One last thing. You mention a lot about these very prestigious schools. I'm afraid that [my impression of] your focus is too much on these. Of course you might have more of a chance at a school that has more funding to get you there, but don't be afraid to look at lesser known schools as well...
My first thought would be to recommend you look at NASA, as they have a large internship program called SOLAR set up already. But I'm not sure if they take international students. At any rate, you should really check with the program advisors to see if they have anything for international...
I took Modern Physics at the same time as I took Quantum Mechanics (with Griffiths' book) as a sophomore (I really wanted to get my classes done...). Anyway, it kind of sucked, because for most of the QM class I wasn't sure what was going on. Things hadn't been explained from the beginning like...
You need to seriously get on some type of track that gets you good at programming. I can't think of any way an applied math major could be useful in industry if they can't, at the very least, hack together a prototype model in Python/R/Matlab. Hardcore numerical work would be preferable.
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If you're doing physics, you likely have a good background in [applied] math (it's somewhat of a requirement to be a good physicist). The only thing math helped me with CS is the more theoretical aspects, when you prove an algorithm's complexity, for example. But that is fairly easy to learn...
I will go the opposite of Pasta here and say go for CS. I'm currently studying physics, and doing CS on my own in preparation (hopefully) for a PhD in CS.
I think that studying physics makes it much easier to dive into the other math disciplines. In fact, I'm rather capable of learning most...
I have some experience in finite elements/volume and other numerical stuff, though more applied towards quantum systems, fluids and astrophysics instead of engineering. My experience is also rather limited, but here are my thoughts..
Effective use of numerical methods is largely based on how...
I replied to your message, olipoli, but I will try and write a more structured answer here.
Which is the most active field in terms of quantum information processing? In my opinion, it is physics, which is sensible because QC is largely a physics problem right now. EE is starting to edge in...
I'm not meaning to be accusing or critical, but is it possible that maybe you only have some kind of vague image of what these other jobs mean? For example, you say you don't want to be a code monkey (which betrays your perspective on programming work). Certainly there are people who are...
Learn your graph theory, statistics, probability, and linear algebra very well. I don't know too much about general computational neuroscience, but I do know some related fields and subdisciplines like machine learning. Control theory has differential equations that you need to know as well. So...
For that, you'll need to develop a portfolio. It's not terribly difficult, if you can find work you can charge for much less than other people will do (which, in general is sort of frowned upon actually), or you can offer to do it for free (you'll get more jobs probably). The easiest thing then...
Your situation sounds kind of hopeless. You've spent 9 years on a bachelor's in physics; most people finish a Ph.D in less time. What advice could anyone really give you? It's hard to motivate someone who clearly doesn't seem motivated.
You should ask yourself what you expect as an answer. An...
This question doesn't make sense. There are a lot of specialties where CS grads will have a much larger advantage over a non-CS major, perhaps because an employer is looking for some specific domain knowledge (networking, low-level software/embedded systems, possibly other things as well)...