First Amendment.....naaaaaaaaaahhhhhh....not in Minnesota..?

[Sherlock 117]

That's awesome! I got my undergraduate degree in TCD too though I took the general science route and eventually majored in botany. Next year I'm going to take up a PHD, almost certainly either in Univeristy of Leeds or Northampton.

Btw, you should watch a tv series called Numbers. I think it's really good.

Cool, I'm currently doing a PhD in Mathematics. Are there still new episodes of Numbers?

[beltic caldy]

Awesome stuff gents!!!! Am living in Leeds myself now Tiger - perhaps a bit of actual REAL tennis may be in order in the future!!!

Good stuff Sherlock!! Wowser...what's the main thrust of your PHD?

[VillaJ100]

Not sure about a PhD. Still debating

[tigerofintegrity]

Cool, I'm currently doing a PhD in Mathematics. Are there still new episodes of Numbers?

Unfortunately no. It got killed after the 6th season I think. I've only just discovered it recently (Netflix here, not in Europe) so I'm just in the second season but liking it a lot so far. Apparently it kinda goes downhill after the 3rd season though, which happens with a lot of shows (like Heroes). They start off great then just can't live up to it from there. Which is why I'm really liking Fringe because it's actually getting better through the seasons instead of worse!

Am living in Leeds myself now Tiger - perhaps a bit of actual REAL tennis may be in order in the future!!!

Well it seems much more likely I'll end up in Northampton. I mean the professor has pretty much agreed to work with me already so I'm just at the looking for funding stage now. I don't think Northampton is too close to Leeds but as long as we have cars, I'm sure we could probably get a match in once in a while.

Not sure about a PhD. Still debating

Do it! I don't know about archaeology but in ecology, it's pretty difficult to get a decent job/career out of a bachelors. You'll really want to move up to at least a masters. Every single one of my graduating class has/is going on to masters or higher.

These days with the recession and all, a lot of people are going back to college to get a masters and you're not even guaranteed a good job with that anymore. I know unemployed masters graduates and that used to never happen before. A PHD should make you highly employable!

[Sherlock 117]

Awesome stuff gents!!!! Am living in Leeds myself now Tiger - perhaps a bit of actual REAL tennis may be in order in the future!!!

Good stuff Sherlock!! Wowser...what's the main thrust of your PHD?

Algebraic topology. I don't know if you took any abstract algebra in the course of your studies, but the main thrust of the subject is about reinterpreting questions in topology as questions in algebra, which has far more computational tools that can be used to answer the questions.