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Transitioning from Math to Physics
I'm currently a 3rd year Math student and currently have one more year till I finish. Currently loving the degree, no problems.
But I'm really running into a giant problem. I fell in love with Physics ...
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Made a huge mistake in my bachelor's thesis
I recently submitted my thesis and also defended it successfully. But then I found mistakes in the statistical analyses of my research.
When I was doing my bachelor's there was no biostatistics in my ...
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Why would a German state-funded PhD training program exclude master degree holders from applying?
I have come across this iGRAD-Plant PhD program for early career scientists in plant biology, which is a joint effort of the Heinrich Heine University, Research
Center Jülich and the Graduate Program ...
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How to make the best out of my Applied Math degree?
I'm currently a second-year student taking a Math Degree. The reason I say Applied Math in the title is because I've started to see that, while I like studying Pure Math (I'm enjoying my proof based ...
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How to explain bad bachelor grades due to mental health issues in PhD application?
There have been similar questions but I believe my question is somewhat unique.
I want to apply to a PhD program in Physics somewhere in North America. I have now completed both my bachelor's and my ...
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Can I use these letters of reference later?
I was working with some startups as their tech advisory and with some others as tech lead. But now I want to concentrate on my main goal, that is research. That requires me to work with researchers ...
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Are Non-US bachelor's degrees equatable with US bachelor's degrees when applying to law schools in the US?
Most law schools in the US require applicants to have bachelor's degrees (used here and throughout the question to refer to a typically 4 year college degree) - usually on topics related to law such ...
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PhD after bachelor's degree timeline [closed]
I'm currently in the last year (aka 3rd - 2019/2020) of my bachelor's degree, and I'm planning to apply for a PhD in the US, just after earning my degree.
Assuming everything goes nicely for me, then ...
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Ask professor if she is 'still' willing to write me a LoR?
I asked her 2-3 years ago whether she would do that for me, when I was still a BA student, she said yes. I then did not need that letter because I had personal problems, now I am out of uni for some ...
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Starting PhD without Bachelors [closed]
If I'm already at a decent school but don't feel like graduating, and a professor at a university agrees to take me as a pure math PhD student, can I join the PhD program or must I get a Bachelor's. ...
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Explaining an unusual undergraduate degree title
I've got an undergraduate MA, which has, interestingly enough, caused me a significant amount of trouble: Examples include being excluded from student accommodation and being denied funding (they were ...
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What is the difference between bachelor of science in engineering and bachelor of engineering in the US?
There are many different kinds of bachelor degrees. In my country, there seems to be no difference between bachelor of science in engineering and bachelor of engineering. There is only one kind of ...
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Future enrollment in a CV
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Is it okay to list a university and an expected degree in my CV (under the education section), if the semester starts a month from now?
Longer verion:
I have finished bachelor studies and got ...
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For graduate admissions, focus on bachelor thesis or other research publication
Given a student coming to the end of their undergraduate career working on both a thesis for their bachelor degree as well as a separate research project in a research lab, which would hold more ...
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Which is better for PhD application: research-based BS thesis somewhat related to interests, or extra courses + standard thesis in area of interest?
I am studying applied math. My bachelor's thesis is coming up next semester and I've got a dilemma.
I was originally planning to do a standard project (most of them seem very soft to be honest) and ...
