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Hi everybody,
I'm in somewhat of a career conundrum. I'm 24, I've graduated from the University of Maryland in May of 2010 with a BS in Civil Engineering. I've been working for the past year for a fairly prestigious engineering firm, and while I do like my work, I've come to decide over the past three or four years that it's not what I'm passionate about. I've always been fascinated with the universe and the possibility of what's out there. I have probably watched every single physics or astronomy documentary out there.
This leads me to the point of this thread...I really want to pursue a graduate degree (PhD) in astrophysics. I'm at the point where I would like to start looking into what it would take to pursue a doctorate in astrophysics. The problem is, I have a civil engineering undergrad. I don't feel I have the undergraduate background to go straight into a physics graduate program. At the very least, I'd want to take all of my undergraduate math and physics classes again because I have forgotten a lot of it (all the calculus and ordinary/partial differential equations at least); I could probably do this at a community college. My math skills are solid but not anywhere near where I'd want them to be for a physics grad program.
Does anybody have any suggestions for somebody in my situation? I really would appreciate any input.
Thank you!
I'm in somewhat of a career conundrum. I'm 24, I've graduated from the University of Maryland in May of 2010 with a BS in Civil Engineering. I've been working for the past year for a fairly prestigious engineering firm, and while I do like my work, I've come to decide over the past three or four years that it's not what I'm passionate about. I've always been fascinated with the universe and the possibility of what's out there. I have probably watched every single physics or astronomy documentary out there.
This leads me to the point of this thread...I really want to pursue a graduate degree (PhD) in astrophysics. I'm at the point where I would like to start looking into what it would take to pursue a doctorate in astrophysics. The problem is, I have a civil engineering undergrad. I don't feel I have the undergraduate background to go straight into a physics graduate program. At the very least, I'd want to take all of my undergraduate math and physics classes again because I have forgotten a lot of it (all the calculus and ordinary/partial differential equations at least); I could probably do this at a community college. My math skills are solid but not anywhere near where I'd want them to be for a physics grad program.
Does anybody have any suggestions for somebody in my situation? I really would appreciate any input.
Thank you!