Recent content by LittleSailor

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    Graduate Form of Lorentz Transformation Using West-Coast Metric

    This is a fairly trivial question I think. I'm only asking it here because after some googling I was unable to find its answer. I was at one point led to believe that the form of the Lorentz-transformation matrix is dependent on the convention used for the Minkowski metric. Specifically it...
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    Testing How much does improvement in GPA compensate for initially low GPA?

    Thanks for the advice--I've just taken the Physics GRE last weekend, so now I'll be focusing on actually filling out applications/personal statements and such.
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    Testing How much does improvement in GPA compensate for initially low GPA?

    I'm applying to grad school wanting to do experimental high-energy physics. My first semester of college, I got a 3.0. Keep in mind at this point, I wasn't taking any physics. I've started getting better grades as my study skills have improved and as I've started taking more physics and math...
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    Schools Safety grad school for experimental particle physics

    University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, University of Wisconsin, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Rutgers--not all of those are for sure, and certainly there are some there that I have little chance of getting into. Now I'm really looking for more attainable ones...
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    Schools Safety grad school for experimental particle physics

    I'm a senior undergrad and will be applying to grad school soon. The field I'm interested in is experimental high-energy physics. There are already about six schools I'm looking at applying to, but I'm wondering if anyone has any advice about possible safety schools. My overall GPA is about...