Hypnos -- a phys phd question

[Melody]

~me considering phd in phys

kind of general questions

how easy was it to get into the program?

what is ur bachelor's degree, phys also or something else?

how long does the phd take to acquire?

[Hypnos]

~me considering phd in phys

kind of general questions

how easy was it to get into the program?
I dunno, but the acceptance rate at my top-5 program was 10%. I had near perfect general GREs, so-so physics GRE, great recommendations (I think) based on undergraduate research, A- GPA in the most difficult physics, math and literature classes at a top undergrad university.


what is ur bachelor's degree, phys also or something else?
Physics (literature was my humanities concentration)


how long does the phd take to acquire?
5-7 years if you don't have a masters, 4-5 if you do (or equivalent).

[Melody]

damn

i am sure i can get a great general gre score and i was thinking of that i could take the phys gre and do well :rofl:

but u said u got a so-so phys gre, and ur bachelor's is in physics >_>, and ur an intp jus like me

my major is electrical engineering

so doing well in the phys gre for me would be like 'lol' or as a friend said, kinda like playing russian roulette with an uzi, except inside a videogame cuz there wont be any harm done by just trying


i d/led a sample phys gre and it says the % distrib of the problems is

20% CLASSICAL MECHANICS
18% ELECTROMAGNETISM
9% OPTICS AND WAVE PHENOMENA
10% THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
12% QUANTUM MECHANICS
10% ATOMIC PHYSICS
6% SPECIAL RELATIVITY
6% LABORATORY METHODS
9% SPECIALIZED TOPICS

For some reason it does not look scary. Maybe I could pull it off.

I know could do well on

CLASSICAL MECHANICS
ELECTROMAGNETISM
SPECIAL RELATIVITY

these add up to 44%

just a little further to get to 100%


what i would be more worried about is my gpa currently it is about 2.1 lol

but if i did well on the phys gre just having taken elementary phys 1 and phys 2 courses then they might be impressed by my obvious curiousity and passion
or not

my life sux0rZ :cry:

[Hypnos]

what i would be more worried about is my gpa currently it is about 2.1 lol
That's a serious problem, otherwise you'd have a good shot at some middle-tier schools.


my life sux0rZ :cry:
A lot of people have kids, with whom they can share the misery :devil:

[Melody]

what i would be more worried about is my gpa currently it is about 2.1 lol
That's a serious problem, otherwise you'd have a good shot at some middle-tier schools.

but i want berkeley!

otherwise i just study on my own and become more intelligent than everyone in the world combined and make einstein look unsmart

or i could have kids... lol

Seriously, though, I am going to try. I am hoping the Berkeley people are more careful than to use the GPA as a dominant factor in decisions. My argument that all the classes I have taken have been too easy is true! They must believe me!

If they don't, oh well. ^_^

[int]

otherwise i just study on my own and become more intelligent than everyone in the world combined and make einstein look unsmart

or i could have kids... lol



:mellow:

[int]

;P

[Hypnos]

Seriously, though, I am going to try. I am hoping the Berkeley people are more careful than to use the GPA as a dominant factor in decisions. My argument that all the classes I have taken have been too easy is true! They must believe me!

If they don't, oh well. ^_^
GPA (w.r.t. class difficulty) is the 2nd biggest factor, behind recommendations/research.

[Melody]

seems like im screwed

i can get recommendations and they will be good ones i think...
i do random research on my own on a random thing here and there
for example, currently i am trying to see if i can abstract tetris
the report thingies i create follow a standard thingie so its not just rambling
speaking of report thingies, i recently found http://www.wolfram.com/products/publicon/

anyway, im prolly screwed in any case
but that don't mean i aint gon try

also
i doubt the school i get the phd at will have any impact on what i learn
especially because i am solely interested in theoretical physics
wait a minute...do the courses have 'laboratory' assignments?

i hate laboratory assignments
as a friend said, 'lets reinvent the wheel...eh...couple hundred times'

i tried to see what phd's they offer but they only seem to have 'physics'

[Hypnos]

You specialize after the first few semesters. I'm in theory.

[Melody]

A! Good to hear. I have about a year and a half left before I would have to take the GRE. So, I'll start working on it now... lol