Recent content by throwWiffle

I know I like research. I want to do more of it. But I don't have the theoretical background to understand what I am actually doing at the level that I want to, and this frustrates me. Since I know I like research, and I have shown to my profs that I like research, wouldn't it be better for me...

Thank god I'm not the only one, haha. I'm in exactly the same boat, except my thesis and conferences are next semester - this semester I'm starting on a paper (:/ and :D at the same time). Well the simplest thing I suppose that I do if I'm feeling stressed, is cut down on caffeine (it...

At least at my college, most people who fail the exam are the ones who don't focus on their class work. Their main focus is playing computer games or board games, or anything but physics/classwork. This causes them to screw up on the tests, and then they feel bad. So they then try to make...

Alright, so I have a question that's really been bothering me. Suppose you're an undergrad, and you've done research for a year or two. And you've been fairly successful under two groups so you know what research is like. Then what is the point of being pushed ("encouraged") to do MORE...

Hey, sorry for taking so long to get back to you guys - trying to wrap up last week followed by being in bed sick for the last few days. Answering sweetpotato, Last semester, in Thermo, my overall course grade was an A- and my test grades were as follows: 85, bare minimum A-, highest...

So I have a question for you guys - what do you do if your test grades don't seem to be affected by how much you've studied? Here's the short version of my problem: Study a bit = ~85 and 2 out of 3 times so far, the highest grade. Don't study at all and get one hour of sleep = 80 (the...