Graduating with a BA in physics, options?

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I hope there is a better light at the end of your tunnel. It is hard to give you advice without knowing your goals and interests.

Having a Bachelors with a physics major doesn't get you a job doing physics. It has prepared you for a job that requires problem solving skills and a high attention to detail. Several of my undergraduate physics buds didn't stay in the physics field but took on techical and management jobs.

If you are interested in doing a "physics" job, you need to move on to a graduate program which will require you to choose between a univeristy job, private industry, or even health care.

I am a medical physicist working in health care. If you are interested in checking out how to move on to a position like this, check out the following link: www.ehow.com/how_4822061_become-medical-physicist.html.

If a sparks an interest and you want some answers, drop me an email.

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take the asvab. you'll have no problem scoring high and cause you have a college degree you'll go into officer training and then into a specialisation that could be very physics oriented. hell a decent score will get you into the navy nukes program.