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That was extremely helpful, thanks! I have narrowed down my preferences to three subjects, physics, mathematics, and philosophy. My father has been urging me to pursue philosophy because he was a philosophy professor but I feel as though physics is of superior relevance. Don't get me wrong, I do...

I live in New Jersey. Will a GED completely restrict me from acceptance to selective universities? I want to attend a university like Stanford or NYU, I haven't looked at their admissions web pages but I have looked at their courses and broad details like acceptance rate. Will sufficient...

I'm intrigued by mathematics, physics and philosophy, I believe you can't speak about one without the other. Physics seems to be of superior relevance because it attempts to empirically describe reality, but I must admit, philosophy is like a weak magnet that is ALWAYS fascinating to me, no...

My CC doesn't offer an Associates of Science in Physics program, however it does contain many courses that are necessary to obtain said degree thus allowing me to transfer to a university and earn an Associates there. I do believe they have an Associates of Mathematics in Calculus degree though...

I started out reading books about physics and what not but have since upgraded to online courses offered by programs like Itunes-U and Khan academy. I found I wasn't submerging myself in the details of Quantum non-locality, for example. My high was certainly not intellectually intellectually...

I'm in the process of earning that, I'm currently on schedule to complete that in about 9 months, and yes it's a GED.

I've taken Algebra 1 & 2 and Geometry in high school but I have since been educating myself in precalculus, trigonometry and courses of that nature.

Will the quality of your work at CC dictate which colleges are available to you? I have not yet obtained my diploma so I want to verify that hard work (and obviously intellect) will be the factors responsible for my choice of university.

Thanks for the helpful information! I'm curious about the type of documentation I need when self-educating. I've been reading many scholarly books/compilations of essays and have also taken some Itunes-U-esque courses, ranging from philosophy to economics, on my own but it's largely been...

Did you take calculus at CC and attend high school simultaneously?

My main concern is that the community college will not offer courses such as calculus and/or statistics, both I believe are prerequisites one must obtain/learn during high school to be considered for acceptance at a university for studying physics. My community college is one of the top 5 in the...

Hi, my name is Matt. I've just created a thread (not this one), a response would be superb! Otherwise have a fine day.

Hi, my name is Matt, I'm 16 years old and an aspiring physicist. I've recently found myself in a position of great uncertainty. I'll provide some background. I was a reasonably successful High School student although academics were secondary to leisure in my life. At the beginning of my junior...