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I was wondering if its possible to start on you dissertation in your sophomore or undergraduate years. I want to start on this to plan ahead.
Well, no. However, I understand that you need a theory, collecting evidence to support or deny it, and perform experiments. The math course I'm in now is Calc.II. I do have a reference book for physics titled as "Handbook of physics". Do you really need a course to do all this? I thought I can use the scientific method as many science books explained on how to make a theory.sophomore undergrad? Have you even taken junior or senior level math courses, let alone grad courses?
Interesting. So much submitted papers. I guess its better not to rush into things.go to arxiv.org and browse a few papers to get a better feel.
No. A dissertation has to be original research. You have learned up until... the 1800's as far as physics goes? Saying there is a gap in your knowledge is the understatement of a lifetime.I was wondering if its possible to start on you dissertation in your sophomore or undergraduate years. I want to start on this to plan ahead.
Well, the only close possible way I can start on a dissertation is finding something I want to research. I can find much information about the topic I want and save them when I reach my grad year.No. A dissertation has to be original research. You have learned up until... the 1800's as far as physics goes? Saying there is a gap in your knowledge is the understatement of a lifetime.
I had to re-read this thread 3, 4, and even 5 times, because I can't believe that someone would ask a question like this.I was wondering if its possible to start on you dissertation in your sophomore or undergraduate years. I want to start on this to plan ahead.
You can't start writing a story when you have no story to tell.In the same title, I wonder when you should start a PhD thesis. I am two years into graduate studies, have a few more to go. Would it be wise to start writing background, general theory, and research I have do so far into a thesis? Or does everyone just wait till the last 6 months and plow through it.
This might be a silly question but did you and your friends get recruited from college for those jobs? Or were you applying for them? Thanks.For AndersonMD, if you've got a topic and you're starting your dissertation research, start writing now. You can always revise later. But don't leave it until the last minute to start writing. My friends and I all ended up in the situation where we got a job offer and had to finish up in a few months, so I was at a great advantage having been writing up what I was doing as I went along. Plus you don't forget what you did and why that way.
You should start writing your dissertation the millisecond you've found an adviser. Something that you can start doing immediately is to read papers, and then record what you've read in some database line Endnote.In the same title, I wonder when you should start a PhD thesis. I am two years into graduate studies, have a few more to go. Would it be wise to start writing background, general theory, and research I have do so far into a thesis? Or does everyone just wait till the last 6 months and plow through it.
For the most part, we applied for them. One got a postdoc he found on the AAS Job Register, another two of us got postdocs through our adviser's contacts, and another got a national fellowship. But don't expect to be recruited.This might be a silly question but did you and your friends get recruited from college for those jobs? Or were you applying for them? Thanks.