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First of all, thank you for taking the time to read this. First some background. I currently have a 3.3 overall GPA with a 3.6 Physics GPA and am studying at California State University, Chico. I didn't get into an REU program this summer and I plan on taking the GRE in the fall. Now for the...

Hello everyone. I'm currently a Jr. Computer Engineering student. Its funny, you don't really know what a computer engineer really does until your a Jr. and you've already put 2 years. Ever since I was young I loved to program. I always wanted to be a Software Engineer. So when I graduated...

A pendulum is made of a rod whose moment of inertia about its center of mass is 1/12ML^2 where its mass is 4.9 kg and and its length is 3.3 m, and a thin cylindrical disk, whose moment of inertia about its center of mass is 1/2MR^2, where its mass is 1.7 kg and its radius is 1.6 m. What...

Hi everyone... my name is darya, new to the forums and searching for possible job advice. I have a masters degree in applied physics from UMASS Boston. I have graduated for 5 years and am having difficulty finding a job related to my major. If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly...

Dear friends, I have been recently joined in this forum and became really fond of it. I have found lot of knowledgeble persons in here and thought of writing you all, my sincere Request. I had (and have) got lot of interests on Astrophysics, but unfortunately, owing to some unavoidable...

I have done this before, I know, and it may be getting old, but I still can't make up my mind. Video Game Designer or Physicist. I guess it comes down to whether I should want to be something that I think will be fun or something that will make me feel good about myself. I also want to...