<p>Well in terms of discipline, I’m pretty interested in most fields of theoretical physics. That is, cosmology/astrophysics as well as elementary particle (and perhaps something crazy like superstring theory) physics. Most of my life I wanted to do computer science, and I think that if I double major or minor with mathematics then I can do research in quantum computing which is something I find pretty interesting.</p>
<p>Realistically, I’ve read a lot about these fields but I can’t say that I truly know what each field is like and how much I like studying one subject over another. I think I’m down to do anything theoretical in the fields related to the very small (QM-related research I suppose). If not, I can always take the consolation prize as a wall street quant. (if such wall st. jobs still exist in 10 years) or software developer. I’ve definitely thought about how hard it will be to get into research in physics, definitely a much harder path I think than engineering, but I would be kicking myself for the rest of my life for not giving it a shot atleast. I’ll put everything I can into it, so we’ll see what happens.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve been looking at some schools out of state. To be honest, UGA isn’t really my first choice. Like I mentioned, I’d rather be more northern than southern since I like cooler weather. Since I don’t have many lists to go off of, I was just going through the top physics schools and I found that I really liked U of Colorado Boulder, U of Maryland and Stony Brook (though Colorado I really liked, I’d love to live in Colorado, mountains are great). Anyone know of schools like those that I might be interested in that have some decent physics research going on that I could get involved in? Preferably somewhere with good financial aid and maybe roundabout $25 grandish a year or less.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies, y’all are very helpful.</p>