Should I GO for it or NOT !!

[mk.766626]

Hey guys,

I recently finished my B.tech from civil engineering,Now i want to go for Masters. So i wanted a little help from you guys. The problem is I have want to do Masters in physics.

So i wanted to ask you guys, Is this a good idea or not. With a Civil background, can i even get admitted to a decent university. And after I do masters will it hold the same value as for a guy with physics background.

I also wanted to go for PhD after that, If you might ask.

Any help will be deeply appreciated.

Thanks...

[stell4]

I say go for it! IMO, I think it can be useful in science to come in with different backgrounds. Once you get your MS I think you'd be just as likely of a candidate for PhD as anyone with nothing but a Physics background. This is of course just me speculating, you should probably try contacting some of the profs at the schools you're interested in and get their take on it. I am going from Chem to Health Physics, not quite such a change though.

[SymmetryOfImperfection]

Civil->Physics might be hard since the only class you have in common with physics is probably mechanics. I went Chem->Physics and already took half the BS Physics curriculum in the physics department (just missing upper level EM and mechanics), and its still challenging... so you might want to first practice yourself, and take the PGRE.

[SeriousSillyPutty]

The physics prof I worked for (in psychoacoustics of all things) started out in electrical engineering. Of course, he got his PhD in physics as a Rhodes Scholar, so he's probably not a typical case, but if you can get into Oxford (and then some!) with an engineering background, I'd imagine you have good options.