What to do/where to go?
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What to do/where to go?
This is for astronomy, not sure yet where in astronomy, leaning towards galactic/extragalactic, but I have a lot of interests in astronomy and my past research has been in multiple astronomy fields. I added "take a year off" in there, not because I dislike the schools listed, but because I wanted time to reassess if I really want to make what will amount to a 6+ year (and maybe a lifetime) commitment to a very narrow field. Any thoughts?
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University of Hawaii - they got the big telescope at the top of the big island, don't they?
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"I wanted time to reassess if I really want to make what will amount to a 6+ year (and maybe a lifetime) commitment to a very narrow field" <<
What narrow field?
U of Hawaii sounds great for studying astronomy isn't it? I'll surely apply there next year.
What narrow field?
U of Hawaii sounds great for studying astronomy isn't it? I'll surely apply there next year.
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Heck, if I had a passion for astronomy I'd be in Hawaii in a second
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Shouldn't you have already thought about the 6+ year committment before you applied? I mean, you knew what you would be getting in to when you decided you were going to go through the whole admissions process.Admiralrewd wrote:This is for astronomy, not sure yet where in astronomy, leaning towards galactic/extragalactic, but I have a lot of interests in astronomy and my past research has been in multiple astronomy fields. I added "take a year off" in there, not because I dislike the schools listed, but because I wanted time to reassess if I really want to make what will amount to a 6+ year (and maybe a lifetime) commitment to a very narrow field. Any thoughts?
If what you want to do is observational, Hawaii is the place to go. You will get tons of observing time on the Mauna Kea telescopes (lots of data), and there are lots of people to choose from to work with.
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HEHEHEHE to burst the bubble.... the illustrious caltech has 40% of Keck (the telescope on top of the mountain) as i heard from friend who is going there for astro
if you really want to go extra galactic.... go to hawaii... wisc is a lot of neutrino from what i saw on the website
if you really want to go extra galactic.... go to hawaii... wisc is a lot of neutrino from what i saw on the website
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you'd think so wouldn't you. But I'd rather not go into my life story. I guess that option shouldn't really be up there.coconut wrote:
Shouldn't you have already thought about the 6+ year committment before you applied? I mean, you knew what you would be getting in to when you decided you were going to go through the whole admissions process.
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thanks for the advice, I had a feeling you guys would say hawaii. And I'm pretty sure I agree, so aloha U hawaii!
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Cancel your plans for Hawaii, I heard a geologist on the discovery channel or some other source a few years ago say that California is going to fall of the coast and that will create a tidal wave that'll wipe Hawaii out...
that is unless the LHC eats the earth first...
By the way, don't anyone forget about THE BATTLE TO THE DEATH!!!!!!
that is unless the LHC eats the earth first...
By the way, don't anyone forget about THE BATTLE TO THE DEATH!!!!!!
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maybe the lhc black holes will augment the tidal wave... IT COULD HAPPEN!!!