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Well if you want advice on that, you should make a post on this forum or the academic guidance forum describing your situation and feelings, and asking for advice that is relevant to you.
nobelium102 said:wouldn't you rather go for financial engineering or math major?
nobelium102 said:My only wish in life is that I have just enough money to support myself and my dog and may be help my parents a bit
Another big wish is that I want to study something big like what Einstein, Newton, Stephen Hawkings...
The thing is whenever I look up some careers related to physics, all i see is people not being able to make it to research, telling people not to do pure science just go to engineering to make more money.
I am doing my best for scholarships but I don't know if they have scholarships in graduate school or to get phd
nobelium102 said:oh, at least I don't have to worry about money!
THanks for the informations Twofish-quant
Mobusaki said:Everything I've read and everyone I've talked to tells me that you actually have more options open to you if you have the physics bachelor's degree *without* the physics phd. Research just won't be one of those options, is all.
twofish-quant said:That's not altogether true. There's no rule that says that if you have a physics Ph.D., that you can apply only to jobs that require a physics Ph.D., and you are tying your hands unnecessarily if you impose that rule on yourself. There's no reason that you can't get a physics Ph.D., learn to drive trucks, and make a living that way.
Mobusaki said:I don't disagree with you, but I wasn't talking about driving trucks. I was referring to the jobs where you'll be told "you're overqualified." Then if you just don't put that you have a phd on your resume, they'll want to know why you did nothing for 6 years.
The PhD opens up opportunities you wouldn't have otherwise, but it also closes more than it opens. Maybe this doesn't apply to physics phd's, but in engineering for example I believe it certainly does.