fizzix_is_fun

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fizzix_is_fun12 karma

Who funds Al Jazeera? Are you ever pressured from the funders to focus on something specific or to not report on something else?

fizzix_is_fun5 karma

Hello, I am a fusion scientist and graduate of the MIT-PSFC. I don't think you should be distraught at all about winding up at UC-Santa Cruz. It is a fine school. Most programs have very little if any plasma physics at the undergrad level, and graduate programs don't really expect a strong background in it. (My background was in Mechanical Engineering, so EE is already a step up!). However it is extremely important to have strong fundamentals in physics and math, and UCSC should be able to get you those.

In the near term, I would strongly recommend applying to the SULI program for the summer after your Sophomore or Junior year. If you do get a recommendation from Dennis Whyte or someone of that caliber, you will probably be a shoo-in. I did the precursor program back in 2003 and that's what got me started in the field.