Recent content by Vardonir

Strange topic, I know, but that really is my field. Planetary Dynamics, to be exact. I need to look for schools to apply to soon, since I'm (hopefully) graduating in March next year and want to get out of here as soon as possible. Sadly, all I find are either doing research in nonrelated fields...

I wasn't really given that much information, aside from "find the equations in terms of x, y, z, and t." I'm guessing Euclidean space, then.

Homework Statement Essentially, my adviser just told me to get the equation, then expand it so that it doesn't have any tensors. That's it. Just get rid of the tensors. He said that this would be normally found in some textbook...? I've searched a lot of books, but I never saw anything...

One thing, tho: Does it have to be related to the field I want to go to? I'm still undecided on a certain field that I want to do for the rest of my life. I mean: I might be doing Aerodynamics with one group, but then I'd be doing Astronomy with another this Summer. And then I'm interested in...

(First of all, thanks for all the replies so far. Thanks for helping out this random newb. :D) Well... You know those "this is the percentage range for a certain grade, enter it and get your GPA" websites? I used that as a basis, compared my grades with their grade ranges (the percentages)...

But I heard some look at only the Math/Physics grades or maybe the grades in the last two years at school. Or is it something that depends on the school? I mean, will they even care that I almost flunked Theology and Filipino? :| BTW: I'm curious, tho. What university is this? What do...

I'm also concerned about the stipend thing. Not that I intend to send money back home; I know it's not exactly the same as a salary. But then I also heard from relatives and from other stuff I've read that the cost of living at U.S. or Japan or Europe or practically every country I've looked...

Oops. Forgot to mention that. My goal right now is to get a Ph. D. in Physics. But not in Applied, tho (my major says "applied," but it's almost identical to the pure Physics they offer here). Maybe theoretical or computational. I'm not sure on this one yet. After that... I want to do more...

Hi. I've been lurking the forums for quite some time now, but I haven't found an answer to what I wanted to know. I'm currently an undergrad double majoring in Applied Physics and "Computer Systems" (a.k.a., Computer Engineering, they just changed the name) from a "not-that-bad"...