Recent content by nicholls

Hi Paul, first off, what program are you in? I graduated from Engineering Science at UofT a bit over a year ago now and I am now doing my MASc at UofT. Unfortunately I am kind of the opposite of you in that during my undergrad I only did research. I even skipped PEY (coop year). For me the...

Yes, I am quite sure many schools are still receiving applications. Check this link and look halfway down the page: http://www.uvic.ca/science/physics/prospective/graduate/application/index.php It's in Canada obviously, and it is not what I would call an international school, BUT, it still has...

I sometimes think that it is less the subject/field and more the professor that teaches it. You can understand the material quite well, but the test/exams can be extremely unfair or unrepresentative of what you've been taught or what important things you should have learned. Other times the...

I am in the Engineering Physics option at UofT and I can assure you that you can take courses as theoretical as you'd like. The first two years are general and you learn a lot, and it is at the same level or higher than other engineers/physicists. In your upper years you can basically...

As others have said, electricity is pretty much fully understood. The more general field however is electromagnetics, and there is still a lot of interesting stuff being done, especially in applied physics/engineering. To add to Lavabug's post: RF Engineering is the general field of...

As someone who has taken both physics and EE electromagnetics courses, I recommend you take the EE course. Especially considering you are leaning towards comp eng, the material you gain in the EE course will be MUCH more useful than that in a physics course. The physics course will be much...

So I've received all of my grad school offers and it is time to make a decision. Of the four schools that I am seriously considering, two of them are offering much higher financial assistance which includes tuition and no TA duties (both schools in the states). The other two schools (Canadian)...

If you like both physics and electrical or materials engineering then engineering physics is perfect for you! And yes there are plenty of opportunities afterwards. Mostly in applied physics and electrical/materials engineering though.

^^^ For UofT, look at this: http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_mat.htm And scroll down not very far to find the Mathematics and Physics Specialist (Science Program). It will show you all the courses you can take plus more. From what I understand this is a hard...

I pretty much scored the same as you on the GRE, Q:165, V:165, W:5. I will also be applying to some top 10 schools in physics, and I am fairly confident I will get in. I highly doubt anyone is going to care that you or I didn't get 170 on the Quantitative. It just comes down to a few dumb...

Well, I'm Canadian so I'm trying to stay within Canada. In Canada the only true places that do accelerator physics are UBC and UVictoria. I am applying to both those places, and hope to secure a position working at TRIUMF. In the states I am applying to Stanford, Cornell and Stony Brook...

ZapperZ is right. There is a lot of research being done in plasma wakefields, both in north america and abroad (Germany etc.). Very promising looking technology, but I think it still has a bit of a way to go. It is an interesting field though! The accelerating gradients look to be orders of...

UofT is a 4 year program, as are most undergrad programs in Canada, I'm surprised they said that Engphys was 5 years at UBC, seems strange. My program isn't just engphys, its called engineering science where you choose a major after 2nd year (I chose physics). Just search engineering science...

So I am in my 4th year of my BASc in engineering physics at UofT (Toronto). I am attempting to go to graduate school in accelerator physics at either UBC or UVic, but I am also applying to the EM group at Toronto (plus a couple places in the states). In terms of undergraduate there are a few...

Honestly, it just sounds like you go to a really hard high school. Don't let this discourage you at all. Grade 12 physics for me was cake, got 99% in the course. However, it was very very simple. No calculus, only math you needed was super basic algebra, such as solving a one variable...