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Overview: Can't decide between two scenarios.
1)Graduate spring 2014 with B.S. in physics
2)Graduate spring 2015 with B.S. physics and B.S. in computational mathematics
(also with additional physics courses and labs)
Situation:
I can graduate next spring with the minimal classes for a B.S. in physics or stay another year and also get my computational mathematics B.S. In doing so I would take some more higher level physics (maybe 1 or 2 graduate classes), and also boost my GPA. My current GPA is a 3.4 overall and a 3.4 for mathematics / physics combined, dragged down from one bad freshman semester. I have been told that having a computational mathematics degree (the programming part) can help, but also have been told it won't matter. I also have a spot in the mathematics department doing research in which I find very interesting (applied mathematics).
Plans:
I would like to hopefully attend graduate school to do computational physics and / or experimental physics. I would also be applying to graduates schools for nuclear engineering. If I stay for a mathematics degree also I would apply for applied mathematics.
Thoughts? Any insight is helpful.
1)Graduate spring 2014 with B.S. in physics
2)Graduate spring 2015 with B.S. physics and B.S. in computational mathematics
(also with additional physics courses and labs)
Situation:
I can graduate next spring with the minimal classes for a B.S. in physics or stay another year and also get my computational mathematics B.S. In doing so I would take some more higher level physics (maybe 1 or 2 graduate classes), and also boost my GPA. My current GPA is a 3.4 overall and a 3.4 for mathematics / physics combined, dragged down from one bad freshman semester. I have been told that having a computational mathematics degree (the programming part) can help, but also have been told it won't matter. I also have a spot in the mathematics department doing research in which I find very interesting (applied mathematics).
Plans:
I would like to hopefully attend graduate school to do computational physics and / or experimental physics. I would also be applying to graduates schools for nuclear engineering. If I stay for a mathematics degree also I would apply for applied mathematics.
Thoughts? Any insight is helpful.