Recent content by Octans

Thanks for the advice. I suppose this thread was just for reassurance, but also to benefit future forum users who might find themselves in the same situation. I will explore my options as far as continuing to build marketable skills. Thanks for your advice.

A little of both. I did work in biophysics for 6 months before working a year in experimental particle physics. I'm not smart enough for theory and solid state or optics doesn't interest me at all. These are a small subset of what's out there, but they're the main fields at my school. The...

I was admitted to a PhD program for this coming fall, but I've increasingly realized that I don't enjoy research. I actively dislike it, in fact. So obviously a PhD is not possible at this point in my life. My program does offer a coursework-only option for the MS, though, and since I enjoy...

I took the test this past November, and the physics subject GRE in October. While I had been studying for the physics test since May, I only got serious about the general test a week or two before it. My score was Q 161/V 166/A 4.5. Here are some unorganized thoughts and advice: Everyone I...

Not knowing that I was going to major in physics, I also took algebra-based introductory physics classes at a community college. I've since taken and done well in upper-level physics classes, however I've spent a lot of my free time going back and learning basic physics the proper way...

Think of it this way: work is only done when a force is applied. Imagine you and an object are the only two things in the whole universe. Start with the object at rest (relative to you) and push on it. You apply a force and the object accelerates from rest to some velocity in a certain distance...

I hear they've got a top ten gardening program.

I think most freshman-level physics classes are structured with the assumption that students will be taking calculus simultaneously.

It's understandable to not read the entire thread, but at least read the post directly above yours. :wink:

Mathematica can do this, although it's not free. See if you can get a copy through your school. The program uses the notion of a notebook made up of cells which can be grouped and ungrouped, expanded and collapsed. Of course it can save to PDF also. All this in addition to being a powerful...