Saturday, June 30, 2007
PP, PM and PPPM
Most of the physics students do not come up with PP, PM and PPPM in their academic life. They simply stand for Particle-Particle, Particle-Mesh and Particle-Particle-Particle-Mesh, which are three techniques used in the N-Body calculation
HOW TO: Apply US graduate schools (A non-US student's perspective)
Surely this is NOT a complete guide on the topic. But I do want to write something about the whole application process in the view of an international (non-US) student.
Well, interested in graduate schools?
Step 1: Think twice!
Step 2: Find out the right track of your career. I mean, if you are already a final year (or junior/senior) student, you can directly jump into the application process. If not, there are still somethings you can do to enhance your acceptance. The rest of this guide assumes you are still freshman or in second year.
Step 3: Research, research and research...
There are several sites that I highly recommend all of you to read. First two are online forum, which you can have a feeling what people are worrying on the application process:
www.PhysicsGRE.com
www.TheGradCafe.com
The next one is www.gradschoolshopper.com, which contains very comprehensive information about each school, including the statistics of their applicant pool.
Step 4: Save some money (~US$2000) for paying money-eating agent (e.g. ET$ ) for te$t fees and also your prospective school app. fees. After all, they are high risk investment that someone can get rejection by all schools he applies.
Step 5: Wait for my updates =P
Well, interested in graduate schools?
Step 1: Think twice!
Step 2: Find out the right track of your career. I mean, if you are already a final year (or junior/senior) student, you can directly jump into the application process. If not, there are still somethings you can do to enhance your acceptance. The rest of this guide assumes you are still freshman or in second year.
Step 3: Research, research and research...
There are several sites that I highly recommend all of you to read. First two are online forum, which you can have a feeling what people are worrying on the application process:
www.PhysicsGRE.com
www.TheGradCafe.com
The next one is www.gradschoolshopper.com, which contains very comprehensive information about each school, including the statistics of their applicant pool.
Step 4: Save some money (~US$2000) for paying money-eating agent (e.g. ET$ ) for te$t fees and also your prospective school app. fees. After all, they are high risk investment that someone can get rejection by all schools he applies.
Step 5: Wait for my updates =P
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