Re: Seeking the advice of other people

rehamkcirtap@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello. Alot of you may not have seen me on the boards before because I
cannot yet write intelligently about alot of things,

That doesn't stop a lot of the people here.

being an undergrad
with quite e few classes to go. I occasionally chime in though and I
certainly like to shoot at the cranks.

Anyway, I was wondering if I could get some collective advice. Due to
the constraints of my particular registration with my school I must
maintain my full time status. After lengthly analysis I have
determined I either take a double major or a bunch of possibly
extraneous classes.

I am a physics major and I am planning on graduate work (possibly in
quantum something, but I'm still working exactly what I need to
properly express my ideas), they don't let you do anything cool without
a PhD.

There aren't many slots of coolness for PhDs either. If your grades are stellar, your publication record long and cited, you're a good public speaker, and you don't mind working 80 hours per week, you might become one of the 5% or so of graduates who goes on to become a professor. If you're a little lax on public speaking and only care to work 60 hours per week you might wind up at a government lab, which have fewer openings. Otherwise you're on your own, as your professors will know industry mainly by what they read in Physics Today, and will have no idea where to send you or how to prepare you.

So the obvious choice to me is a bachelor's in math as a double
major. I am after all already minored in math. Then I have to take
another minor, as it is required for a degree in physics if you are
planning to go to grad school.

Physics is tricky enough without also having to worry about basic mathematical functionality, so doing extra work in math wouldn't hurt. The applied sorts of math would complement your physics education-- linear algebra, group theory, differential equations, complex analysis, statistics, numerical methods.

Depending on your interests, you might also consider the engineering direction. Especially if you're heading for experimental science; try to get some instructed time in the machine shop, too. The engineering classes I've taken were easy A's, but I understand some of those EE classes can be tough.


So I figured that it won't hurt to ask for advice here. There are
quite a few actual sincere people that post here. On the other hand
there are quite a few cranks, and this post is definitely fodder for
them. As such I would prefer any serious suggestions be emailed to me
directly at:

REHAMKCIRTAP@xxxxxxxxx

Just search on the subject line, you'll find it.


Thank you in advance for all suggestions, even if they are deliberately
full of ***. Good and bad advice by a wide line of application. Have
a happy holiday

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