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Hello everyone. I've been searching for some similar topics, although I didn't find one. In case a topic already exists, sorry about that. I'm currently an undergrad studying CS, and I'd like to know whether becoming an AP teacher at a local high school requires additional coursework. For...

Currently I'm a junior math and physics major from the US expecting to graduate May 2015 with a bs in math and ms in physics after 4 years. I'm spending a semester abroad in Australia this semester and I'm realizing I would like to try spending a few years in Europe, preferably around...

Hi PF, asking for course advice again. Currently I am finishing up undergraduate level series in: Abstract Algebra Real Analysis Particle Physics Topology. Next fall I will be registering for: Stat Mech/Thermodynamics (required for physics majors) Statistics and Probability (required for math...

Hi pf! I was wondering if any of you can lend your opinion on my situation: I've been conditionally accepted into a graduate school for mechanical engineering although my undergrad was in mathematics. Evidently to gain full admission I am required to take a 300 level course, namely fluid...

I will try to put this as succinctly as possible. When I was 26 I had spent two years in a terminal master's program in mathematics. I was pretty distracted. I was a B+/B student for the most part. I ended up with two C's, both in my first semester. Regardless, I was distracted and moved...

I really enjoy math and worked hard to get my grades up. I'm a soon to be sophomore right now and I had issues with Calc 1 and got a 2.4 in it. I had a hard time adjusting to college, had to repeat it. Obviously I'm not happy with how I did and am dissapointed in myself. Is Grad School for Math...

An economics degree from a top 10 or 20 (depending on whose numbers you look at) would probably get you far in life. An economics major from a mediocre CSU, however, would struggle big time finding employment. 1).Is UC Davis (university of california, Davis), one of those schools where an...

Hello. I'm trying to make school engineering club, in high school, and I'm team leader. We want to teach mechanical engineering&electrical engineering. But I'm little confused because of setting curriculum of our club. What books&What courses can be useful? I'm thinking Digital...

I am pretty sure that I know which school I am going to for engineering so I am now in the phase of preparing for the challenges I will face there. My summer prep schedule: Two weeks reviewing chemistry - I have found the textbook used by the university and will be skimming that and taking notes...

After 13 years of on and off schooling, I am (yay!) getting my B.A. in mathematics in... a couple of weeks. As most undergraduates I am intimidated at the prospect of graduate school and the pace of the work. When I talk to grad students I hear how bone-crushingly hard everything is, yadda...

Good morning, I would like to ask for a piece of advice. I am in the third grade of high school, and I am thinking of submitting a scientific paper to A&A. I have made a lot of research on particle acceleration in Tycho supernova remnant, I have also won many competitions and mainly...

Next Spring I'll be graduating at the University of Arkansas with a Double major in Math(B.S.) and Physics(B.A.). As of right now the plan is to teach high school math and/or physics in Texas. However, that isn't necessarily my ultimate goal. I would like to go to grad school and get at least a...

Hi I am kind of Confused about an example in work done: It says that a man applies 250 N parallel to the slope to push a box up a slope for 3 m, Now I know that the formula for work done if Force by Perpendicular distance which is 250 x 3 = 750 (which is the correct answer in my book). The...

Its been a long ride. 4 years ago when I started college, I started as a finance major. I excelled in all of my classes but found the material to be a little boring so I changed to economics. I continued to get stellar grades and even now have nothing but A's in all of my economics courses. I...

I applied to universities X and Y. University X got back to me quickly and I visited and was relatively pleased with my visit. Recently I accepted this offer at X University, since University Y said I was wait listed. University Y says that they will have a couple of positions open, and they...

I'm a senior in high school right now. My guidance counselor called me into his office and he told me that I'm graduating in the top 20% of my class and my overall GPA from all four years of being there is 3.5. So he told me that I'm eligible for a scholarship and I should consider applying...

I teach HS Physics and I find this forum is very helpful, and could be a great resource for my students. However, I am concerned that the learning curve for LaTeX might be a turn off for many high school age kids. Are their some tutorial videos or other introduction materials that I can give...

Hello all, I realize I may be a bit early for this, but I don't want to screw it up. I'm a junior in undergrad (physics major), and I'd like to begin thinking about graduate school. Usually only one or two graduates from my physics department go on to graduate school, so when I ask my advisors...

Hello everybody, I am looking for a good school in the U.S. that specializes in Electrical Power Engineering. However I'm coming up short. I searched the forums to see if anyone else had discussed this topic, and couldn't find much, so I decided to make a post. I'd be grateful to hear any...

What should I do if I haven't been accepted into any REUs I applied to, and my school doesn't offer any research for my major (mathematics)? Is there any other alternative to than just keep applying to tons of REUs?

Hi, I've been accepted to a couple of schools for grad school. One of them being my undergrad institution where I have a great fit with an advisor I've been working with for the past two years. The other is the most prestigious school in my country, with an international reputation and great...

Help me to choose an Aeronautical Engineering School Please! Hello everyone! I am currently on my final year in high school and I am trying to choose between colleges which accepted me to study aeronautical engineering. I will be glad if you can advise me. My choices are Imperial College...

First of all, let me specify that I am not currently in this situation, however my significant other is. He was recently rejected from 13/14 grad schools he applied to and is trying to figure out why. Right out of high school, he went to Purdue for applied physics. He wasn't prepared for...

Hi all, I am an undergrad physics major working in two physics labs and also doing research in math with a professor. I only have two strong recomendations from my two physics lab professors, so for my third recomendation (for physics graduate school) i wanted to ask my math professor, so i...

I'm an undergraduate engineering student starting to think about grad school, but I'm a little bit stuck on something. On the one hand, I have a safe option which I know will be at least good, if not great. I've done a couple summer projects with one research group at my school, and they said...

while study i have been given a task from mine teacher to make the beam for the crane... https://www.physicsforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68016&stc=1&d=1395850228 The steel profile is fix one end. The other end, ends with a hook which takes the form of two ears, welded on both...

Hi, I am a high school senior and will be majoring in Physics next fall and I eventually want to go to graduate school but had a quick question. I want to eventually become an astronomer but I know there is not a major for it alone, so I would be majoring in Physics. If I get my Bachelors degree...

Its my 3rd try at an exam in graduate school. I failed it the 3rd time and now have a last attempt remaining,but this attempt would be a one-on-one viva exam session(oral exam). I don't want to justify how hard I worked because the end result is that I failed. What I would like to ask is about...

So I'll be starting a Physics PhD program in the fall, August to be precise. Now I'm the type of person that would go and self-study whatever topic I found interesting (currently working through a reading list in GR, even though it's not a field I'm going into), but I am wondering if there are...

I'm currently a freshman who is double majoring in Math and Mechanical Engineering. I took a class over the summer, and the instructor got me very interested in math again, which is why I added the second major. In high school, I was an average student (As in Bs) and As in Bs in all of my Math...

heyy im from delhi, india. i completed my 12th grade 2 years ago with science subjects and scored 44% overall. to improve my marks, i did my 12th grade again by giving 'improvement examinations' (improvement examinations are normal 12th grade/high school final exams that take place every...

Hi everyone, So right now I'm an undergrad who is considering getting my Masters and PhD in math. However, I had one question. If someone wants to work in Academia, is it "bad" to get all three degrees from the same place? Where I'm currently studying, some of the professors in the math...

I'm currently a junior at large state school and am a biochemistry major. I started college in a cell biology major, then realized how much I hated cell biology classes (although I remain fascinated by the chemical reactions and complex chemical structure in living things) and how much I loved...

I'm looking primarily for answers from people who have been on admission committees or have otherwise reviewed applications from undergraduate students. When you look at a student's transcript, is the distribution of his/her grades a factor at all? For example, I performed only around average...

What do you peeps think of the ranking of one's PhD-granting institution and non-academic jobs? We all know that academic jobs are biased in favor of the prestige of one's school first and foremost. I met a recently-granted PhD student from a low-ranked university with eleven relevant...

Ok, so I am just finishing my AA as a physics major and on the fence about two different universities to finish my BS. One of them is more well recognized as far as physics goes (University of Florida). However, being a non-traditional student, it would put me a substantial distance away from...

Hi everyone, Has anyone ever e-mailed a professor from another school to try to do research for them over the summer? I'm a Masters student in physics and i do research in Astronomy. i want to go to certain schools for a PhD program. Say I wanted to go to UCLA, i feel like if i could work...

So I am currently holding 3 offers for physics grad school and while a few days ago I was pretty sure where I wanted to go, some new developments have made me question things a little bit. The options are: big midwestern public school, East coast school A and East coast school B. The first...

Hello, everybody. :smile: I am a high-school student about to finish school (in fact, I only have to pass examinations now). I am 17 years old. I have not been able to really grasp all concepts and have a good grip on Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry and have thus planned to take one...

Hello, I would like to ask a few questions regarding funding in grad school for physics (and maybe for other fields). I know that tuition fees are quite large in grad school, but most of the time (if not always) they are being covered by the school. People who receive funding from school has...

Anyone doing it? This is my first semester as a lab instructor. I do physics lab and astronomy labs. I enjoy it, but it can make me sad sometimes when i see students dozing off or doing poorly in their lab write-ups or quizzes! Kids get really creative in their answers too! Any...

Hello everyone, I'm a junior in high school and, with an enormous workload, I don't have much time to sleep. I typically get 4-6 hours except on weekends and snow days, when I usually sleep 11-12 hours. I know that many of you have had similar experiences, whether in high school, college...

i'm a physics major at a tech school. my cumulative gpa is a 2.78. my physics gpa is somewhere between a 3.6~3.7. mainly the physics classes i didn't do well in were the physics labs 1 & 2, and the classes in general i didn't do well in were my humanities classes. REU's are out of the question...

So I am attempting to establish a club in my school called "Science and Astronomy Club". I am supposed to write and present a proposal to our Director of the student affairs officer. I am almost done with it. It contained the following pointers: General Summary(overview), Posts(positions)...

Good day everyone, I was designning the wing for a school project and I wonder if there is any equation for defining the aileron size. I am designing a straight rectangular wing. I just found on other forums that the aileron's length should be 0.25 of the wingspan and the aileron chord should be...

So, I will have to start applying to graduate school in the near future, and I am still stuck between pure mathematics and theoretical physics. Both of these areas of study interest me vastly, and I have had to find a good balance between them, taking an equal number of graduate courses in both...

Do grad school admissions for math typically involve interviews? I can't find this on the official websites, but it seems like some do from a few friends I talked to. If so, what are they like? Does it mainly involve talking about what sort of research you are interested in doing?

Hi everyone, I am currently attending community college to get my basics out of the way before transferring to a university for mechanical engineering. I am tentatively planning my academic goals/schedule for the coming years and am seeking advice about when to transfer. Staying out of debt is...

I'm in year 3 currently. I'll be applying for grad school in the US in the fall, and based on what I've seen on the internet and heard from others, most applications are due in December, some early January. My school is on a semester system, and our fall term grades aren't made official until...

Hi, I'm a sophomore undergrad and recently I've been wondering how much weight grad schools in the sciences actually put into your "course load." I've read some conflicting views on the internet, books on grad school admissions, and faculty. The websites for some grad/professional schools list...