Recent content by Ki Man

Oops- I didn't see that I posted this to the wrong place. I'm still thinking of how the career and academic guidance used to be the same thread. Thanks for the advice. Your advice about wanting to be there makes a lot of sense.From what I hear, it becomes common for students to be in classes...

I am a soon-to-be physics major starting freshman year of university very soon, I'm sure at least a few users who come onto this sub-forum can relate. So, I am wondering about what advice about being physics student (or generally about college) those of you who are much wiser and experienced in...

The gender disparity is a huge issue - who else will lonely physicists date? Bio majors? But in all seriousness, yes the neurology research shows men are better at spatial reasoning, which may lend itself to the sciences better than a woman's brain does. So, if you were to have completely equal...

From what I've seen while looking at course catalogs and major requirements, EE usually needs to take chemistry, but only on an introductory level (as fizziks already mentioned). It would help if you provided the name of a specific school, but the norm is to require only an intro course.

I am in a similar situation as the OP. I am entering college as a physics major next year at the Univ. of California, Riverside (UCR). I have always aimed for a physics PhD, but now I'm starting to open up to engineering a bit too. I'd like to stay in Southern California, and I know there is an...

Good thing you mentioned the Navy. The US Navy has many nuclear reactors on submarines, carriers, etc. There are many places where you can work on nukes for the Navy (if not on a ship,) for example San Diego has a pretty big naval base operating there. I have a cousin who got his degree, joined...

where do you live?

there aren't any real ways of getting elevation around here where most buildings are no taller than 2 stories (you can thank earthquakes for that) and I doubt my parents would drive me out to the countryside just to look at the sky (2 more years and this won't be a problem, but gas prices...

I live in Southern California, right in heart of Orange County and within walking distance of Disneyland and when I look up at the night sky, on a cloudless day I will only be able to make out at first glance less than a dozen stars (I just tested it by walking outside, 4 noticeable stars at...

Bars are things that I tend to walk into periodically.

There are competitions other than the Olympiad, like the Science Bowl and the International Science Fair

Wow myanmar we are in pretty similar situations, same age, about the same SAT and GPA (and lack of good study habits...) When you say "ones which I can attend, that'll accept grades like mine. " the grades that they will accept will vary slightly according to what you do outside of your...

It seems as though this is going beyond just evolution in attacking science. The first two are religious but the last one has to be political, (unless there is a bible verse I'm unaware of that states "and then the Lord set the Earth's thermostat and decided to keep it there.") Politicians...

hasn't that same thread already been lost a few times before?

I am Asian but am lucky enough to have relatively understanding and supportive parents. I have plenty of other Asian friends though whose parents raise them to be doctors and are extremely disapproving and reactionary when they hear about plans of anything else (Even if its a career that isn't...