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Hello everyone, This year I am going to Track One engineering at U of T. I chose Engineering Science, but I didn't get in. On some other forum I have found one person, who said that people can switch to EngSci after TrackOne if they have a very high average. On the U of T website it says that...

Which University in America will have a theoretical physics program? I'm going to obtain my A.A. degree this year(fall semester). I tried looking at my state, Florida, and it was no good. I checked UCF(University of Central Florida) and it was a sure fail. I want to major in physics and have a...

That's what I got yesterday: As far as I can tell from the headers the mail was really sent from kaust.edu.sa Request to send bank details on the company letterhead smells of fraud for miles for me, but that's the first time I see something like that. Any comments?

I am a soon-to-be physics major starting freshman year of university very soon, I'm sure at least a few users who come onto this sub-forum can relate. So, I am wondering about what advice about being physics student (or generally about college) those of you who are much wiser and experienced in...

This is going to be asking for a lot, but I'd be grateful for any help I can receive in my endeavor. I am looking to compile a list of a series of books that someone could read to self-teach themselves a high school understanding of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematical subjects such...

Hey, I'm attending FSU next fall and hoping to achieve a physics degree in 2 years (because i don't have to do any electives). I just read a post on here from someone who absolutely hated their physics program... professors/classes/everything. I was wondering if anyone else has experience with...

I am trying to decide which university to attend (to study for an Astrophysics BSc).. I have offers from both Kings College and QMUL (Queen Marys University of London), but i don't know where to go! Although kings has a better reputation overall, the guardian university guide puts QMUL 7th...

Hello all, I'm a senior Electrical Engineering student at Wright State University in OH and I'll be graduating in March 2011 with my BSEE degree. I've come to the conclusion that my main area of passion and interest is in power systems and power generation so I'd like to do a masters...

Hi everyone, I'm soon going to be performing a project that looks at quantum turbulence of 3He and 4He, and more specifically how it decays over time depending on the vortex density and temperature. I’ve done much research into the low temperature part of my project however I’ve...

hey guys, I am applying for uni in a few months, anyone recommend some uk unis? thanks

Hello everyone, Can anyone please tell me which university and what postgraduate course/program for learn and built a CNC machine? Thanks in advance Huygen

I got accepted to both Chapman University and UC Riverside. I'm a statistics major at UC Riverside and a mathematics major at Chapman. I really do not know which one to choose. Chapman is private and Riverside is public. I would like to become a statistician and I would like to attend grad...

I wasn't a particularly good high-school math student, I usually tested around the top of the school for standardized exams, but never bothered to do the class work for my actual math classes, and was mainly just a jock. I went to the local university to do engineering, and while I got A's...

Hi everyone, I am a junior undergraduate physics student now and I want to study "de Broglie-Bohm theory" in my graduate research. Can you tell me which universities have this study for graduate? (My gpa is low, so please try to do not mention about very challenging universities like Rutgers...

Hi, I'm in my final year of high school and am taking a gap year before I head off to uni to study Renewable Engineering.. Some friends of mine did an external CAD course in Year 11(second last year of high school) and I'm considering taking the same course in my gap year.. Just wanted...

Hi i will be attending Ottawa university in the fall and would like to transfer out to waterloo or u of t, how does the transfer credits work i don't want to start from 1st year again , secondly i know waterloo/ u of t are rigorous programs, so do you think they would make me repeat at least 1...

Dear all, I'm a German physicist in his second year and I'm going to finish my bachelor thesis in summer 2011. To make international experiences I tend to do my Master's degree abroad and I think Great Britain would be a good choice. After some discussions with friend who are studying in...

I read this article on the NYT about college students graduating with debt: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/your-money/student-loans/29money.html?src=me&ref=homepage The piece only focused on a single case but I know a few cases similar to this one and many of you (or yourself) have probably...

Hello, I'll start off by introducing myself, I'm a high school graduate who barely passed any form of Mathematics, I struggled even on some of the most basic of Math. My grades never passed the C - range (50%~). I have been self teaching myself for the last 2~ years. I have currently worked...

Hey everyone! I got accepted to the university of waterloo for computer science honours (BCS), and was wondering about the university's reputation. I know that its considered to be a very good school in Canada (one of the best), but what about international reputation? is it known to be a...

I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea about what would be the highest earning job which you can get into through uni, must be mathematical or science based. not medicine or law. Thanks

I'm a Canadian based student, doing an extra year in high school (starting next year) and I want to apply to: Harvard, Caltech, MIT, and Stanford. What must I complete? Is it just SAT's or what? Has anyone on here had any experience with this?

Hello, I am a Dutch high school student. Next year I will be going to University to study Computer Science. This summer I want to prepare for this study. Which books/online courses will help me to have an advantage next year? Thank you! Max.Planck

Are there any Columbia grads out there willing to comment on what they liked (or didn't like) about Columbia (aside from cost and the difficulty of getting admitted)? My daughter will be a HS senior in the fall and considers Columbia her first choice (we visited a couple of weeks ago and she...

Hi there, I'm a grade 11 student and I'm curious to know how important are ECs for admission to universities such as MIT & Cambridge? In grade 9, I wasn't particularly involved in any major activities out of school. I also had to deal with several family problems throughout grade 10 and now...

At the university of waterloo is it allowed to skip undergrad courses and go straight into graduate work? I am 16 and have taught myself a great deal of the information already and have no interest in sitting through courses again.

I want to know which university has the best physics program, my main university goals are MIT and Caltech, but I want to know if there are any universities with a better undergraduate program for physics.

I am a high school senior, and I have been accepted into MIT and the University of Rochester for undergrad. I plan to double major in physics and math, and go on to graduate school in one of these fields. I have 2 questions that I would like to ask here: 1) If I go to the University of...

I need to know if universities care about grade in the 9th grade, because I've been a little off this year (blame the raging hormones) and my average is really bad (76% in term 1, I still didn't get the marks of term 2) but I'm pretty sure I can get 85+ next year but I'm worried about what...

Hi everyone, I'm sorry if this has been discussed before but I am in a real pickle here. I want to be an Aerospace Engineer and eventually an entrepreneur in the field (hopefully.lol). I have been accepted to both the UofT Engineering Science Program (which offers Aerospace as an...

On average, I would like to know how deeply some of the more mathematically inclined university students have delved into higher mathematics before attending university. I am in the top 5 for marks in my courses, but having talked to others in the top 5 I discovered that they had been doing the...

Hello PFers. This may be not strictly the best forum to place this thread, but I thought my audience at General Discussion wouldn't be able to discuss this as well as the Math forum. If a Mod decides its more appropriate somewhere else, feel free to move it. Anyway, After 3 and a half years...

Heres my situation: I have taken an honors physics course at high school using an algebra/trig book (college physics). However we only covered Mechanics in the course, so I don't feel ready for university physics. I'm going to be an electrical engineering major, therefore, physics is crucial for...

Questions about University of Waterloo (Help greatly appreciated!) Hey, so I'm new to the forums, I found it on google when searching up questions about Waterloo, only to find that the thread I was reading was 2 years old, and therefore i could not ask my own questions to the people who posted...

My dream is to be successful as a researcher in some area of physics that I haven't decided on yet (I am going to start my Freshman year at the University of Arizona in September, so I don't have the experience to know which area I will find most enjoyable or find the most meaning in). I am...

Hello all. I'm currently a junior at my University and have applied to many summer REUs. The trouble is, I've talked with my adviser and he thinks I might be better off staying at my home institution to do research because it will allow me to continue working with the same professor for my...

So, I have to decide soon for which univeristy I'm going to attend for Fall 2010. Right now, my choice has been narrowed down to Waterloo and Toronto for their General Mathematics programs (General math co-op for UW). I have talked to people from both univeristies, but I want to hear the real...

I'm currently a final year student at high school, and I'm not sure what the best options for an undergraduate course are. I'm thinking about: Cambridge Oxford MIT Harvard Princeton if I go overseas, and Australian National University (to complete the PhB program)...

Remember my "I Am A Failure" thread, where I was depressed about being rejected to a college? Well, this thread is the opposite. This thread serves but one purpose. For me to state to everyone I know and a lot of people I don't know that I just got accepted to Wazzu! I feel...

I'll look at faculty bio's and notice that not many have done their Grad work at the same University as their Undergrad. Why is this?

Hi, I'm a high school senior from Canada. I have applied to some well known Universities in the Us, namely: MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth. But MIT has already rejected me and I think that I may end up going to UofT (I've already been accepted there). I am interested in...

what do they generally look for? i need to write about how one of my hobbies and what i learned from it. english is not my first language so any tips and strategy could be useful.

Hello all. As a Singaporean who has just received his 'A' level results, I am currently wondering if the NUS Physics faculty has a good reputation globally. An online search seemed to show that it stood around the mid region overall (ranked 30 or so). The question that bothers me is whether or...

Do you have to take every single Physics/Math courses in a university available if you are entering Theoretical Physics? Is Theoretical Physics the same as a Double Major for Maths and Physics? I am only a high school student, but I am taking AP Calculus BC and I will be doing Calculus III...

In short, I think I may want to spend either next semester or all of next year at the Independent University of Moscow, but I've only really decided this recently. I haven't spoken to my university, asked for recommendations yet, or filled out the application form, and all of this must be...

I am currently enrolled as a 1st semester junior at clemson university (this is my freshman year though, just exempted a bunch of classes) and am a physics ba major. I've decided to minor in mathematical sciences and I was wanting to take higher level classes that would apply to advanced...

Well, I need a bit of advice here. After long time struggling to decide whether at age 24 to switch careers or not, I've decided to do it and to apply for Physics programmes in Canada and the UK. The first offers have already been made and I the time to make a decision on where to go is drawing...

Say compared to UCLA or Harvard, or compared to Cal State Northridge? And... Is California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo a UC or a CSU?

Hi, Does anyone know how much power general university grad school admissions offices tend to have versus the departmental ones? At one school I'm applying to, the departments make recommendations to the registrar's office, which actually sends out the formal acceptances. I just found out I...

Hello- I'm a Florida resident and I intend to major in physics at a FL university starting next fall. So far I've been accepted to USF and UCF. I was surprisingly rejected from UF this past Friday. I think I was a great candidate but I understand that UF had a huge applicant pool so there...