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Can anyone answer this question for me? It would be greatly appreciated.

Could you elaborate on this some more? I've never heard of physicists working for banks on wall street. What do they do for the banks?

Ya I see what you're saying. I had this idea in my mind that it would be as simple as working in an observatory or something but I've heard its a lot of traveling for not a lot of pay if you even manage to find a job. I'm passionate about this subject but at the same time I don't want to be...

Yes I try to be the best student I can. I don't go partying ever, I've never missed a class, and I always take notes. Before every physics midterm I go to my professor's review session on the weekends. I understand your point with the difficulty of this subject and I guess I need to remind...

Hello everyone, I am currently a freshman undergrad physics major at Stony Brook University. However, I've been having some doubts lately. I've been taking the advanced freshman physics courses last semester and this semester, and they more challenging than I expected. I'm not failing them...

cool. I wish you luck getting accepted even though I'm sure you won't have a problem. Who knows, maybe we'll meet each other on campus in two years haha.

haha thanks. Is Stony Brook your top choice for next year?

hey Totalderiv, I had no idea you belonged to PF too. I go as mjbarney in the CC forums and happened to notice this post about Stony Brook haha. I just got accepted into Stony Brook and plan on majoring in physics so I'm glad to hear that its a very respected school with a good program. I'm...

I'm applying to SUNY Stony Brook as a high school senior. Stony Brook has an excellent physics program, and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen works there as a professor (proposed the theory of Supergravity). In addition I heard they have great oppertunities for research with a lot of attention focused on...

Wow that is an amazing idea! Hope you don't mind if i borrow your brilliant science project ^^. I'll talk to my adviser about it tomorrow. Thanks again for all of your help.

Thanks again taylaron, you've been a huge help with this. The only problem with a few of these projects is that I need something that I can conduct research on over the coarse of a semester. I need to meet with my project adviser once a week and show him my progress, then at the end i present my...

Thanks for the response taylaron. I'm really intrigued by the MHD jet, but I can't find any additional info on the research or mechanics behind it. Would you mind explaining a bit more about it?

As for generalizations I'm very interested in astrophysics, in fact I'm hoping to do my internship at a near-by observatory, but I also did very well in Earth science so that is also an option. I'll talk to my HS teacher again since the first time I asked him about an independent study he didn't...

Its kind of hard for me to specify my interests, I've been reading physics books on all different topics ever since my first year in High School (including my normal physics class) so my understanding and education in physics is quite varied. Many of the things I've found interesting in the...

Thanks for responding naele. Thats a great suggestion, one I will probably pursue since my High School doesn't posses the necessary materials to conduct an experiment that would produce viable results.