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Nov. 22nd, 2005 06:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meanfreepathI think I'm going to just blow of the 115 this week and do it over break... there's no way I could finish it this evening. Instead, assuming I get my math done at a reasonable hour (of which I'm hopeful), I may spend some time working on the thesis. Thus far there are about 24 pages, but figures have yet to be prepared and included. Long way to go, but I'll have something workable by Christmastime.
I finally got around to registering for classes. The only definites are music theory and solid state at Haverford, which I couldn't register for online anyway. I did register for two other things: Psych 1 and Comparative Politics. I may take one of those, or take Computational Physics. But Amy will never lottery people out of Computational, and there may be lotteries for those other classes, so I've registered.
I spent some more time this morning talking to Peter Collings. Here's what I feel like the list stands at:
Reaches
UC Berkeley
Harvard
Stanford - physics or applied phys
Chicago
MIT
Cornell - all of these are top schools in physics. Berkeley and Cornell both do a little plasma. At all of these schools, there should be many strong options in things like AMO, condensed matter, and perhaps biophys.
More Realistic, still slightly a stretch?
Wisconsin
Colorado
Princeton, Plasma
Columbia
Yale
Pretty certain - safety (there's more of a range here)
Washington - got plasma.
Maryland
Penn - according to Penn becoming very strong in condensed matter, but they pretty much just have that and high energy.
Iowa - very strong in non-fusion plasma, but just that. I'm next to certain I'd get in here.
Still need to make some cuts.
Here, for reference, I think I shall also list a few things I need/want to get eventually.
1. New wallet and change pouch, because my current ones, particularly the change pouch, are wearing out. The pouch has a growing hole, and some of the storage for cards in my wallet is already broken.
2. Dress khakis... again, current ones are getting worn.
3. Lights for my bike. Here, it's not necessary, and I'm not sure whether I should spend money for these, but it is a safety thing. I'd like to get a headlight for my bike, given that I do ride home to ML in the dark, and also to fire calls at night. Bike headlights do vary in price range, perhaps I could get one for around $20 or less. I am now also allowed to use a blue warning light when responding in a personal vehicle, so some kind of blue LED flasher would be nice. This seems reasonably priced. Again, though, do I really need this? Yes, it would be cool to whackerize my bike, but do I really need to?
4. Reflective tape for my bike helmet. Again... safety, although I'm not sure whether it's worth the money. But this should be relatively inexpensive, compared to the lights, so I think maybe I should just get some tape. Then again, I have spent or will be spending no small amount to apply to graduate school.
I finally got around to registering for classes. The only definites are music theory and solid state at Haverford, which I couldn't register for online anyway. I did register for two other things: Psych 1 and Comparative Politics. I may take one of those, or take Computational Physics. But Amy will never lottery people out of Computational, and there may be lotteries for those other classes, so I've registered.
I spent some more time this morning talking to Peter Collings. Here's what I feel like the list stands at:
Reaches
UC Berkeley
Harvard
Stanford - physics or applied phys
Chicago
MIT
Cornell - all of these are top schools in physics. Berkeley and Cornell both do a little plasma. At all of these schools, there should be many strong options in things like AMO, condensed matter, and perhaps biophys.
More Realistic, still slightly a stretch?
Wisconsin
Colorado
Princeton, Plasma
Columbia
Yale
Pretty certain - safety (there's more of a range here)
Washington - got plasma.
Maryland
Penn - according to Penn becoming very strong in condensed matter, but they pretty much just have that and high energy.
Iowa - very strong in non-fusion plasma, but just that. I'm next to certain I'd get in here.
Still need to make some cuts.
Here, for reference, I think I shall also list a few things I need/want to get eventually.
1. New wallet and change pouch, because my current ones, particularly the change pouch, are wearing out. The pouch has a growing hole, and some of the storage for cards in my wallet is already broken.
2. Dress khakis... again, current ones are getting worn.
3. Lights for my bike. Here, it's not necessary, and I'm not sure whether I should spend money for these, but it is a safety thing. I'd like to get a headlight for my bike, given that I do ride home to ML in the dark, and also to fire calls at night. Bike headlights do vary in price range, perhaps I could get one for around $20 or less. I am now also allowed to use a blue warning light when responding in a personal vehicle, so some kind of blue LED flasher would be nice. This seems reasonably priced. Again, though, do I really need this? Yes, it would be cool to whackerize my bike, but do I really need to?
4. Reflective tape for my bike helmet. Again... safety, although I'm not sure whether it's worth the money. But this should be relatively inexpensive, compared to the lights, so I think maybe I should just get some tape. Then again, I have spent or will be spending no small amount to apply to graduate school.
