lindsayphysics wrote:I go to Northeastern University, ranked in the top 50 universities in the US. I am a Physics major with Electrical Engineering and Math Minors. I am currently in my third year and plan on taking the GRE's soon and generally just trying to figure out what I want to do after college. I am interested in graduate programs in Engineering Physics, Astrophysics, and Electrical Engineering. My current GPA is 3.38 with a Physics GPA of 3.29. I might be able to raise these a little bit but honestly I'm doing the best that I can. Most of the other physics majors that I am friends with have roughly the same GPA as I do. I honestly thought I had an pretty good GPA until I started reading this website. ANyways, just looking for general advice
TakeruK wrote:As for your past experience, you still have lots of time to gain astro experience if you would like. But your engineering experience can also be useful if you are applying for instrumentation based astro programs. Otherwise, research/work experience is still valuable and although it might not help as much if it's not directly related to grad school, having worked in an academic environment is useful to grad schools!
lindsayphysics wrote:TakeruK wrote:As for your past experience, you still have lots of time to gain astro experience if you would like. But your engineering experience can also be useful if you are applying for instrumentation based astro programs. Otherwise, research/work experience is still valuable and although it might not help as much if it's not directly related to grad school, having worked in an academic environment is useful to grad schools!
Are there instrumentation based astro programs? I would really be interested in that. It would be cool if I could combine my love for astro and engineering into one major. Working on the technology used for satellite telescopes like Hubble would be my dream job, and if there is a graduate program geared towards that it would be ideal.
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