Fall of 2011.
I have a thesis advisor, but I am not being paid to do research. My advisor and I do not know the topic of my thesis.
Also, the individuals who are advising me to discontinue...
Hello everyone. I have finished my third year of a Ph.D. physics program. I am currently working in a theoretical condensed matter group. Some individuals, in my current and previous institutions, have raised doubts about whether theory is a good fit for me, given my previous experience in an...