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    Insights on high GPA - for nonprof blog

    Tutor! It's much easier to learn new stuff if you've got the old stuff down pat. Teaching others is the best way to reinforce things in my opinion.
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    Programs Switch after PhD from Nuclear to Medical Physics?

    I think after completing my PhD I want to make a switch to medical physics. With my background (described below) this shouldn't be too great of a switch. (I wish I had realized this sooner, as in undergrad I was thinking biomedical engineering, but found myself far more interested in the...
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    Pursuing a PHD, but what kind of work do I do after?

    In my experience physicist, who stay physicists after getting their PhD, do research. Three main outlets for this are as a faculty member, as a staff researcher at a university, or in a national lab. I've known a few to go into industry and do research for an engineering company. Also...
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    Programs MSE/EE joint degree or Engineering Physics?

    Engineering Physics programs vary dramatically depending on the school. At my undergrad it was applied physics with coursework in electrical and mechanical engineering. At my graduate school it's mostly plasma physics. If you could tell me what your program's like I could maybe give you some...
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    Schools Does it matter which college you go to for science?

    I think that the school you go to matters very little. Some schools will give you a more hands-on approach while others will be all bookwork, and depending on how you learn and what you see yourself doing in the future would decide what type to go to. Smaller schools seem to be more hands-on...
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    Is a Biochemistry Major Sufficient for Graduate Studies in Bioengineering?

    I had a summer reu in BioEng at Clemson University and believe Biochemistry with a math minor would have prepared me well for the research I did and saw being done by the graduate students. I cannot verify your preparation for classes, but typically there are research labs that emphasize...
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    What are the different fields of study in physics and their significance?

    What are the different emphasis in physics and where do they take you? I love the whole field and am looking at summer internships, but can't decide on anything more specific in physics. I don't really know what condensed matter physics or nuclear physics or ... (there's so many of them) are...
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