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CrysPhys
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Well, now that you've redefined your goal, you need to clarify what you would find acceptable as "an employable physicist in research or academia". If "academia" refers to a professorship in a college or university, will you be satisfied only with a top-tier school (however you define it)? How low down the hierarchy are you willing to go? And what constitutes "research" for you? A position at a government lab? Or an industry lab? Or ...?ForTheBit said:I realize that the title is about getting into a top tier school but what it really should’ve been is “what is realistic path to take to become an employable physicist in research or academia”.
And, most critically, an issue that crops up frequently here, what constitutes "an employable physicist" for you? Only if you are working in some narrow area readily identified as physics? What about engineering? Or finance? Or intellectual property law? Or ...?