My question to you in this thread was intended to be rhetorical. I did not expect you to share your health history, only to point out that you and I both may not be qualified to offer advice in areas which we personally have not had direct personal experience.
Exactly my point. But my reading...
I think you underestimate how difficult people who suffer from mental health issues have in seeking employment. Have you personally ever been diagnosed with depression?
Perhaps neither of us are best equipped to provide the OP advice.
The article lists the US Census Bureau American Community Survey (IPUMS) as the source of the data. Given that the reporting in the AIP may be subject to reporting bias, it may be the New York Federal Reserve data may potentially have a more accurate reflection of the unemployment and...
To the OP:
You made the following comment which concerned me: "The problem is that imo maths at GCSE (and even at A level) is more about practice than talent?"
As far as I'm concerned, that is the wrong way to think about this, because the study of mathematics is cumulative, and to gain...
To those who have replied to this thread:
I have a strong suspicion that the OP is a troll or otherwise a spam poster, given that the poster has only 2 posts reported here on PF, and given the nature of the posts thus far (it is very difficult for me to believe that someone who has reported...
To @Ege Artan ,
You seem to be concerned that an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto (UofT for short, to those outside of Canada -- my alma mater, btw) will somehow put you at a disadvantage. This is frankly false.
Plenty of graduates from my school have subsequently continued...
I have looked at the links that you have provided above, along with what @Vanadium 50 has provided, which show where recent physics graduates have been hired.
The AIP links above do not present the following information:
1. How many of these people obtained these positions solely with a...
I think the social sciences such as psychology are probably just as bad as (if not far worse than) medicine.
I should also add that we need to make a distinction between bad science (e.g. where the experiments were poorly designed with insufficient sample sizes or effect sizes to provide...
As for the OP:
So you have finished two undergraduate degrees 5 years ago, and you have a GPA of 3.2. As far as I'm concerned, the prospects of you being accepted into any graduate program in physics are low to none. Even the prospect of earning another undergraduate degree in physics to feed...
@CrysPhys, while I agree with the general thrust of your response here (and in similar past responses), the issue I'm raising is that for those pursuing an undergraduate physics degree, further graduate studies are almost always required to pursue any type of career.
For example, I have heard...
Please note that I am not just taking into account faculty jobs, but industrial jobs post-PhD as well.
(I should also note that people who got faculty jobs now does not necessarily reflect who will get them in the future.)
And my "practical example" was not just directed at the OP, but more...
I never said that the odds of a university creating a theoretical cosmology position just for the OP are good. So I would advise you not to put words in my mouth.
You stated that the OP needs a Plan B. So I was asking what practical options does the OP have, in your opinion. What decisions the...
@Vanadium 50 , I have a few follow-up questions:
1. What Plan B would you recommend to the OP, if asked? The OP did state that they are 34 years old and out of university for 5 years. I have no idea what they do for work, and so am wondering what options are available.
2. On a separate note...
Question for @TRB8985 ,
How long ago has it been since you have graduated from your undergraduate degrees in math and physics?
I ask because a 3.2 GPA will almost certainly guarantee that you will not be accepted into any graduate program in the USA or Canada -- graduate admissions are...
It is important to keep in mind that Einstein's Nobel Prize was specifically linked to his work on the photoelectric effect (as was stated in the award), which while important, was still based on a continuation of existing work in statistical mechanics at the time. So I'm not certain that...