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    Schools What are the most useful electives for a mechanical engineering major?

    I'm majoring in mechanical engineering and I have a lot of open room in my course schedule the next few years. What are the most useful electives I could take? What courses are the most useful in industry? What have been the most useful courses you've taken for your career? I'm interested in...
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    What are the job prospects for a medical physics graduate in California?

    I was considering doing a medical physics M.Sc and I found this thread to be quite informative: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=676969
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    Maximizing Research Success for Medical Physics MS Program: Tips and Strategies

    Thanks for your input, Choppy! It seems clear that the more electrical engineering and programming understanding you have, the better. When you say senior E&M, do you mean at Griffiths level? Also, for statistics, is it necessary to take a biostatistics course over a calculus-based statistics...
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    Maximizing Research Success for Medical Physics MS Program: Tips and Strategies

    I'm an undergrad studying physics now. I plan on applying to a medical physics M.S. program in the next few years. The program is in partnership with a hospital, and in the second year, I'll do a research project with a faculty member of the hospital. My question concerns what I should be...
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    Engineering BS in physics to grad school - engineering or medical physics?

    They give you a medical physics semester map for your undergraduate years. Basically, its an accelerated physics BSc plus some biology and chemistry coursework. You come very close to obtaining the BSc in three years, are admitted into the MSc program after your third undergraduate year, and...
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    Engineering BS in physics to grad school - engineering or medical physics?

    Hi all, I'm currently a sophomore physics/applied math BS double major at a state school. My goal is to attain a well-paying(or eventually well-paying) job and career working with science and/or math. Preferably, I'd like to have some options as to the location (somewhere in the U.S. or...
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