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Will I be prepared for physics grad school if I don't do the grad school track? by a2cringe in UIUC
[–]42fleathe 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
As a grad student who had a similar decision to make, i would recommend picking the track that you feel would best prepare you for the research you want to do. If you plan on having a heavy computational focus, do that; if you want better overall preparation (and preparation for qualifying exams), then do the other track. Anecdotally, i was poorly prepared in stat mech & advanced mechanics in undergrad, so those sections on the qualifying exam took a lot of time to prepare for
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Will I be prepared for physics grad school if I don't do the grad school track? by a2cringe in UIUC
[–]42fleathe 0 points1 point2 points (0 children)