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1Take as many courses as you can before graduating (reasonably), get good recommendations, possibly. I've heard of it happening. I don't know what you mean by "good", but if your grades are solid, etc etc etc.– Dylan SabulskyCommented Feb 2, 2013 at 22:08
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2Physics, sorry for the confusion– Dylan SabulskyCommented Feb 2, 2013 at 23:30
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4You're asking if you can get into a PhD program without any knowledge of the material... the answer is no.– Chris GerigCommented Feb 2, 2013 at 23:40
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1Hi user1709828; this is indeed not what this site is for. Though it occurs to me that it might fit on Academia. I'll ask the community there, and if it's okay with them, I'll migrate it over.– David ZCommented Feb 2, 2013 at 23:54
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5It is just one of this darn stupid automatic downvotes that go along with a question getting closed. They are implemented into the whole SE network and can unfortunately not be turned off here on Physics SE. At least hwlau could give you a nice answer before the question got closed, you were lucky ;-)– DilatonCommented Feb 3, 2013 at 0:10
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