<t>Thanks for the replies.To clarify, I'm really passionate about studying astrophysics, and I know I would enjoy doing higher level research in that field. That's why I want to go for a PhD. The problem is, there aren't a whole lot of career opportunities for astronomers/astrophysicist to do astron...

<t>Hi everyone. I'm a undergrad physics student and a decent university (ranked 70th in the US for physics), with decent grades (~3.7/4.0), who should be graduating in May of 2014. My original plan was to go on for my PhD in physics, focusing on some sort of computational astrophysics research (mode...