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LeoTheLion
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Empyrean
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The book for the class looks pretty dense, even though it's not a very theory-heavy book. It's Introduction to Stochastic Processes by Lawler, if anyone's had any experience with the book. Flipping through it is super intimidating, though. It's one of those LaTeX formatted books that is just hell to read through. EDIT: On August 13 2010 06:19 LeoTheLion wrote: i second micronesia. good luck with the quantum mech class, especially if you haven't taken diff eq I haven't taken it formally at school, but I'm quite familiar with the course material and already probably know all the material in a first undergrad course. I probably wouldn't get an A in such a course, though, but then again, I probably wouldn't get an A in Calc I either :/ | ||
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QuanticHawk
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On August 13 2010 06:15 Empyrean wrote: Yeah. Neither of the courses are required for me to graduate though, they're just electives. I can't read  | ||
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Duke
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Luddite
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If you're not required to take diff eq and you already know most of the content then don't bother takin that class. | ||
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Empyrean
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On August 13 2010 10:40 Luddite wrote: What is your major/what do you want to do after you graduate? That makes a big difference. If you're not required to take diff eq and you already know most of the content then don't bother takin that class. I'm a stat major, and right now I'm debating between working for a few years for some big company then perhaps going to business school, and going to graduate school for an applied field like biostatistics. Haven't decided yet. I'm also trying to decide where to apply for internships junior year. Do I want to go the whole consulting route and apply to companies like McKinsey/BCG/etc.? Or do I want to go the research route and apply for things like the Mayo Clinic's biostat summer research internship? T_T Anyway, I'm going out to see the meteor shower tonight  ...I'll check back to this thread in the morning!Thanks for all the help so far :D | ||
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Lebesgue
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Doing a Ph.D can be super frustrating and often discouraging. I often come to a point when I want to give up as I am so fed up with what I am doing and have to remind myself why I am actually doing it. Currently I am struggling again with my own research after a bit of progress and my frustration is growing again... Ask yourself, would you be able to wake up every morning for a few weeks knowing that you will spend again whole day trying to crack the problem you encountered. To pursue a ph.d your answer should be affirmative. To be honest both classes seems very useful to me and you should probably take both of them. Given that the stochastic processes are widely applied these days in many disciplines including finance or economics and also taking into account that the class is often very infrequently I would lean towards it. However, there is one caveat. If you want to go to good grad school (and pursue a ph.d) you must do well in any class you take. A bad grade in a hard class can actually hurt you more than no grade. So bare this in mind. Finally, given that you are intimidated by the book (all advanced books in maths and stats looks intimidating btw) why don't you take diff eqs? It is a very useful course as well and always knowing more maths is good. And the last of bit of advice is just to go during the first week to both classes and check how do you like them and gauge their difficulty. Then you will be able to decide having better information. Sorry for a bit of incoherent post but I hope a perspective of a grad student might be useful. | ||
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Empyrean
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Anyway, I think I'm going to register for the stochastics class. Thanks for everyone's input! | ||
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