Discussion of 2008 Profiles/Results
- butsurigakusha
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butsurigakusha, what's your backup plan? I figure it's always good for aspiring physicists to have one in case the academic job market has poor prospects. I hear that finance and consulting are lucrative options, and of course there's always software...
RG, no shame in taking the free trip there... even if I get into Berkeley, Stanford and Caltech (haha, fat chance) I'd still look at Santa Barbara... sometimes location balances strict quality of the physics.
RG, no shame in taking the free trip there... even if I get into Berkeley, Stanford and Caltech (haha, fat chance) I'd still look at Santa Barbara... sometimes location balances strict quality of the physics.
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- butsurigakusha
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- butsurigakusha
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I just found an option I could use as a backup plan:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... 1020080130
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... 1020080130
"I am really curious to know if we can do theoretical biophysics thro CM in grad school. Does anybody here know about this option? appreciate any info. Tnoviell, you are in biophysics, would you mind sharing your experience?"
RG, I'm not sure. At Hopkins Biophysics is its own department, and not affliated with Physics. Possibly at some others school where Biophysics is a subfield in the physics department, it's a possibility. I would say, RG, that if you got your Ph.D in CM, afterwards you could switch to theoretical biophysics.
RG, I'm not sure. At Hopkins Biophysics is its own department, and not affliated with Physics. Possibly at some others school where Biophysics is a subfield in the physics department, it's a possibility. I would say, RG, that if you got your Ph.D in CM, afterwards you could switch to theoretical biophysics.
Well, the dreaded day has arrived... when people start hearing back from a school that I want to go to (Washington), and I have heard nothing.
It seems like there's a mix of people hearing through email or by snail mail. Some people didn't post that on the profiles thread. Could you please include that info? (grae, this means you )
If it's by mail, I can hope that my acceptance is still in transit somewhere...
It seems like there's a mix of people hearing through email or by snail mail. Some people didn't post that on the profiles thread. Could you please include that info? (grae, this means you )
If it's by mail, I can hope that my acceptance is still in transit somewhere...
@schandre:
Sorry, I hope I didn't make you feel bad. That was not my intention. I hope your letter from IU is in the mail! Really, I probably should've posted that comment in the "shalacked again" thread.
(By the way, it's spelled "shellacked." )
@VT:
No, I have not gotten my snail mail from Ohio State yet. However, they have been in contact with me to let me know that they are applying for fellowship support for me. However, they only contacted me because there was a mix-up with my official GRE scores, so don't worry that they haven't contacted you, you might still be in the running for a fellowship!
Man, I really need to get a new mailbox key! There's a big fat envelope in there, and I'm trying really hard not to imagine what college insignia might be on the front of it. My roommates are probably sick of me asking to borrow their keys. Grrrr....
Sorry, I hope I didn't make you feel bad. That was not my intention. I hope your letter from IU is in the mail! Really, I probably should've posted that comment in the "shalacked again" thread.
(By the way, it's spelled "shellacked." )
@VT:
No, I have not gotten my snail mail from Ohio State yet. However, they have been in contact with me to let me know that they are applying for fellowship support for me. However, they only contacted me because there was a mix-up with my official GRE scores, so don't worry that they haven't contacted you, you might still be in the running for a fellowship!
Man, I really need to get a new mailbox key! There's a big fat envelope in there, and I'm trying really hard not to imagine what college insignia might be on the front of it. My roommates are probably sick of me asking to borrow their keys. Grrrr....
*ahem*cough*ahem* I beg to differ, good sir.doom wrote:(By the way, it's spelled "shellacked." )
According to the reputable Urban Dictionary:
Shellacked:
1. The state of being drunk
I was so shellacked last night that I lost count of how many beers I drank
2. When you steal something from someone and it's the last of that person's property.
I stumbled upon the rest of Janice's Oreo's. I was so stoned and there were only 8 left so I shellacked them.
Shalacked
1.the victim of being lit up or hit beyond belief.
the dumbass who tried to bumrush the stage was shalacked by security
How about the more reputable dictionary.com?
No results found for shalacked.
shellacked:
5. Slang.
a. to defeat; trounce.
b. to thrash soundly.
or:
# Slang
1. To strike repeatedly and severely; batter.
2. To defeat decisively.
Hmmm, maybe the posters on urbandictionary.com just didn't know how to spell the word they were trying to define? Yep, that's probably it.
All in good fun, though.
No results found for shalacked.
shellacked:
5. Slang.
a. to defeat; trounce.
b. to thrash soundly.
or:
# Slang
1. To strike repeatedly and severely; batter.
2. To defeat decisively.
Hmmm, maybe the posters on urbandictionary.com just didn't know how to spell the word they were trying to define? Yep, that's probably it.
All in good fun, though.
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@ davidchen
Yo, what are you doing? Didn't we make it clear that we don't want irrelevant comments on the profile thread? Please delete it and repost it on another thread.
As for the rest of you who have made empty posts (i_iphys and lumineferousaether etc...) I hope you've done this to "reserve" a spot and are planning to post your profile soon. Note that a list of acceptances without a profile is not helpful for future classes and that's why we made the profile thread.
If that's all you're planning to post, please delete it and post it on the Discussion of 2008 thread. It'll still be helpful for us to know what schools have made offers and when...
Anybody who posts anything on the profile thread should have the same respect for the forum that the other 25 or so users who posted their profiles in adherence to the format requested at the top of the page. Stop with the nonsense.
Yo, what are you doing? Didn't we make it clear that we don't want irrelevant comments on the profile thread? Please delete it and repost it on another thread.
As for the rest of you who have made empty posts (i_iphys and lumineferousaether etc...) I hope you've done this to "reserve" a spot and are planning to post your profile soon. Note that a list of acceptances without a profile is not helpful for future classes and that's why we made the profile thread.
If that's all you're planning to post, please delete it and post it on the Discussion of 2008 thread. It'll still be helpful for us to know what schools have made offers and when...
Anybody who posts anything on the profile thread should have the same respect for the forum that the other 25 or so users who posted their profiles in adherence to the format requested at the top of the page. Stop with the nonsense.
Thanks grae313, I'm glad you have the ability to moderate. That way we won't need to ask Grant to protect the thread from rubbage posts by people who are disrespectful and/or can't read directions.
After the whole admission process is over and people have chosen where to go, we should lock the thread!
After the whole admission process is over and people have chosen where to go, we should lock the thread!
twistor is a god of wind and wrath. He could cause massive destruction to the threads if given any special powers. He could blow all the words around and all of the posts would be scrambled (except for garden's... if his post were scrambled it would probably make more sense than it did before).
Edit: I'm closing in on 300... By the way, congrats to RG and grae313 for joining the 300 club with twistor...
Hmm how can I make 10 more posts??? Maybe if I actually start getting acceptances for once!! Or maybe someone should start another dispute with me so we can argue until I get to 300.
Edit: I'm closing in on 300... By the way, congrats to RG and grae313 for joining the 300 club with twistor...
Hmm how can I make 10 more posts??? Maybe if I actually start getting acceptances for once!! Or maybe someone should start another dispute with me so we can argue until I get to 300.
quiz, actually I suggested to grant that he make an archive of sorts to hold each year's thread, or perhaps merge them somehow. He hinted that he had something up his sleeve... I think he might be working on a way to incorporate people's profiles into this site, sort of like some of the other sites for sharing profiles, but we won't have to go anywhere
Thanks everyone for the new profiles
@ hintonburgdisaster
Wow, you *** raped the verbal. Congrats.
@ deyton
Yeah, there have been a lot of canadians on here so your profile will be very useful to them.
@ KB
Glad to see another female that wasn't scared away by RG and me... welcome
Edit: Looks like grae313 and I both posted our comments about hintonburgdisaster's verbal at the same time!
@ hintonburgdisaster
Wow, you *** raped the verbal. Congrats.
@ deyton
Yeah, there have been a lot of canadians on here so your profile will be very useful to them.
@ KB
Glad to see another female that wasn't scared away by RG and me... welcome
Edit: Looks like grae313 and I both posted our comments about hintonburgdisaster's verbal at the same time!