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    Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school

    Thanks for responding, I do have a professor at my university I work very closely with that I should talk more to about this type of stuff. I would also like to clarify I meant scholarships for undergraduate. I have also considered applying anyways as you mentioned, and then taking the extra...
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    Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school

    Thanks for the response. My degree program is set at 4 years, I came in with both AP Physics C credits, a lot of college math, and a bunch of other AP credits to cover gen eds, allowing me to start in 2nd year phys courses. It is also a physics honors degree so I do have to take a few extra...
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    Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school

    Well said. For a long time, I've had this perception of success that's defined in magnitude rather than direction. Going into college all I knew is that I wanted to be successful in physics, without dedicating effort into finding what it is I have a specific passion for. As much as I thought...
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    Admissions Graduating a year early anxieties + grad school

    I'm a second year undergraduate studying physics in America with aspirations to get a PhD. My current plan is to graduate in spring of 2027, so I would have to apply to grad schools during the fall/winter of this year. Recently, I've been getting very anxious about applications coming up. My...