Job markets vary substantially with location and time. You are now in Portugal. Do you plan to stay there? The best you can do at this moment is to write down a candidate list of countries in which you would seek employment, if needed, with a bachelor's degree in math or software engineering...
You could also argue that a software engineering degree is a great degree to have if you wish to pursue computational physics; a software engineering degree would also provide for a reasonable Plan B should you not pursue physics at all. Regardless of your choice, if you wish to pursue graduate...
Yeah, we get this approach frequently here. "I'm pursuing theoretical research because I suck in the lab." "I'm majoring in physics because I don't like chemistry." ...
<<Emphasis added.>> You just answered your own question. The PhD research in and of itself needs to provide satisfaction and value to you, because the PhD research is not necessarily a means to an end. It might launch a long-term career, but it might not. This is in stark contrast to...
You will probably get more useful answers if you clarify your situation. Your profile says US, and your post says that you are a beginning grad student. So are you a grad student at a university in the US? If so, are you in a Master's or PhD program? If you are in a PhD program, have you...
It's not simply an issue of translating the transcript. In the US, if an applicant for a position were educated outside the US, there are potentially three separate issues concerning educational credentials (depending on the position): (1) a translation of the transcript (that's the easy...
OP: You've received good advice from V50 and gleem. How well you will be positioned towards the end of your first semester senior year, when grad school applications are due, remains to be seen. Right now, all you have are optimistic extrapolations of what your GPA will be, what your PGRE...
<<Emphasis added>> What motivated others to study physics is irrelevant. Only what motivates you to study physics is. There is no way you can determine at this stage surely whether you will enjoy and thrive in physics. That's why it's important to have a flexible undergrad program. If you're...
There's the whole wonderful world of experimental physics. And if you're curious about what fun explosions physics can result in, go watch Oppenheimer. :oldbiggrin:
So, if you do enroll in this university (that you have been offered admission to) in the UK, what are the program limitations? Are you saying that you will be admitted as a chemistry major, without the option of transferring to a physics major? Is that correct?
If the program at that...
"Research in theoretical physics" is very broad, and "schooler" is vague. If you want advice of value, you need to tell us more of your educational background.
Well, the OP is considering programs in the US. So PhD physics programs in the US are structured substantially differently from PhD physics programs in, e.g., many European universities. There many PhD positions are posted just like any other employment positions: PhD supervisors seek PhD...