A PhD is my goal because I enjoy doing physics and hope to pursue it as a career. If I am unable to find a job, I would still enjoy having spent time doing research and earning a PhD. The only certainty I value is moving onto a PhD in the timeframe that I have planned and feel is reasonable.
Hi all, I am currently an undergraduate in my third year working towards a simultaneous B.S/ M.S and will graduate next spring. I will be applying to Ph.D programs next winter and I am torn between earning my Master's through completing eight classes or through five classes and a Master's...
Homework Statement
Consider the motion of a particle with charge e in a homogenous magnetic field B_i. The Hamiltonian for this problem is $$H = \frac{1}{2m} \sum_{i=1}^{i=3} \left[ p_i - \frac{e}{2}\epsilon _{ijk}B_j x_k\right]^2.$$ By calculating the Poisson brackets, show that the...
Hey PF, quick question for you guys. I got offers (on the same day!) to work with a professor at my college (1.5 hours away from home), paid, to do some experimental work. I also was offered an internship at the Naval Undersea warfare center in Newport, RI (~40 minutes from home). I will be...
This has been a long standing issue of what I should do with my last year and a half of undergraduate education. I really would like to get into a top physics program (obviously), but I am also really interested in applied math and computer science. I would say I am equally interested in applied...
Well at the moment, I definitely align more with the physics. I was curious because I find this to be an interesting field and my school has an engineering physics degree with this as a focus. Thought it could make an interesting combination.
Thanks for the response! I think its applications are really cool, its just my chemistry is decent, definitely not one of my strengths. Is it a whole lot of chemistry? My current physics teacher is in solid state and I am going to ask him about this area as well.
Hi all,
I was just wandering what exactly the difference is between the three above areas. From what I understand, solid state physics is a branch of condensed matter. However, would materials science background be very helpful for these areas of study? Any insight would be appreciated, thanks!
I know, I am sorry. Honestly, I am not trying to be in your face about how "smart" I am, I just find it difficult to explain my situation without mentioning where I stand exactly. Again, I am sorry.
I mainly ask these types of questions because I have anxiety over my future and feel that each...
Through circumstance, I believe I could finish my BS with over the 24 credits required for the "core" coursework of a PhD. This is supposed to take two additional years. While I know its important to explore your field and that means typically going to another uni for graduate school, is this a...