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How much does the GRE verbal matter to a top graduate program in mathematics?

Hello all, It looks like I'm switching my major to engineering, in my senior year no less. My engineering program is not very developed, the highest degree offered is MSE, and they only offer three disciplines within engineering. My university's engineering website is...

In my current undergrad BS program, I need two semesters of any foreign language. I've been looking into graduate programs in math, and quite a few of them seem to require some knowledge of French, German, and/or Russian. How prevalent is this requirement in the United States, and would it be...

Hi all, I was just wondering where I could find a list of physics programs the university of Toronto has, and I was also wondering what kind of marks should I should have to get into these physics programs. Currently i have a 82% average in grade 11 but I plan to work a lot harder in grade 12...

I'm looking for some useful calculator programs that I can use for my ap test on wednesday, however I'm having a hard time finding them. What is a good site to find calc programs? Namely I'm looking programs that can solve Newtons/Eulers method problems, mid-point/left/right/trap sums, or...

So, I am finishing my undergrad (physics) this year and have several offers from graduate schools. What I am looking for is some insight as to what career appears to be better as far as job opportunities and pay. I am equally split on which program I like more, so that has become a...

How can I tell whether or not a school's degree program is worth it or not? I know to stay away from the online degree mills and make sure that all schools are accredited by recogonized associations; however, I do not know how to judge a school's education benefit. Is there any way to find this...

If you like rankings, here's the latest from "US News" http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad PHY: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/phy/search MAT: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/mat/search Of course, one should question how...

Hi! Is it possible to combine two programs in C? I mean for example you're wriitng a program where you will need to introduce another one that you have written before and you don't need to wrest your time in rewritting it again. Then i want to know how i can create if possible a link which can...

Hi all, I'm a 4th year (Honours) physics student from Australia thinking about applying to do a PhD in the US. I'm aware that I'll need to take the GRE exam, but I'm otherwise quite ignorant about the procedures involved. For example, when to take the GRE and how early must it be taken...

How are the following college for physics programs Penn State, Widener, Drexel, Blooms burg, and Carnegie Mellon University. Are there any other good colleges for physics major in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia area.

I would like to post a solution I found to a common problem, and invite comments from people who know of even better modifications. I have had major problems getting certain programs that run fine on XP to run on Vista. I have found that if before installing the program on a Vista machine...

Hi, first of all not if this is right place to post a question like this, basically I do not know much about physis I am ok with maths and want to learn more about physics starting with the simple basics. I eventually would like to go onto to a degree in the U.K. as that is where I am based...

Hi. I am looking into summer programs for the upcoming summer. I am interested in programs with focus in math and/or computer science. Last summer I did a physics REU at Columbia, and this summer I was hoping to maybe do a program somewhere in Europe. Maybe Cambridge, ETH, or Oxford or some...

List here all the free physics simulation programs. I am trying to find particle physics simulation programs, plasma and fusion physics simulation programs and magnetic and electric field simulation programs. What program should I use to simulate...

So I love how in PF I can use Latex to communicate the language of Math and Physics to discuss a particular problem effectively. But, sometime I want to discuss outside PF, like via e-mail. Is there any free programs that use Latex that I could insert in a ms word doc and attach? I hate...

Hello. I'm a senior, just now in the midst of applying to schools for my undergrad. This is, thus far, my list (sans Caltech and MIT, both of which rejected me for early apps) as separated into three tiers based on how I'd judge my chances: Reach Columbia Princeton Carnegie Mellon Match...

Is it better to do a joint honours degree in physics and math or a honours degree in math and a minor in physics? Joint Honours Course Schedule: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/prospective/Prospective%20Students/mathphysics.pdf Applied Mathematics Specialization Course Schedule...

Hey guys, I know this school has a great reputation for its engineering department, but does anyone know about its physics department? Trying to decide between this school and the various UCs. Anybody have an opinion on which school is better for undergrad physics?

Hey everyone, I'm currently in a physics I class and I think one of the guys in my class has a fancy program in his calculator to calculate his work for him. He's a computer engineering student (still in pre-engineering) and always makes 100's on his multiple choice tests, but he doesn't...

It turns out Astronuc and I have something in common. We participated in an NSF summer science program (separate by two years) at the Colorado School of Mines between our junior and senior year in high school. The cost to the participants was minimal. The NSF funded these programs extensively...

Hello all, I'm only in high school but lately I've been looking up Universities that offer majors in physics and astronomy. So far I've been looking at Clemson, The University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and the college I've been looking at the most is the University of Colorado at Boulder. The...

Hey there, it's time for me to start thinking about which Graduate programs I should apply too. As you may infer, my major is in statistics from the University of Texas-Austin. I suppose it's time to give you some background information. My GPA is around 3.60 and expected to keep on rising...

Hi, is anyone aware of good EE internship programs? I'm not very picky as to what field, but anyone care to share experiences with companies they've worked for or know someone who works there?

Hi ... I learned to program in VB6 (the last version before .NET came out) and am going to use VB to programme a few apps for a project of mine. Now, after doing some research, Microsoft have discontinued producing VB and I've heard that Microsoft are going to stop support for VB in the near...

Hi, I am interested in Chaos, Complex Systems and Nonlinear dynamics systems and Statistical physics, can anyone please suggest me some graduate programs in this topics and maybe some literature too?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for an program to do some rudimentary drawings of electrical circuits for an introductory electrical engineering course. I have come across some proprietary ones that are either very bloated, and hard to use, or just plainly too expensive for me to consider...

Hey guys, I just have a couple of questions. I am currently a freshman at a small state school. First off, I was wondering what level of mathematics and physics is sufficient to do an REU summer program. I've emailed a few programs, and they have constantly stated that there are no specific...

I am currently finishing up a list of schools I want to apply for a masters programs for fall of 08. My plan is to go through the masters program and if I make it through to apply to a PhD program. I have googled lists for masters programs in the United States but came up empty. I was wondering...

Hi, Anyone knows how to have one bootable thumb drive with multiple programs? So that we can select the program needed to boot up (run). This can save the thumb drive too because some programs are not too big. I will appreacite for any help! Mike

Hi!, Solving Maxwell equations for waveguides is a tedious work. :frown: Are there any programs, which can solve Maxwell equations for different kinds (geometries) of waveguides, and can give analytic solutions (i.e. give symbolic equations)? Therefore, the mathematical expressions of Ex...

hey everyone, I'm currently applying for college right now and I need some guidance as to which schools are stronger than others in terms of education, research opportunities, etc. Can someone give me some kinda ranking for college physics programs? thanks

Does anyone know if there is a directory of Colleges & or Universities that offer Ph.D. programs in Computational, Mathematical, or Theoretical Physics? I've looked all over the internet & can't seem to find any.

I'm searching for colleges to apply to right now, and I think a good place to start would be to see how different colleges compare with respect to their physics programs. I don't know whether or not I want to specialize in engineering or physics yet, so colleges that are strong in both areas...

I really don't like Excel for graphing for several reasons. The main issue is that it only has uniform uncertainties for all data points and you cannot put different uncertainties for different data points. I also just don't feel the graph looks good quality at all. People I have asked...

I am currently a semi-professional who works as a technician with an associates degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (it's what my dad told me to do). I have next to no interest in the hands on aspect of the field and have on my own free time studied quantum mechanics and some...

I am currently a double major in EE and physics due to graduate in spring 2008. I want to go to graduate school to study semiconductor device physics, or perhaps molecular electronics or organic electronics. Should I be looking into EE programs or applied physics programs? I know it would...

College Advice! Hi everybody, I have posted here a similar thread some time before, however i am going somehow to rialive it, i hope u guys don't mind! Now it is likely that i will have another chance to study in the usa. This university that i will likely get a huge scholarship from is...

Hi i am having a little bit of a problem for some strange reason my computer is running random numbered .exe programs example: 361921.exe and each one is trying to contact the DNS server. Can anyone tell me what this is or how to fix it. I think it had something to do with the latest windows...

I am currently entering my senior year at Western Kentucky Univeristy. I am a physics and math major and astronomy minor. My current GPA is a 3.86. One the general GRE my analytical score was a 740 , Verbal only a 410, and my Analytical Writing was a 4.5. On the Physics GRE I only scored a...

You know that Physics can be pretty complex with Math. Picturing a fellow doing it all by hand is quite hard. SO I imagine they've got some Physics programs where a scientest can enter their infor ,the chip does funny tricks and they come out with results. They computer could probrably do...

Hello, I have purchased the HP50g and am liking it so far. However, I find the manual and online references lacking in particular areas. For example... 1) How do I load a program into the calculator and then access it? I am able to use Conn4x and connect to my calculator. But then all I...

Hello, I am starting to think more seriously about where I would like to get my phd. I am not really interested in going into an extremely competitive program. For one, I am not a competitive person by nature, secondly, I don't think I am Stanford material, third, I think I would have a...

So I'm very interested in studying abroad at some point in the next three years and also doing some research over said period of time. Right now I think an interesting way of killing two birds with one stone would be to apply for REUs in other countries, or some analog of such a program...

I am using a ti-89 titanium for maths this year(my first graphics calculator) and in class we covered some basic programming for ti-84(the minimum calculator for this year). I made some basic formulae programs but now i can't find how to run them. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

~~~~Guidance needed!~~~~ When someone applies for masters to any U.S. University, does it matters if he/she has written research paper(s) ? Does it makes a difference if he/she had worked on some ( or many ) technical projects which involved sort of research ? or both of them? Or just one of...

I have a question on applying to PhD programs. If an MS student who received good grades in graduate school applies to a PhD program, how easy is it to get in versus applying straight to a PhD program after getting a BS? If an MS student passes the PhD qualifying exam, does this guarantee...

Hello everyone, sometimes it's easier for me to run calculations on my computer rather than to go find my graphing calculator. Are there programs out there that have all the functions (or more) of my graphing calculator (TI-83+). Also if anyone knows of any good like bluetooth keypads to...

Hi, could someone tell me about Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgia Tech MS programs. How hard is it to get in, if you're not a physics major? Should you take physics gre for any of these programs(would it help if your gpa sucks)? How about mcat? Can any of these programs be completed in 1year? If you...

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