Student Definition and 1000 Threads

Hi, i am currently a junior in high school, and i am very interested in becoming a physicist. However, i don't want to jump to any conclusions based on any false idealized notion of what i think being a professional physicist would be like. I am currently in an honors physics class and a member...

Hi I am a grade 12 student who is interested in engineering and passionate about music. So I want to pursue a career which mixes both engineering and music. I want to be involved in a part of time that designs and manufactures electrical musical instruments (digital piano, electrical violin...

I'm currently getting the paperwork done to request admission into an Erasmus exchange program. I've narrowed my options down to University College and Imperial College in London and Copenhaguen University in Denmark, as afaik they have the most reputable physics faculties with courses taught in...

Hi everyone: I am currently a 4th year student of Monash Uni in Melbourne. *graduate soon 1. Can anyone here tell me what is the basic requirement/knowledge/skills of a fresh graduated mech student that required to work in AUS?

Hello, My name is Thomas Evans, I am a high school student in the East Coast of the USA. I have been independently teaching myself along with some assistance from my grandparents (both physicists) physics and mathematics since the 7th grade. I have written (completed) two papers recently on...

Hi everyone, I have posted one or two questions in classical physics, but I'm basically new here. I'm relatively new physics student. I've been studying physics in university about a year by no, although the interest in physics comes from far behind. I'm relatively good at maths, although...

Is this at all possible? I am currently a high school junior with little to no physics experience except for maby my current AP physics B class, but other then that I know nothing, so is it possible to get some sort of position at a college to help with reaserch? I am in no way looking to get...

I want to improve my scientific language and broaden my vocabulary, what will for sure help me in writing my physics and chemistry essays. Can You recommend me any book, which kind I mentioned in the topic?

I'm a medical student, currently in my 2nd year of medical school in India. I'm absolutely fascinated by physics and if not for my dream of doing research in neurology i would have taken up particle physics. My physics knowledge is limited to what i learned upto the 12th grade but i am willing...

I'm a medical student, currently in my 2nd year of medical school. I'm absolutely fascinated by physics and if not for my dream of doing research in neurology i would have taken up particle physics. My physics knowledge is limited to what i learned upto the 12th grade but i am willing to teach...

rate will this student "burn" calories Homework Statement A student wants to lose some weight. He knows that rigorous aerobic activity uses about 700 kcal/h (2900 kJ/h) and that it takes about 2000 kcal per day (8400 kJ) just to support necessary biological functions, including keeping the...

Homework Statement A 63-kg student stands on a 34-kg cart that is free to move in any direction. The cart and student are moving together with a velocity of 3.2 m/s [W]. The student then starts to walk so that her velocity is 1.8 m/s [25° W of N] relative to the floor. Calculate the new...

hey guys. so basically I am in Canada and taking AP physics C. for those you that don't know ap in Canada is self guided, unless the school is big enough to facilitate ap classes. any tips on how to study/ textbooks will be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I am a high school student, and I am trying to learn set theory (it's not for school - independent study; I love it). I have a book (Takeuti/Zaring Introduction to Axiomatic Set) Theory and I am going through it, but I feel like I'm going way to slowly (after trying to go through it for...

Hey, So idk if this is in the right section but it might be so if it needs to be moved mods go ahead and move it my apologies in advance. I go to a liberal arts college, with a small physics department (great, short of 1 prof faculty) mostly lack of any serious funding, I did not transfer for a...

Anyone can help? I signed up for a student account at Autodesk. I asked to send a confirmation email but i can't find it either in my inbox or my spam folder. No email addresses are blocked. So I asked for facebook confirmation and again it seemed unresponsive. When I logged in I get a message...

Hi everyone, I plan on entering a PhD program in the fall (just took the GRE, awaiting score before really narrowing in on schools). I have a question on usually when the schools award you stipends. I have a budget that will just barely get me to August, when Ill need to move and get an...

This problem has been posted here a couple of times, but I can't finish it off, due to some combination of my failure to sum the torques and working out the geometry. Homework Statement A student is standing on a ladder as shown in the figure to the right. Each leg of the ladder is 2.7 m...

So I am a senior chemistry (BA) student at a large state university and will be graduating at the end of the spring. I don't have steller grades (2.7 gpa) but this was because of my freshman/sophmore year. My transcript obviously has this divide where you can see where I started to take...

I'm a little behind on this topic. Will there be a student loan bubble burst? What consequences does that carry for students and everyone else? I don't understand why there would be a bailout? This might sound a bit idealistic, but could they stop collecting debts with percentage until a student...

Hi All: I am taking Calc 1 at a community college and we are using Calculus by James Stewart 7th edition. I am able to do homework problems that are assigned to us which are only a small subset of problems from end of the chapter exercises. However, we are not doing any of the remaining...

Lately I have been having sort of a crisis. I am a phd student studying math in my second year at a school ranked between 70-90 (out of 127 ranked schools). I am considering trying to transfer to a top 40 program, partly to help my job prospects after graduation, and also because I now have a...

I've read up a little bit about Abstract Algebra and it seems like a really interesting subject. A university near me will offer an intro class in it next semester. Trouble is, the university requires Calc III as a prerequisite for the course. I'm taking AP Calc right now at school, but it...

Hi everyone, I am a student of A'Levels and I am having a problem with a Question regarding inelastic collision the question is as follows: Whenever two bodies collide and they stick together the collision is essentially inelastic. Explain? Can anybody help me out with this this is a...

Hi. I'm going to be starting my applications in about a week or so. I'd just like to know my chances of getting accepted based on some info about me. First, here's my list : Princeton, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore, Williams [These are the ones where I know I have very less chance] Georgia...

So i stared as Comp Sci major about 3 year ago, very quickly changed to EE since i got interested in robotics and stuff like that. Since then i been playing with electronics, doing a lot of robotics work and i really like it... and i think its a hobbie that matches with me 100%. But now that I...

i have 3 more semesters to go to get my civil engineering degree, currently my gpa is 2.5. i was ignorant and careless when i first started school, i have just started to get good grades my last 3 semesters. A's and B's. its going to be next to impossible to graduate with a 3.0 gpa...

I am a 9th grade student and having problems solving this question : What is the remainder when 1^5 + 2^5 + 3^5 + 4^5 + 5^5 + 6^5 ... 100^5 is divided by 4

Homework Statement A student is trying to catch a bus that is stopped at a red light. She runs toward it at a constant speed of 6.0m/s. When she is 16m away from the bus, the light turns green and the bus pulls away with an acceleration of 1.0m/s^2. (a) How far does the student run before...

I'm currently a grad student studying Electrical Engineering and I'm kind of interested in working and living in the Los Angeles metro-area. I'm originally from NorCal (Silicon Valley, to be precise), and proud of it. In fact, I went to UCLA and got into plenty of playful NorCal vs. SoCal...

HI, I AM international student and my english is not so bad and i have a full Fellowship and i want to ask you about the master degree in usa (in physics) in University not in the top but in average how much it take if i chosse the cources way and is so hard , and if...

Hi, guys. I'm doing an extended essay in physics for the IB diploma program. The extended essay is a 4000 word research project on a topic of your choice, and I have opted to do mine in physics. I'm having a lot of trouble narrowing down a suitable research question, and at this point, I have...

Hiy there I'm a third year aircraft engineering student and looking for some project ideas. I'm am more mechanically minded so something mechanically or design and test based, how ever I'm open to avionics based things aswell. thanks a lot. Cw

Hello, I am new to this forum and to research itself. I am a high school students that wants to do a physics research project to put on my college resume and to prepare myself for college curriculum. Right now I am a student pilot so i was thinking of doing something with aerodynamics or...

Along with my previous thread, I've been searching around looking at advice and such for going back to school for physics from an unrelated field (media production). My math needs a lot of work before I even consider enrolling in a degree program. My BA only had a few required math courses...

Hi every one, can somebody recommend me good calculus textbook for self teaching. I am currently reviewing pre calculus material and i should be finished in a month or so. Today i am starting 3rd grade in high school and i really don't know if there is any calculus in 3 rd grade. I haven't seen...

Can anyone help me out, I don't want study material, I just want some exercises that help me know what the SAT looks like

I'm a new Calculus student, and it's killing me! Please help! :( Thank you Homework Statement Find to 2-decimal place of the following integrals. Homework Equations 1. (Upper limit= 33, lower limit= 18) 1 / ([7x+8]^0.25) dx 2. (Upper limit = 33, lower limit = 5) (x^1.6 + 26)...

hi Just as the title say, please give me good advice Because I feel really stupid to want to become a theoretical physicist when my parents want me to become doctor I am not from a rich family but I really love math and physics all this summer I have been studying first year university...

I am a second year student of engineering at a Canadian university and am very interested in mathematics and education. I feel like the methods of teaching math in high school and early university (I have no experience with senior university classes) are not only an inefficient use of the...

I just finished my intro to programming course, and I have to take intro to C next spring. The first course was rough, but I got through it. The problem I have is reading an assignnment provided by the professor and understand what it is asking. Any advice is there for improvement?

Hello all. I would like to know what an average number for a private student loan (e.g., from Wells Fargo, etc.) interest rate would be right now. Ballpark would be great. I have tried googling but just got walls of information without any real numbers. Are we talking under 5%? 5-10%? More?

So when I enter my phd program next year, I'm going to be probably doing the usual 3 classes per semester for the first year thing. However, due to my department not... well, having any TA positions, I won't have a TAship for the first year :P. Is it crazy to try to get an adjunct position at a...

hi guys, I am turning gr 12 and i wish to attend university of toronto for Physics program in 2012 Few moments ago, i just remembered about estimating my OSAP loans it turns out I can get around 11,000 per year and in an ideal case I need to pay back 7300 dollars The thing is, if this keeps...

Hello everyone, This fall I am entering my sophomore year of my undergraduate, and am finally getting into some relatively advanced courses in my math and mechanical engineering curriculum. Math is where I am really ahead (compared to the offered curriculum). I will be taking two proof based...

Hi guys, I'm just about to start university however because of some weird thing with advanced credits because I did IB, I have to declare what I want to take this year. I did a bunch of deliberation and finally settled on an Honours Physics degree. I'm wondering: what kind of job...

I've just read a paper that references the use of student-t orthogonal polynomials. I understand how the Gauss-Hermite polynomials are derived, however applying the same process to the weight function (1 + t^2/v)^-(v+1)/2 I can't quite get an answer that looks anything like a polynomial...

Several years ago, my parents allowed my cousin from Canada who was in the States illegally to use my social to teach tennis at a local community college. He needed an SSN to get paid. We we born on the same day and have somewhat similar names. He taught tennis for a semester, got paid and went...

I am studying for a degree in physics with astrophyisics (4 year course) in Ireland and am going into my final year. In my first two years, my grades were very poor due to lack of engagement and so on...I have improved upon this a little in the year I have just completed (3rd year) and acheived...

I'm a 20 years old female, need some guidance from seniors. :) It's been my dream to work with rockets, propulsion, and everything related to outer space. In short: NASA. I understand that the competition in this field is fierce considering skills in numeracy (physics/math). I took Science...