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    Admissions Masters degree letter of motivation feedback.

    I deliberate left out the intro, salutation and signature block due to personal info. I thought that was clear, I was giving practical, specific experiences. Instead of willy-nilly. What do you mean by clear and specific, do you have an example?
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    Interested in optimization for scientific computing, where to start?

    You should know that there are different programming languages (bummer!). A computer doesn't directly understand those strings of commands you're giving him, it's not smart enough, and for that you need another program(s) that translates those strings into something the computer understands...
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    Admissions Masters degree letter of motivation feedback.

    This is my motivation letter for the university of Regensburg (Masters). The bad thing is that my grades are above average, not great. And I have little to no research experience due to my BSc school. I avoided useless mumbo-jumbo and flatter so it's going to be short and to the point. I pushed...
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    "The theoritical minimum" modern equivalent for solid state?

    Hi, for those who don't know, Landau (Lev Davidovitch Landau) had a famous exam called "The theoretical minimum". That exam had to be passed by any future grad-student of his. That test was extremely extensive and difficult, and the student was supposed to be knowledgeable about many fields of...
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    Admissions EU MSc application without prior research

    I'm right now in Senior year in a bad school ( I mean ranking 1k+, actually best in country so I have an excuse ), with good GPA ( about 3.25 equivalent ) considering applying for grad school in EU in nuclear/high energy physics. However I'm from a not so good university undergrad research isn't...
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    What software do you use in your field of study?

    Undergrad here, I use : Python, sadly currently the only real tool I know how to use ( Scipy,Sympy,Numpy,matplotlib,VPython(via Jupyter) via Spyder IDE/ yes I use it for everything at the moment ) Desmos online Emacs LaTeX ( Our professor obliges properly written papers to be sent to him on...
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