Acceptance Definition and 80 Threads

Hello everyone, I had a paper just got accepted for publication few days ago in a specific journal, and I feel comfortable in their publication system and the review process. Is it normal to submit another paper to the same journal (its on a different topic) just after the acceptance of the...

I'm a senior in high school taking AP Physics C (equivalent of college calculus based physics mechanics and electricity/magnetism). Through junior year I had a 3.9 unweighted, 4.33 weighted GPA with all A's besides a B and C sophomore year due to mental health issues explained in my application...

Didn't see a thread yet for this, so I'm making one. I'm a sophomore and I applied to SLAC and Oak Ridge. Put that where you applied, and we can start talking!

Hi and happy new year to all of you I am currently working as a junior mechanical engineer since March 2019 and I want to pursue a master degree after having 2-3 years of work experience, I would like to prepare my self from now to increase my acceptance since I would like to study abroad. I...

Hello everyone, I currently have a 2.8 GPA after my sophomore year. I am working towards getting my BS in Physics with two minors, Computer Science and Mathematics. I know that my GPA is low to get into Grad school at this moment but I believe that I will be able to pull the GPA up to a 3.3 by...

I thought there would already be a thread for this by now, but there isn't so here we go! Post REU offers/acceptances and such here to help each other out :) Here's my list: Texas A&M Cyclotron - Accepted 2/22 Duke TUNL (first round offers scheduled to be sent out 2/25) UChicago for Women &...

I trying to generate a random distribution λe-λy Which distributed exponentially.%matplotlib inline import numpy as np from matplotlib import pyplot N = 1000 r = np.random.random(N) xlambda = 0.1 x = -np.log(r)/xlambda binwidth=xlambda*5 pyplot.hist(x,bins=np.arange(0.,100...

This thread is for the SULI internship for Fall 2018. The application deadline was May 30th and offers are given until around August 7th. Has anyone had any luck getting accepted to a lab? What labs did you apply to? When did you apply and how long did it take to receive an offer?

It is that time of year again. Here's a space to check on acceptances for REU programs or other summer jobs. SULI and SURF come to mind. I imagine most of them will start coming by the end of the month. What are you waiting on? What are you excited for? What do you wish you had applied for? What...

Earlier on i wanted to become a realtor, with almost no interest in the sciences. After i took my first biology class, it changed my whole worldview. I became extremely interested within the sciences, and chose my major too be chemical engineering. My overall GPA is currently 3.15. Recently...

I am heading into my senior year at the University of Michigan studying nuclear engineering with a focus on health physics. I would like to go to grad school to pursue a master in medical physics at a CAMPEP accredited school. My GPA is a tad low, so I am afraid that I won't even have a shot at...

I am wondering if anyone has an idea of what typical acceptance rates to top nuclear engineering phd programs (e.g. MIT, Berkeley, U Wisconsin-Madison) are. I have looked and it seems that none of the departments release any numbers. If no one has any idea, does anyone have a perspective for...

Why do we reject the null hypothesis in Goodness of fit when the Chi square statistic is less than the tabulated value of chi-square at say 5% level of significance and accept when it is more? What does it mean to have a Chi-square value more or less than the value assigned to a certain level...

Since I don't see a thread for this already, I'm making one. This thread is to post updates in your application process, notably acceptances or waitlists. I applied to SULI at Argonne; they first opened applications up for staff/group review Jan. 26th, and I got an offer in the HEP division...

Hi Everyone! I am a senior student going at a liberal arts college currently majoring in Physics. I am applying to graduate schools in Astronomy this fall semester. I would like to ask what are the odds of getting into the best astronomy programs with the following background: Major GPA: 4.00...

Hi all Tearing my hair out trying to calculate the Maximum acceptance angle for a problem. Experiment involved shining a laser into a tube of water. I have calculated the angle of refraction based on the average of two critical angles (one known and one measured manually) as 52.49 degrees...

I just received an offer of acceptance from a graduate program yesterday (May 17th). I think the offer letter is a little generic. It says that I should get back to them "ideally between April 15th and April 30th" - which is way past. I have another school which got back to me 10 days ago...

Has anybody received acceptance emails from DOE yet? I applied to LLNL and ORNL, and my application still says pending review.

Hi PF! I just got accepted to a PhD program and formally accepted the offer a few days ago. Alongside the formal acceptance, I was requested to email an office coordinator for that department so they could arrange air fare for me to visit the campus. I emailed that individual a few days ago...

I read the Coulomb's first memoir on Electricity and Magnetism (Louis L. Bucciarelli english translated version), and found it to contain only three trials (as complained by many) to reach the conclusion of a 1/r2 equation for the force. And many seems to have also complained for not having able...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has heard back from the DOE regarding the SULI applications. I applied to the following labs: - Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (astronomy, plasma physics) - Los Alamos national lab (astronomy, condensed matter) In the key dates it says that all offers...

Hi to everyone, this is my first post in this forum. I am really stressed and confused at the moment. I really need help from a Cambridge student/teacher/alumni. (This is going to be a long post, so bear with me) I am a Thai student, who was in the top finals of Thailand's Physics Olympiad...

Earlier this year I made (under a pseudonym) Freedom of Information requests to a number of British universities, asking for the numbers of applicants and offers for masters programs in physics. Perhaps the data will be of use to future applicants...

Hi guys, I am currently in the "ib program" and my grade 11 mid terms marks are chem:74% biology:77% English:83% French:75% I do not think I can bring my chem mark up to an 80% by finals This is worrying me so much.. I haven't really tried this first semester and my marks have dropped...

Hey guys, I'm going into my third year of college and I really want to go to grad school. Unfortunately, I messed up really badly this year, so my GPA is currently a 2.743. Here's my grade breakdown: Freshman year (fall): General Chemistry I: B+ English Writing: B+ Calculus I: C Intro...

Hi everyone, a few weeks ago I applied to an REU (late, I know, but they were still accepting applications). I sent in the online application, but never received an email of confirmation of receipt, so I contacted the PI to ask him if they got it. This was on friday of last week. On Sunday he...

I applied to universities X and Y. University X got back to me quickly and I visited and was relatively pleased with my visit. Recently I accepted this offer at X University, since University Y said I was wait listed. University Y says that they will have a couple of positions open, and they...

So I got a random email today telling me that I was accepted into the university honor society (honorsociety.org), whatever that is, due to my academic excellence and nomination. This is laughable considering my GPA sucks (although I have a 4.0 major GPA, just haven't taken many major classes...

Okay so I am a high school senior and I took Calc I at a community college last semester and I got an A. Well this semester I took Calc II at the same community college and got a REALLY tough teacher and even though I studied hard I ended up with a D! I was really close to a C, too. I want to...

Are Transfinite numbers accepted as genuine numbers?

According to the derivation of acceptance angle the first step is, The condition for Total Internal reflection(TIR) is sin(i)≥n2/n1, where i is angle of incidence in the core, n2= refractive index of the cladding and n1=refractive index of the core. sin(i(c))=n2/n1, where i(c) is the...

I've been accepted to Cal State University Fullerton, but I don't know if I should accept it as that's really the only school I got into. Alternatively I could wait another year and apply to UCs seeing as I do have another two semesters of classes I can take at a CC. Which would be the best...

I'm currently a Bio major in freshman year, and I currently have plans to go to optometry school. The thing is, I made the mistake of underestimating a class (Freshman Biology) and "ruined" my gpa as a result. I got an A-, which is perfectly fine, but nonetheless, if I had put forth a little bit...

I just finished up applying to physics PhD programs for fall 2013. I was trying to think whether there was anything else I could do to increase my chances of admission. Would visiting the schools prior to acceptance increase my chances of getting in, or would it be perceived as annoying? I...

I was searching the web for some perspective on this non-intuitive equation, 0.999...=1. The consensus is that if a student rejects it as a "parlor trick" there are a handful of reasons to explain the student's "confusion." One reason given is that the student cannot help but see the number as a...

I'm a rising junior and will very likely apply to physics graduate school during senior year, but I'm also thinking about applying for a Fulbright Scholarship or other programs that would be a year long and not necessarily involve physics. Everything I found when I searched this forum said...

dear all is there anybody familiar with the definition of the acceptance of detector, especially used in high energy physics? please explain it for me. Thanks in advance!

My final quarter of school is a little over halfway through, and I'm finding it very difficult to stay motivated. I've been accepted to and am planning to attend a good graduate program next year, and, while I need to make sure I pass all of my classes, I don't have any reason to put much effort...

Parallel universes...Multiverses...Something created out of Nothing...etc...A case could be made that all these theories are weird, if not lunatic, & unprovable. Why then cosmologists readily accept to discuss them, but reject the concept of a "superior will" behind all existence - God - as if...

Did any 1 get into grad school at MIT without being the first ranker at your school? If yes what was it that made you stand out??

Hello everyone. I am an undergraduate senior anticipating degrees in both physics and astrophysics this spring. Until about a year ago I wasn't particularly sure what I wanted to do after graduation. However, after taking upper division QM and particle physics courses I've developed a great...

I have calculated a static contact stress of 670 N/mm2 using formula from Mechanical Engineering Design, Shigley, 5th Edition. My problems lies that there is no acceptance criteria. I'm using Grade 5 Structural Steel (yield~355 N/mm2). Previous threads have stated that a 2.5 * yield can...

Background: I'm a senior at a large state university studying electrical engineering, and I will graduate in May. Currently, my GPA stands at 3.08. I am on track for a 4.0 this semester, which includes a graduate-level course in digital communications systems. By the time I graduate, I should...

So I've made an excel spreadsheet of info on all 25 of the CAMPEP accredited schools in the US. I talked to my prof about where to apply. Basically, he said to rank them in order of acceptance rates. I can't find conclusive or any acceptance rates from a lot of schools that offer Medical...

(title continued and if/how this will effect my graduate school acceptance) I currently attend a small, private undergraduate college. By small, I mean ~ 2000 students for all four grades with me being the only physics major for my year (there are a few engineering students). This fall marks...

Hi there, I am currently finishing my second year of a 3-year bachelors in Engineering physics at the Technical University of Denmark. My plans are to get a masters degree in theoretical physics from the University of Copenhagen, and them I am thinking of going abroad for a Ph.D. Until...

Hi all, I didn't hear from a particular school until today about my PhD application. Unfortunately, I already accepted admission at another school--is there a way to back out of that if I want to go to this other school? Advice much appreciated.

I was wondering this today. has it almost become necessary to have publications to get into grad school? I was talking to a grad student today who got denied by state schools with a 3.5 or 3.6 GPA, and no publications. I have plenty of research experience but as of yet have no publications. will...

Does anyone know what the acceptance rate is for some Canadian grad schools in either physics or math

I've been considering college a lot lately, as I'm currently a junior in high school. I plan on double or triple majoring on some combination of pure math, CS, and some theoretical physics. I make good grades now, but have not always done so, due to lack of interest and some juvenile...