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Hi, everyone~ I have a BS in EE, and I want to be a researcher in cosmology or astronomy. To accomplish that I have to get a PHD in such areas. But my major in college was mainly about signal processing and networks. So, I'm wondering if there is any PHD program in cosmology or astronomy that...

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Hi, everyone~ I majored in EE in college, to be more precise, signal processing and communication network. And I just graduated a week ago. But I've always wanted to be a researcher in physics, especially in cosmology or astronomy. Since almost every physics grad-school in US require their...

Hi~blakholeinfo~ I'm kind of in the same situation as you are. I'm about to graduate from EE and I want to apply for cosmology or particle physics. You can read my thread here, https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=611028 Some nice people have already given me many advice. Maybe it...

Hi, Rpease~ I don't have a family so I can't even start to imagine the pressure your situation brings. But it seems that this degree is something you both need and want desperately. I say you go for it. Because what ever you do to support this young family is not going to be something easy, then...

I'll try to get test papers of those classes and test myself.

Thank you again~ Here's a thought, since it's very unlikely for me to go back to school for a MS or BS in physics. Would one of those online classes help? I'm not talking about something like MIT's OWC, but the programs that some universities offer online with videos, tests and certifications...

I guess it depends on the job you do during those years. For example, if you are majoring in engineering, and then you work for a few years as an engineer. I believe you would have a huge advantage over those fresh-graduates.

Thank you for such detailed advice~ It helps a lot. You are correct about my curriculum. Seems that I have to work on the subjects you mentioned which weren't in my curriculum, like statistic mechanism. Thanks a lot~

Thank you so much for helping me, I'm sure I will figure it out eventually~

Thanks for the advice~

Thank you, but not being able to prove any of my self-studying is my concern here.

By "equivalent work", you mean?

Thank you very much for your help, but there are people who got into physics grad-school without a BS in physics, right? What did they do to achieve that? I mean, besides publishing valuable papers on their own like Einstein did...

This is exactly my point - if I don't know how an admission committee decides, I can't even know if I am qualified. But I get your point. I self-studied physics for about 2 years in college, mostly basic mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, some GR or more advanced stuff. I know that I'm not ready yet...