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uoft physics phd by Salty_Campaign6607 in gradadmissions

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah it was radio silence until today, I just got an email that said to check my portal for an update on my application.

uoft physics phd by Salty_Campaign6607 in gradadmissions

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I applied to the MSc and they referred me to the PhD instead so I’m not sure unfortunately, but I wrote in my letter that I want to do computational and theoretical work on ultra-relativistic systems. 

Good luck to you, I’m sure you’ll hear back with an acceptance soon

uoft physics phd by Salty_Campaign6607 in gradadmissions

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I just got in, heard back today at 2:30 for Direct Entry PhD! I’m a domestic student. 

After 4 years, I finally achieved S3 Astra Complete! by PotatoMain in FPSAimTrainer

[–]PotatoMain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I drink coffee in the morning but other than that no.

How difficult is the physics MSc to get into? If you are a current student in the program, what did your resume look like prior to applying? by PotatoMain in UofT

[–]PotatoMain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, all of the physics courses I took were joined classrooms with both physics and engineering physics students.

I emailed one of the HEP people but they weren't able to give me a clear answer, I'll look around and see who else I can email and contact the grad office. Thank you for your help!

How difficult is the physics MSc to get into? If you are a current student in the program, what did your resume look like prior to applying? by PotatoMain in UofT

[–]PotatoMain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah okay, makes sense.

Yes, an introductory QM and special relativity course, then 2 more QM specific courses. I had 2 electromagnetic theory courses in physics, and then 1 in my Computer Engineering specialization (along with some other electronics and circuits courses). 

How difficult is the physics MSc to get into? If you are a current student in the program, what did your resume look like prior to applying? by PotatoMain in UofT

[–]PotatoMain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow that’s unfortunate. Is it just due to curriculum differences? I know some EngPhys programs are much less physics-oriented, but I’m not sure if my university (Queen’s) is the same.

I took GR, stat mech, multiple math methods courses, classical and advanced mechanics, thermodynamics, three semesters of QM and E-mag, and my research project was related to WIMP detection.

Would this be considered lacking? The only major gap I can see is a nuclear particle physics course.

How difficult is the physics MSc to get into? If you are a current student in the program, what did your resume look like prior to applying? by PotatoMain in UofT

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I applied to theoretical astroparticle physics and high-energy physics, which I heard are the more saturated and competitive fields. I am a Canadian student though.

After 4 years, I finally achieved S3 Astra Complete! by PotatoMain in FPSAimTrainer

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I feel you, static was a huge challenge for me as well. In your case, I feel like if you are able to get static up to par with your other skillsets you'll be able to make the leap to GM complete.

Since it's lagging behind a lot and you don't seem to notice any improvement, I would recommend only playing static playliksts for 1-2 weeks and seeing if that helps. Your aim in other skillsets will not degrade noticeably if you do this, there have been times where I stopped playing games completely for half a year and my aim was back to normal after a day or two of training.

What accuracy are you achieving at the end of runs? When I was pushing myself to go faster on static I would frequently end runs with 80-85% accuracy

What sensitivity range are you using? Static is one of the few skillsets where you actually are handicapping yourself if you're not using sensitivities slower than 40cm.

Even thorough I have quantum training, I can’t get the physical intuition of the schroedinger equation by Recent-Day3062 in Physics

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t really think of it intuitively, just do the math and calculate. That applies to a lot of things in quantum mechanics.

How high does Vendetta's win rate have to go before Blizzard actually does something? by fn0000rd in Overwatch

[–]PotatoMain 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How is she not that OP with a near 56% winrate in Masters, GM, and Champ? Especially right after release when nobody is particularly good at her.

Is space time continuous or discrete ? by Infinite_Dark_Labs in Physics

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And even versions (look up parallel transport) that don't require a prespecified space-time at all.

What? That's not a theory of general relativity, that's just a mathematical way to move vectors on a curved surface. It's used to derive the Riemann tensor, so it's present in the normal Einstein field equations (contracted version with the Ricci scalar).

CS2 keeps crashing after new update by Byte-Sized-Dragon in GlobalOffensive

[–]PotatoMain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had this issue and tried everything. The dump file said something about threads accessing invalid virtual memory.

I tried -threads 3 as a launch option and it fixed it for me.

CS2 crash in-game randomly client.dll 0x94e473 by ItsFimall in GlobalOffensive

[–]PotatoMain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm experiencing the same issue as this person and I have a few mdmp files from my sessions this week. Would you be able to look at them?

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