Decision Definition and 150 Threads

Hi I applied to a lot of REU's for this summer and actually got accepted into one which I am so glad for. The problem is that I don't know if I should accept this one right away or wait to hear from some more and make a decision then. They are giving me 03/08/13 to make a final decision (which...

I recently started a terminal masters program in physics. Shortly after starting, I had a big anxiety issue that I never had in my life before. In my undergrad I worked 2 jobs, was in a fraternity, was in a physics program full time and had a social life. I managed to make it all work and life...

So I am a physics major...This isn't relevant, just thought I'd mention as much. Anyway, after feeling a bit lonely in college, I tried, indiscriminately to meet women. I pretty much gave up on anything meaningful because I'm so much of an anomaly.Again, irrelevant information. One of the women...

Hello guys, I just registered on this forum, so I hope you can help me with some differential entropy stuff. So I have made the attached pdf file (it's a bit messy, sorry) that demonstrates a toy version of the problem I'm trying to solve. Thing is I'm quite new to information theory, so...

Here is just a general question. I've got a game theory question, which asks to solve a firm's decision problem. How do I define the decision problem? Is it an equation that equates the total probability of all the events to some outcomes?

Am i making a bad decision?? Ok so i have been studying mechatroincs for around a year and a half and now after i know more about the subject it isn't as interesting as before. My problem is that i want to study and hopefully work in an area that iam passionate about and its kind of a big...

I graduated in 2008 with an EE degree and entered grad school immediately after. I excelled and did ok in my classes and research but I knew I wasn’t doing as well as I could have been doing (got a couple B minuses too). At the end of the first year I started getting paranoid that I was going...

I just joined the forums here, after reading through several pages of incredibly useful advice. I'm mostly beginning this thread to organize my thoughts, but I'm in need/want of advice at all times during this process. You all are knowledgeable and helpful, so any commentary is appreciated...

Needing help choosing a university for eng! Big decision! Hey guys, long story short I am a 17 year old in southern Ontario kid who has been admitted to every university I applied to mechanical engineering. To make things simple, I have narrowed the my choices to two universities: Queens and...

So I'm taking quantum mechanics and I'm within the threshold of getting an A in the class. My professor assigned a problem set that we can either do for extra credit OR for honors in the class. Most "honors" physics classes at my university are kinda a joke in that they just require you...

I am a current high-school senior and was recently accepted into Hopkins, Duke and Cornell. I intend to major in Physics (although not 100% sure) and was wondering, how greatly would choosing anyone of these schools affect my career choices? I've heard overwhelmingly that graduate school is what...

Hey guys, I have a good job lined up for me after I graduate with a good company, i am currently 8 months away from graduation. I have a diffcult desicion to make about my final year project. I have been offered projects from two companies and one of them is the one i start working for at the...

I'm planning on going to university in Alberta for at least my first year as I want to remain closer to home at first. I'm majoring in physics and was wondering if U of Alberta or U of Calgary would be the better choice. Right now my preferred choice is Calgary as I enjoy the city a lot more...

In John Gribbin's book 'Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality', Gribbins describes a quantum interpretation that claims to solve the so called,'spooky action at a distance'. From what I've gathered, perhaps naively, is that quantum entities spontaneously communicate through the act of...

I am interested in nuclear theory, and I was accepted to both Duke and Yale. I really like the research at Duke, and my best friend was admitted to the Duke law program. I also know that Yale has an excellent nuclear physics program and is generally regarded as the better institution. Am I crazy...

So I've been in the lymboo of decision for my BS degree, should I go for Physics or pic an Engineering major. I really like physics and definitely like what the major leads to (research, teachings .. etc) However I'm always haunted by the thought of being poor and not being able to continue to...

Hello I am currently in the midst of filling out my applications to apply to a few colleges and I was wondering is there really a huge difference between state ran schools? I am looking to apply at Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle University, University of Washington, Oregon State...

So I've become aware that the more "good" choices we make, the easier it is to make a "bad" choice, e.g. if you're on a diet for a couple of months, its very easy to slip and have a piece of chocolate cake, that sort of thing. Here's the wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion So...

I'm applying for a postdoc position, say, in Australia. At the end of the interview, the reviewer said that the decision would be made soon after one or two weeks. Now four weeks passed, no recalls. It seems that the host institution has contacted my first PhD supervisor in the first week, and...

I have to choose an undergrad major but I’m not sure.. I’m torn between these 3 majors: civil eng, mathematics, interior design My interests are very vast(that’s why I’m very indecisive about my major); it’s mostly math and arts, buildings/roads/bridges/interiors/furniture/ My strengths...

After years of diligence, my undergraduate program will be ending after this year. I have yet to decide on any graduate schools to apply to and don't really think it is worth applying to schools I am sure I won't be accepted to. My problems are as follows: -My GPA is at a 3.23 entering my...

Hey PF, I'm 19 and I live at home. This fall I will be studying first year Engineering at a University down the street. It's not cheap and I certainly need to be employed, as well as, take out a loan to subsidize the expense. Initially, this is all the reason in the world to stay at home...

Hello all, I have been reading these forums for a while and I must say that they are an excellent resource for anyone who has decided to pursue a life of physics, mathematics or engineering. That being said, I have decided to turn to the forums for help. Here is the story, I have always...

Hi, I'm a 20 year old science student, having just cleared my 12th from CBSE. I skipped the 12th exams twice for several medical reasons, and my scores this year are as follows: Eng: 46 Phy: 71 Chem: 78 Math: 33 CompSci: 77 I will send the English paper for a re-eval, since I wasn't...

Hello, I am going to make you think I am crazy with the very notion of can he do it. I am 37. I have been many things but not what I would like to be. I have always wanted to be a particle physicist. I am in my first year of returning to college after some things. can someone point me in...

I have been accepted to a few graduate schools for a PhD in Math. I have been accepted to most schools for the fall but one said I could come during the summer with tuition and fees waived and a stipend. Can I attend this university for the summer only and then transfer to the school I want...

I declined an offer at a school, wrote an email explaining to one of the profs at the school (who was pushing REALLY hard to get me to go there) why I chose to attend another school, and can tell that he is extremely upset/mad (?). Great, I haven't even entered the field yet and I'm already...

We build the dike round Fukushima (radius 1-2 km) and filling water. Artificial lake we cover the polyethylene tape on foam plastics buoys (for the delete of gases). For 5-6 years it is possible to find the decision of problem, or to dismantle under water. Excuse me for my English. I hope I...

Hi. I'm in condensed matter experiment, and I was wondering whether employers (in academia or industry) would look less favorably on hiring people whose BA institution and PhD institution are the same. I've heard different answers from different people about this question. Some say that...

Is it out of line to politely ask a prospective employer to make a hiring decision in a certain amount of time? Specifically, I'm applying for internships right now. I was just offered a job by my B choice and they would like me to accept or reject the offer by this weekend. My 'A' choice, in...

Hello! I know this is a popular topic. But I really need help. I am going to study Aerospace Engineering ( undergraduate) . The problem is that I have already applied for Aerospace Engineering, and now I am hesitating about Aero Eng. or Mech. Eng. I like Engineering. My problem is that I am...

Hello everybody, I applied to eight graduate schools in mathematics and so far I have received two acceptances. Out of those eight, there are really only four that I'm truly interested in, with the other four being safety schools. Of the two acceptances that I've received so far, one of them...

I'm having a trouble deciding what engineering field should I go. I'm a student in a community college and studying physics right now. I'm fascinated anything that associate with electricity. Although I haven't learned the physics about the electricity yet(but I will learn it next quarter)...

I am a 4th year Phy UG on a 5 yr plan and need some advice, these two courses overlap so I can't take both. I am interested in both topics but have more background in astrophysics, not much in the engineering area. I guess my indecision stems from a larger crisis I am having in trying to...

This is not so much so expecting an answer (it's a long post) as spilling my thoughts. PF has been feeling like family to me, since I've gotten everything from high school decisions, relationship advice, homework help etc., to what sort of pens I should buy from here. Nonetheless, some advice...

I have been wondering how the admission decisions are made in different universities. At cambridge, you only need to get approved by the supervisor you name and the head of the department. But at Harvard, it's the admission committee that makes the decision, and contacting a professor usually...

Basically I have most of my classes required to graduate, but due to the lack of availability of some classes it will still take me about 3 more semesters after the current semester. So I was considering double majoring with math, so it would be physics + math major. Since I was already a...

Hey all, I'm currently facing a difficult decision about the next step in my academic career and I was wondering if anyone here might be able share any insights or perhaps explain how they got through a similar situation. Sorry in advance for a long post, no need to read the whole thing...

In a recent case in New Jersey, a judge cited the husband's religion in a case where his wife asserted she was raped by her husband and was seeking a protective order. Contrary to some reports, the judge did not say the husband was legally entitled to sexual relations with his wife against her...

Ok little bit about me. I am 25yro, male, single. I look like one of those guys who's got their stuff together: muscular, clean cut, fashionable, well spoken. Until you see my car: 96 honda accord with duct tape covering some rust. I live all by myself, I pay for everything, but I am unemployed...

Hey guys, I've been a fly on the wall in these forums for a while, and I'd like some advice from everyone. I just received my acceptance letter for the University of Rochester, my major is Physics. I completed Calc I through III and Physics I and II at a local community college, and...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/17/scotus.sex.offenders/index.html?hpt=T1 My heart is thrilled, but I cannot resolve this with the principles of American jurisprudence, and the notion that sex offenders are more incorrigable than a thieving and murdering sociopath isn't intellectually sound...

Hello, I got my acceptance letters back from most of the schools I applied to and most of my financial aid packages. I want to go for engineering (I haven't decided exact discipline, but I was accepted to Electrical Engineering, because that is what my interest was listed as) So far I can...

If I were to do a double major in Physics and Mathematics, should I do a minor in English? Or should I do a minor in something like Psychology?

Hey guys, I'm a third year undergrad student taking Physics & Math. I'm not sure which of the two I'm going to go to grad school for yet, but both are a possibility. I recently got back some bad test marks for these two classes I'm in that I really dislike (atomic physics, and relativistic...

what is the theory that most physicists believe that the decisions that we didn't make we live them on another life? something like that please help

Either give our troops the reinforcements they need in Afghanistan or don't. Quit beating around the bush and get on with it. This indecision is making him look weak and our foreign policy appear indecisive. He is taking an issue that is costing the lives of our troops and making it a purely...

So I'm in my first year of Grad school, where there is a crap load of groups I would like to join. Things like plasma physics (fluid dynamics has always interested me and I'm taking a class on it now), single-molecule detectors, one-way nanopores, and a crapload of things from the engineering...

question chapter 4 case 6 - from book "complete business statistics 6th edition-aczel and amir" A company sells machines to four customers in four different countries. It has to be sell two months from now. The following is a table of information of selling price, exchange rate. The selling...

edit: I've decided to stick with CE. Though I do love the study of the universe, I don't think I would be able to hand graduate school and all the research that is packed along with it. The books I've read are enough to satisfy my interest in space and time. During this economy, I think I'm...