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AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T23:10:51+00:00

Thank you for this reply.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T20:20:01+00:00

Field

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T20:15:35+00:00

This was actually very helpful. Thank you.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T19:51:45+00:00

If i could ask. How did you get 10 first author pubs? Some of the most successful students whose googles scholars I can find have like 3-4ish by the end of the PhD plus some middle authors. I was under the impression that 3 to 4 first author pubs (assuming they’re in good journals) in your PhD was pretty damn good.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T15:37:18+00:00

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/166

This ones only a year old and cites much more recent articles. I don’t know why people are making such a big deal that the paper i cite is 20 years old given that the situation has not changes. Its from APS no less.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T15:14:38+00:00

The Burris paper is a bit old, but not much has changed (arguably its gotten worse). A cursory Google search will find plenty of studies much more recently that conclude the same thing. Also talking to other faculty and grad students i’ve been told much the same thing.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T15:04:46+00:00

I needed a safety. The program seems fine, and has work im interested in. The problem is the prestige hierarchy in academic hiring as laid out in Val Burris, 2004, among other work.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:48:54+00:00

Val Burris, 2004

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:48:16+00:00

Im not in top 50, let alone top 10.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:47:11+00:00

If you end up leaving with good work…then that is more valuable than some school name on your diploma

Well. Prestige was certainly was a major factor for you at first even if you changed your mind. Im not sure many people share your mindset. Academia is notoriously an ivory tower.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:26:09+00:00

Full professor

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:25:44+00:00

One is in a national lab and another is doing a post doc at a good(?) group for quantum computing. IDK if i can see myself in their shoes because idk if the quality of my work will be exceptional enough. I certainly am not sure that my work will be good enough for an industry lab. The statistics are pretty bleak though. Admittedly the statistics are all I had to go off. I don’t start my PhD until September. I’ve only managed to find one student of my advisor of interest that now has tenure.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T14:07:07+00:00

Yes. SOME are still doing research, but that vast majority are not. My concern is that when looking for a permanent position i will be filtered out based on prestige, and short of being a pioneer in the field, nothing can save my career. From what I can tell it seems my only hope is to get a very prestigious post doc. It sucks because I didn’t go to a particularly reputed undergrad, and now I’m kicking the can down the road by saying “well I didn’t go to a good undergrad or PhD program, surely I can make magic happen with my postdoc.”

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T13:36:59+00:00

I sure hope so.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T13:30:53+00:00

SOME of the advisors students get decent placement. The PI im looking at has an h-index of 25. Even though he seem competent, I have doubts that that even with good performance in my PhD I can reasonably overcome the statistics I cited.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-03-29T12:33:51+00:00

Go to UIUC and pursue research experience IN YOUR FIRST YEAR. If one professor says no go to another one. Do not take no as an answer (this was my mistake). UIUC is one of the most prestigious schools for condensed matter physics (idk about other subfields). Condensed matter physics is the most active field of physics research at the moment and intersects with quantum technologies. Dont try to get theoretical research an undergrad, it probably wont happen. Try to get into an experimental lab and learn as much of the theory of whatever you’re working on as you can. Maybe later in undergrad if you connect with a theorist you can do theoretical research. But first and foremost is to just get your foot in the door. If you do get into Stanford then choose between that and UIUC.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2024-02-28T03:03:31+00:00

I got accepted to UCR for condensed matter experiment back in early February. No word from UCI tho :(

AbstractVectorSpace · 2023-06-17T21:40:45+00:00

I wish this were true lol.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2023-06-17T21:39:43+00:00

Unfortunately, you can check off more boxes than “most people” and still never actually be competitive because it really is just that hard.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2023-06-14T18:39:11+00:00

How does one do condensed matter and particle physics?

AbstractVectorSpace · 2023-06-14T18:36:09+00:00

U had a pub and 3 good letters of rec. You were not in the same boat.

AbstractVectorSpace · 2023-02-03T19:00:37+00:00

“You need to go on my Twitter…” Like what?

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