Can Self-Study Prepare You for a Physics PhD?

Hector Mata
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Hi, everyone. I'm new here (duh). I truly wish I had found this site earlier. I'm currently self-studying for entry into a physics PhD program, having finished my Masters last summer (I'm in Mexico; here we have the Bachelor-Master-PhD route).

I'm looking around the site and enjoying it quite a lot.

Regards!
 
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I'm from Mexico too. Que rollo? :b
 

Thread 'Introduction: Independent Researcher in Foundational Physics'

Hello everyone, I was advised to join this community while seeking guidance on how to navigate the academic world as an independent researcher. My name is Omar, and I'm based in Groningen The Netherlands. My formal physics education ended after high school, but I have dedicated the last several years to developing a theoretical framework from first principles. My work focuses on a topological field theory (which I call Swirl-String Theory) that models particles as knotted vortex...
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