Graduate Definition and 1000 Threads

I know it may sound strange, but I by time I finish my undergraduate degree in physics at my current university, I will have taken the graduate Stat. Mech sequence, Quantum Sequence, and Classical Mechanics Sequence. And, no I don't mean the senior level/graduate split course work, I have also...

Hey guys, i just have a few quick questions about the above topic. 1st off, i am in currently a junior earning my applied physics degree with my concentration in engineering (engineering physics i guess you could say). As time went on i realized i was interested in mechanical/ aerospace...

Hi all. I posted this inquiry on sci.math, but I only got one response. I'm hoping the good folks here can be a bit more helpful. I apologize in advance for the length of this post; I saw no other way of explaining things. I'm having some trouble thinning the herd of graduate schools...

Hello everybody. I would like to ask anyone who have taken graduate electrodynamics with jackson. What do you think is the best way to prepare yourself to graduate electromagnetism by Jackson, if only electromagnetism by Griffith is covered during undergrad. In particular, what...

I'm a junior math major in college, and I'd like to apply to some graduate schools when I'm done. If I haven't taken any analysis courses (beyond a basic "advanced calculus" sequence), but I've covered a full year of real analysis on my own, will that make a difference? I'm thinking of...

I'm a senior planning on going to graduate school for math. I'll take a year off and apply next year. I decided all of this kind of at the last minute, and as a result, my application is looking a little weak: Projected GPA: ~3.7 Projected Math GPA: ~3.62 (not including Calc 1,2,3 and Diff...

A little over a year ago I graduated from a state school (Western Michigan University) with a double major in Film and Archeology. I have always liked math but was more focused on film. This summer I started studying math on my own and placed into a pre calculus class at a city college. I am...

Hey, I'm a Chinese student studying in Ireland and I will be completing my course in Software Development in May of next year. My course in China has covered a broad range of topics from Software Programming to Development of Embedded Systems. I now have to decide which path to go down from...

Hi, from relating posts I can't decide how things really are. I'm B.S. of General Physics studying for M.S. of Mathematical Modeling (1st year of 2). It cost huge amount of energy to gain necessary mathematical knowledge (Functional Analysis, PDEs classical+modern, Various lectures of...

I am trying to get some feedback on my possibilities of attending Graduate School for a Ph.D in Pure Mathematics. Specifically, if it is possible... which universities can I expect to receive acceptance from. Which types? In specific, my highest goal is UVA, (University of Virginia). I have...

I am divided in a choice I need to make... I am employed in a program that requires graduate school. My employer will outright pay, with no cap for any school. Since there is no cap, I'm thinking I should shoot for some really good schools. What are your opinions on, 1) Trying to get into...

What graduate schools are the best if I want to pursue research in Quantum Computation? I know MIT has a good program and I am going to apply there but what other schools would you recommend? I would prefer to stay on this side of the Atlantic.

So, I'm filling out applications for graduate school. In each of the applications there is a section to mention the names of any professors you have contacted. I have yet to contact any professors at any graduate institutions. I know that this can help in getting accepted to competitive...

I've tried googling for hours and I kept getting unwanted results. But how do I list my education if I've only did 2-3 semesters of graduate work before leaving? Is it wise to list "unfinished" graduate degrees, even if it was caused to personal problems or plain ol' failure? I'm afraid an...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_go_ot/high_school_dropouts What do we need to do?

What are the main differences between personal statements ( / statements of purpose) written to support a graduate school application versus one for an REU? I have now written two successful REU personal statements, so one might assume that I was doing something right when writing them. In...

Hello, I'm on the last year and a half of my PhD research. My project is mostly experimental, which involves ion implanting into ferrous surfaces for improves tribological properties. Unfortunately, the equipment (the ion implanter, Auger, SIMS, and XPS) breaks down once in a while and I'm...

Hi guys... I'm just wondering, I'm taking this course about group theory in physics. The lecture sometimes really goes berserk.. by berserk i mean the professor starts talking about cohomology, complex manifolds... Sometimes he says somethings that I've never heard about (for instance...

I consider entering the University of Florida for graduate physics studies. Do you know what the ranking of the University is? Is it worth going there? Some good or bad experiences from this institution? Could maybe anyone compare studies at Florida and at the best institutions, such as MIT...

i am medical doctor who wants to self study mathematics , the last mathematics course i took was 6 years ago at the pre-medical college .. worth mentioning that i am from a country where the educational system is different from USA at high school i studied algebra , calculus , trigonometry...

I'm glad that I'm already in graduate school. Thousands of wall street employees are going to be laid off this year as all these companies go under. I bet most of them will be fairly recent college graduates from prestigious undergraduate institutions. Probably, many of them are going to be...

Maybe this is a no brainer but I figured I'd ask... I've heard both sides from many different people...some say universities encourage undergrad students to apply elsewhere for grad school, thus if you are going to say, UC Berkeley like me and apply there for grad school as well, it will be...

Hi everyone, So, I've got some questions that fall into the category of social etiquette. I'm an undergrad, will graduate this year, and am looking at potential graduate programs, so hopefully I'll be visiting a few schools in the spring. I might also be attending a conference in my field...

Hello Everyone! I'm going to start a Graduate course in Mathematical Finance next year, and I need some brushing up on my mathematics. I've done the basics: Calculus and Linear Algebra. But where I'm going to, the least I'm going to need is to really know my Analysis. I'm an economics...

Anybody know much about admission statistics for graduate studies at the Institute for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University? Curious to know what admission rate is and what are the stats of students typically admitted. Thanks.

Graduate School -- DSP, Signal Processing What are the top graduate schools for signal processing? I am currently looking at Georgia Tech. Any other recommendations? I would like (if possible) courses in radar.

I'm in the final year of my undergraduate studies. My GPA is about 2.5, I have done research (but no paper), I have excellent recomendations and I will sit for the TOEFL and GRE, general and subject - physics test in the next few months. I am interested in experimental high energy physics and I...

A nice story on PBS tonight: Japanese Americans who were forced out of college and into internment camps, during WWII, were graduated last weekened at Oregon State University [Integral's and my alma mater]...

Can anyone here would be able to extract some hope from the following scenario? I began my undergraduate coursework in physics in 2000 at a top-20 school at the age of sixteen, and did quite well--earning four fellowships, TAing an upper-division particle physics lab course before reaching...

So, for essentially every physics program in the U.S. (including the one I'm about to start at =), you get a tuition waiver and a reasonable stipend for the hours that you put in, but it's less hours than I'm used to. So essentially, I would dread having a TA appointment, a full graduate...

If f and g are two entire functions such that mod(f(z)) <= mod(g(z)) for all z in C, prove that f=cg for some complex constant c.

Anyone tried entering into one of these positions? What was the selection criteria like? What tests did you do? Anyone can upload or find on the web test questions that are similar to ones asked by the interviewer? I heard it was basic numerical calculations.

Out of curiosity, I was looking at core course requirements for the PhD in physics at several different schools. I noticed that some schools required a first semester math methods while others do not. Reading the course descriptions, I noticed some overlap between topics usually seen at the...

I'm about to graduate and I should choose my graduation thesis. My choice will probably determine my PhD area of research so I want to choose wisely. That's why I need some help from guys who are deep in research waters. My areas of interests are solid state physics and plasma physics. My...

I want to go to Graduate School and get my Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. I am an Engineering Physics Major and I have only one more year until I finish my Undergraduate degree. I will be applying to graduate schools in December 2008. I would love to go to University of Michigan...

So far Iv'e looked at websites of departments of helsinki university in finland, upsalla university in sweden and oslo university in norway. But from the outlook of those websites it wasn't clear to me if the courses are unanimously given in english or just partly. The worst of the three...

I was wondering whether or not the new state of the economy (recession) will have much of an effect on graduate school as far as whether schools won't offer as many stipends due to increased living expenses or what not. Any insight?

I want to go to a graduate school in Europe for an M.Sc in Mathematics, but I don't know my chances. I have an honors B.Sc in pure and applied math from a Canadian university and not one of the best ones. My GPA is very high, almost all A+s (they give them here), I speak five languages, was...

How does it work? I'm kind of interested in schools outside of the US (I mean, why not?) and I've started looking at websites because I'm graduating this coming year and was told to start applying early. What I see (from Oxford and Cambridge at least) are a 1st Honours and High 2nd Honours...

URGENT Graduate school help Hi guys, I've been getting a few offers from professors at University of Calgary and Manitoba (both in Canada), and I'm unsure which one I should accept. I have a strong interest in cancer pathology, unfortunately, most of the profs involved in this area do not...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend books useful for learning how to "do research," to put it bluntly. Almost all the books I could find at my school's wimpy liberal arts library seem concerned with doing research to write a research paper for a class, not on actually doing research on...

I'm a math major, and will be taking enough math courses to qualify for 3 different mathematics options, theoretical, applied, and modeling. Does anyone think that the title of my math major will have any effect on my entrance to graduate school? Secondly, in your opinion which one sounds the...

I am currently a senior undergraduate student majoring in Computer Engineering. I initially chose this major to get a grasp on both "software" and "hardware" side of engineering namely, in "Computer Science" and "Electrical Engineering" aspect, which I believed might be handy once I start...

hi all, i'm hoping that some of you might be able to help. I'm currently in a state of perplexity and doubt. i'm finishing up my first year at graduate school, in math. the problem is what to read over the summer. by now i have discovered that I'm most interested in analysis and applied...

I am currently in the process of choosing my classes for next semester. (EE major) I need to pick some general education classes, because unfortunately the two that I've taken didn't transfer correctly (or how I would have hoped). I can take 210 Philosophy Introduction to logic - which I...

Hello everyone! I'm studying string theory at a graduate level and want to focus on ADS/CFT correspondence. The problem is that I don't know where to start from. I've already learned the bosonic string, some elements of CFT (and BRST quantization), T-duality and how the D-Branes enter the...

Hello, I'm currently a double major in aerospace engineering and math. I'll be graduating within the next couple years and I know I will be applying to graduate programs in computational/applied math. For graduate school, I want to branch out of purely mechanical problems and go into...

Hey everyone, I recently was admitted as a master of science canidate to the department of mathematics at NYU. I applied as a PhD student but did not score well enough on my subject GRE to admit me directly (at least this is my theory). I did not receive a fellowship or assistantship...

If you like rankings, here's the latest from "US News" http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad PHY: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/phy/search MAT: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/mat/search Of course, one should question how...

Hello, I have a question about the benefit of professional experience in getting into graduate school in physics. I have a BS in physics from a reasonable school and I had the good fortune of being hired after I graduated by a company that is doing research and development on emissions...