Thanks for the input man, realistically I would want to study physics by itself but I was looking into a double major just in case I could not find a job in physics, then I could fall back on MechE: I wouldn't necessarily be using the double major as a vantage point for marketability.
Either way, it would look nice to employers that you graduated from MIT, but I can almost guarantee that after graduation from any school with a decent amount of internships/research/other jobs in your field, it really won't matter where you went to school as long as you know what you're doing...
A decent bit about the aerospace industry, a brief bit about planetary rotation, relativity, etc., and an even briefer bit relative to atomic and low energy physics
(all from personal experience, yes I know my experiences are limited, being that I've only been exposed to introductory college courses and upper level high school courses) I don't know for a fact that not much research is involved in mechanical engineering, but my class and I combined to...
I get a thrill when doing physics, I enjoy doing mathematics and applying math to actual, solvable problems as possible in physics, as well as trying to determine factors still unknown to myself and others about the universe. In mechanical engineering, I enjoy the designing and multiple stages...
Well, mechanical and both chemical engineering have roots in my family (multiple ancestors/grandparents worked with Exxon/Sun/other southwest oil companies), so there is clearly a bit of pressure directed towards me by family members. I love physics and would love to see myself doing research as...
Don't worry too much, I had a horrid freshman year (2.5 GPA), simply because of the fact that I was lazy/going through some bad family stuff. All it took was a bit of determination and 2 years later my GPA is now sitting around a 3.7, somehow. If you do want to attend MIT, grades and...
Hello PhysicsForums members, I'm a new member here (yet that's a different story) and in a bit of a dilemma. I recently finished my junior year of high school and will be a senior come August, quickly putting me in the stressful position of all that revolves around college applications and...