Year Definition and 999 Threads

Hi, I was hoping for just about any advice in my situation, to gain some perspective. I'm now on my last year of bachelors degree in physics and I feel that I'm loosing interest in studying physics anymore. This begin when I started therapy for an anxiety disorder. The therapy has been...

Hello all, I'm a current junior in High School. A year from now I'll be applying to schools for Physics or Astronomy, I have good-to-great grades, great SAT/PSAT scores, and I believe I can get into some top colleges. My question is regarding Langauge (French in particular), I've taken French...

I am a 3rd-4th year student planning to try and get into graduate school in my field of study. But I got some terrible marks in my first year in courses relating to my program (science and math courses), and in a non-related course. Since some universities specifically require an undergraduate...

Hi, I'm an applied math major and this is my senior year. I was suppose to get EM over with last fall but I transferred institutions and they didn't offer it in the fall. So I was going to take It in the spring but my schedule didn't allow it. Now I have to take it in the spring and I have to...

So high school was easy. I didn't go to an elite high school like many people at my university, but senior year I took 8 ap credits and got by with minimal work. BC calc was easy. I thought it was interesting though...and I thought I was good at math. but I'm not. I found that out quickly in...

I am a teenager. My exercise: occasional walking/bowling. My diet: whatever's served for breakfast (sometimes I go without breakfast), lunch and dinner. With the occasional snacking. Seeing as I don't know what sort of candy I will eat (if I get any), how much candy should I eat?

I'm currently in my first semester of a physics PhD program, straight out of undergrad. At the end of my senior year of undergrad, I was already feeling burnt out and tired of course work, but my profs pushed grad school as the smart and best choice. So I went. Since I moved here (14 hours...

In high school, my homework never used to take me more than 2 hours per day, on average. Now that I am in university, I've increased the time I spend on problem sets+ assigned readings to 6 hours per day and I'm just struggling to keep up especially due to the fact that problems are more thought...

Hi, what do you suggest me? I prefer something relevant to energies (wind, solar etc) and to be something who i can found many info on the web to help me with my project.

I spent six years at university and changed majors A LOT (mostly in the natural sciences). I was searching, but I never did find what I was looking for. When my money was running out, I changed to a major I could finish in time: English. I did a thesis and graduated with honors. I thought it...

So I'm a second year Physics and Math major with the long term goal of a PhD in Theoretical Physics or maybe Math. I asked around at the start of this semester whether there was anything available for me in terms of research in the Physics department. I found a professor willing to take me on...

Hello, I'm currently attending the University of Calgary in the Double Honours program in Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics. I attended the ISSYP summer program at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in the summer and wrote a collaborative paper that derived a gauge theory...

Homework Statement a weight fastened to a roof 35 degrees above the horizontal, the weight is directed downward, in order that the unit not crush the roof tiles the component perpendicular to the roof can not exceed 425 N, What is the maximum allowed weight of the unit? Homework...

Hi there, First post on this forum. I'm deciding which subjects to choose for my final year in mechanical eng (MEng) and need some advice regarding which subjects to choose from the list given below. Please note that I'm interested in pursuing a career either in oil n gas industry...

PLease ask me questions if I am unclear. So here goes. It was a few months ago I asked this, I am taking an analysis course that basically is killing me. Months and months ago, just before the spring term ended (near the end of April), I asked the professor who was teaching the course...

I'd also appreciate if those who have finished a physics degree would answer. How small are your upper year classes relative to the class sizes back in first and second year? If it has reduced significantly, is it because the majority of students were weeded out and could not make it...

Please give me some advice on final year project selection. I want a power related project with heavy programming involved. Thanks for the help guys!

I thought you all might want to take a look at this degree inferred on me from a prestigious community college :smile: , that finally appeared in the mail almost 6 months after I earned it. [PLAIN]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/218/imag0058cg.jpg I don't think it's any big deal (worth...

Sup everybody... so I've created this account after deciding that lurking around for solutions to my Calculus homework isn't the sole benefit of this forum. So, the problem is that I'm going into a Biochem major next year (2nd year) at UBC which the original intent of apply for the Pharmacy...

Hello, So I have a problem in my last semester of my final year. There is a course conflict between two physics courses that I need to graduate: Special Relativity and Advanced Optics. The only reason is because I missed one course from the previous year and the undergraduate advisor said...

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 was wondering if anybody knew of any good paid internship opportunities in the field of accelerator science/engineering or related fields for undergraduate students? They could be located anywhere in the world, but at least accessible for Canadian students. These internships would be...

I am nearing my final year in my EE, and I have started thinking what final year project I would do. What did you do? Please suggest me something, that is interesting to do, a bit challenging, and preferably that sells and can be implemented somewhere in real-world. I have HVDC in mind...

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right section for this, but this seemed to make most sense, seeing as it is labeled as 'Homework & Coursework Questions'. Before I state my issue's I would like to note I am indeed, 13, And I'm going into Year 9 of education (England). The reason I'm posting...

Title basically explains what I'm asking for. It is supposed to be a major design project with complete design, analysis and implementation. Our faculty consistently produces a whole bunch of the dullest projects every year. Suggest something with quite a bit of a wow-factor.

Here is my timetable: [PLAIN]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5438/ubc.png I have 25 hours or classes for my first term and 26 hours for my second term. HOWEVER the biggest problem with this is that I have 5 courses for my first term and 7 for my second. Do you think I can handle 7...

Dear Sir,Madam,Friends 1)I did well in Number theory and found it easy. will " combinatorics" module be easy for me? 2) I have not put any time into studying Statistics & even did not bother to pass intro to Stat module. will Actuarial maths be easy for me ? does actuarial maths have a lot...

I'm nominating this one.. https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=521171 :biggrin:

URGENT !Year 11 Double variable derivatives I am having trouble with this question it is derivatives. Previously I have been able to complete these with no trouble but am a little confused with how start this one: y= a^2(3x+5)^3. I don't know whether to use the product rule and just leave...

Ok, thank everyone. Here are my result in freshman year: Semester 1: Practice in General Physics: 9/10 French A1: 9.3/10 Mechanics 1: 6.7/10 :( Linear Algebra: 6.6/10:( Calculus1: 6.8/10:( Semester 2: French A2: 9.5/10 CS1: 9.6/10 Thermodynamics and molecular physics: 7.9/10 Calculus...

Hey everyone, I am going to McGill University in the fall, and I want to major in Physical Chemistry second year. However,I didn't take physics in high school because... well, when I was 16 years old and out of Grade 10, I didn't know what I wanted to do for a living, and not taking physics...

I was looking through this neat math book I had when I was younger that listed the greatest mathematicians of history. I'm talking old, it's kind of funny because I liked mathematicians when I was younger because my favorite character on Jurassic Park was a mathematician and that's why I asked...

In my last year of electrical engineering, I will have the freedom and option of taking 5-6 courses from this long exhaustive list of electives: http://www.ece.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/ElectricalEngineering%20Electives%202011.pdf" My question is, do the courses I take, specifically those...

I am undecided between these two for 2012 spring term (my last semester hopefully)

I've been accepted in the M2 (2nd year of master's) program in high energy physics at Ecole Polytechnique, in Paris. I looked at the compulsory courses I'd have to take. Here they are: -Beyond the standard model, supersymmetry and supergravity; -The standard model - weak and strong...

Here's the deal, I got into Applied Sciences degree and now find myself going down a Chemistry major route and doing really badly at it. I cannot move to a Computer Science in my course so I have to transfer. So I can at least have grounds to be awarded a minor. In order to transfer to a...

I'm going to start college in the fall for EE and I made a 5 on my mechanics AP test and a 4 on my E&M AP test. I've been told that these are two weeder classes at my university and while I am confident I could make an A in both with hard work, I'm starting to think it might be smart to save...

Hi. I'm finishing my first year of Undergraduate CS with relative ease. We have the opportunity to take 30 credits worth of classes in another field of study (minor). I'm thinking of taking either an Applied Math or a Physics minor. For Math I was thinking about taking classes in abstract...

Title says it all. I've heard some schools don't like 5th year undergrads, is there a general truth to this from what you guys have heard, if you ever have? Thanks ^^

The Exposition I'm an Astrophysics major going into my second year of University this September. I have room for one other course in fall and one course in the winter (so I have two spaces to fill.) I'm already required to take every physics course offered (6 total), and the two requisite...

My gpa was a 2.9. I'm already nervous about finding a job later or getting an internship or getting into grad school. Should I be?

Homework Statement So I'm teaching a year 8 (12 year olds) class on air or the properties of air. Does anyone have any ideas of what I should tell them or how to explain these properties in a understandable way? Homework Equations In the document that I have been given it says that I...

Autochrome is a photography technique which all details forgotten 50 years ago but counted as the best color photograph technique. There are two layers on glass , one RGB Screen and second , a bw emulsion. When RGB filter separates the image , bw all color sensitive layer records the tones...

in my book i think that on any planet if we can stay for 1 year then on Earth how much time are gone

Hi, I am a mature student coming back to uni in my late twenties. I currently study computer science and am about to go into my final year. I really know very little physics other than reading why does e= mc2 by Brian cox :-p I was hoping someone here could possibly suggest to me a Physics...

Need a third year project ASAP! hi guys i need to think up a project to do as my dissertation next year. i had to choose but unfortunately i didnt get any of my options. i spoke to the guy who i wanted to do a project with originally and he said he would be happy to take me onto a similar...

Homework Statement A circular jet of water of radius r1 is propelled vertically downwards and hits a circular plate of radius r2 (> r1 ) so that the centre of the jet is incident onto the centre of the plate. The velocity of the jet as it hits the plate is v and is normal to the plate...

Well here is my problem.. I decided I would take AP Physics B (trig/algebra based) in my junior year of high school. My high school doesn't have AP Physics C so I will essentially be without physics for a year (until college). During that time I feel like I'll lose a lot of knowledge. Any...

I'll explain what I mean by that. I'm a mechanical engineering major and did really well grade wise my first year but as I expected I couldn't get an internship this summer but even beyond that I couldn't even get a job at a mall or in fast food. I mean at this point I guess I recognize the...

Ok I will come straight to point. I am almost done with my 2nd year in Electrical and Electronics Engg. (just a couple of weeks more to go...) And I am damm disappointed with myself. I am studying in MAIT, IP, Delhi, India. And I am really disappointed with the way we are doing engineering...