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Schools Looking for a decent math/physics/astronomy university to transfer to.
Yes, I need financial aid. As an 18 year old with a minimum wage job, I have insufficient savings to pay for an out of state tuition. My parents will not pay for my schooling so I must rely on my own ability to obtain scholarships, grants, and loans. I realize that my ability to obtain financial...- magheera
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Schools Looking for a decent math/physics/astronomy university to transfer to.
Vandium, never once did I say I had limited my search to Ivy League schools. Granted, I began my search there because they are the most well known. I am fully aware that credit is lost in transfers, time is not an issue to me. As for my previous major changes, I highly doubt that being a...- magheera
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Schools Looking for a decent math/physics/astronomy university to transfer to.
Thank you for being the first person who has been helpful in answering my question. I have a 3.9 GPA and am in the < .5% of the student population who has been awarded the institution's presidential scholarship. Although UVU is a good university in other things, I feel like I would receive a...- magheera
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Schools Looking for a decent math/physics/astronomy university to transfer to.
I joined this site to ask questions, not to be told that I'm an idiot. My cousin is an MIT grad, so I am well aware of the difficulty to get in, the cost of attendance, and the caliber of the education. I was hoping for advice more along the lines of "I went to UC Berkeley, I loved the...- magheera
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Schools Looking for a decent math/physics/astronomy university to transfer to.
I am currently a sophomore math major at Utah Valley University. I want to transfer to a university where I could get a good physics/astronomy degree. I've been looking at MIT, but I was wondering what sorts of universities others would recommend.- magheera
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Graduate What is retrograde planetary perihelion precession?
fantastic! Thanks so much.- magheera
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- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Graduate What is retrograde planetary perihelion precession?
I know what each word mean independently, I'm just confused as to what sort of motion is trying to be described as a whole.- magheera
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Other Should I Become a Mathematician?
I love math. I'm a 18 year old college sophomore and I'm devoting my entire summer to math courses so I can catch up on my degree as a math major. (I was until recently a theater major.) I want to be a mathematician.- magheera
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