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Thanks for your response. Now it looks like this won't be possible. Bureaucracy issues. I emailed my advisor about the possibility of doing less physics and a minor in something else, and am waiting to hear back from thing. Anyway, I just feel anxious all the time. I know I can learn the...

One of the few As I got in college was in an advanced French class I took as an elective instead of a physics one (haha), and the teacher really liked me and told me I was welcome to join in her class discussions anytime, etc. And while this took work, and I had to properly plan my essays, and...

Thanks for your reply. I can appreciate what you're saying, but at the same time, some books are just not clearly written. Or rather, they don't cater as well to everyone, and in which case, finding a better book is a good option. I guess I will keep searching. Having said that, I will post my...

In addition to what f95toli said, I would also start looking at different webpages of physics departments in countries in Europe I would be interested in. I would suggest starting with Germany. Use daad.de and hochschulkompass to find programs taught in English. Leipzig, Cologne, and Munich all...

Further, if you do your EE on something you care about, it is more likely that you will find yourself doing more "cool stuff" with it. As in, you will work harder, find more opportunities, etc. I don't think it would matter what you did your essay on for college admissions, so long as you did...

Hi, I will need to write an exam on Structure of Matter soon. The book the course is based on is Modern Physics by John Morrison. I feel like it's a bit too wordy, and confusing. Do you know of any books that has more problems with solutions and/or many worked examples? Would a Schaum's...

I'd like to thank everyone in this forum (especially this subforum) who's helped me out over the years. There's been many of you, and I genuinely appreciate the time you took to write and share your experiences. It's sad, but it took me years to finally admit it to myself, but I was just...

Not that I'm an expert, but being at Cornell, you might have more options for certain lines of work, should you choose to not go to grad school. For e.g, fancy investment banking or consulting jobs. At any rate, I'm suggesting you try to figure out where physics BS students from Cornell and...

Do you mean Equilibrium Thermodynamics by Adkins? This one, I've found, but I can't even find the title of the other book! What is its actual name? Thanks for the suggestions. I'll take a look at it. If others have anything else to suggest, feel free.

Hey guys, I've never studied this subject before (except basic thermal physics in high school), and I have a course on it this semester. I'm in a semi international program, and this course isn't taught in English (but the tutorials are, thankfully), so I will need to study on my own. In...

Why don't you save that money/use it on living expenses, instead of tuition, and find a master's program in Europe, which are usually much, much cheaper tuition-wise. At times, they are often free of tuition. That is certainly the case in many universities in Germany, where you will only need...

Could the title please be changed to "Prerequisites for complex analysis and Fourier transforms"? Maybe more people would actually read it then? Thanks.

I'll echo what Vanadium 50 said. I am speaking from experience here. This is advice I should have taken when it was given to me. Instead, I spent more time procrastinating, doubting myself, and wondering what I could do in the event such and such happened. That energy would have been best...

Hi, For my math methods 3 course, I am not quite sure which books to use. The course is based on the math methods book by Riley, Hobson, and Bence, and I don't particularly like it. Hence, I am looking for some alternatives. Especially for the Preliminaries section. I had a real hard time...

Ah, Bransden & Joachain is only available for 1 day loans (or to be read in the library). I will certainly take a look at it. I have, however, found an English version of Haken & Wolf, and have already loaned it. Thanks all!