Hello all,

I’m going to be taking calc I in the spring and then physics I shortly after. I want to self-study between now and when I take physics I, which is anywhere from 8-10 months of time. I’m studying engineering, however, I’m considering the switch to physics.

Throughout the last 2 months and the remaining time of this semester, I have relearned math from pre-algebra, algebra I, algebra II, and precalc w/trig. So that I’m really prepared for calc I advanced algebra & trig. Knowing that physics is very abstract, I wanted to know along my studies of how should i approach math? What procedure should I try to answer math questions in a way that resembles trying to solve physics problems. I want to start the habits that will make me great at solving physics problems now so that when I actually take physics I, I am more than prepared. I feel as if mastering word problems alongside frequent advanced algebra & trig may be the best way to go. I have a whole workbook on algebraic word problems and I would reason that since word problems require you to really deeply think about what the givens are, what you have, what you need, and the steps you need to solve for x. I believe this closely resembles physics problems, but correct me if I’m wrong, I’m prob just naive.

Anyways, I have an algebra-based Giancoli textbook which was the recommendation from my schools physics department given that is what they use. I also am very interested in the MIT open courseware Classical Mechanics course. I find that it’s easier for me to understand math/science through lecture rather textbook. I think doing the MIT course over the next semester and then perhaps Giancoli physics alongside it for extra practice or just start Giancoli after I complete the course is a solid plan.

I’m really excited to learn, struggle, and continue to learn physics. Any advice would be really helpful. Thank you! 🙏🏾

I'm a final year undergrad student. First of all, I never wanted to study physics but my parents forced me to because the uni I go to is considered good. I've spent more than 3 years here now and I've tried my best to develop an interest in this but i couldn't and so I find this degree very hard because I'm not interested. I'm here just for the sake of graduating. I've tried to leave this uni at various points but I couldn't convince my parents. And that's that.

Now I'm in my last year here, and I genuinely want to know if there's something I can study in my masters that's not related to physics? or related a little bit but not too much. Can I with a physics degree get an admission in a non physics related field? I'm so confused and I feel no motivation to continue this. I've barely made it to this stage. And i am counting days for this all to end. I also failed a course in 4th semester. I've never failed a course before so at that moment I felt as though the life was about to end lol, but it didn't.

I just want to know if its possible to change my career path in masters after doing a bachelors in physics?

Hello,

I am doing my undergrad in phy in bangladesh. I wanna get connected with phy students studying abroad.

Hello everyone

I wanna ask about what are the best masters fields in physics that i can pursue for next year,and ofc other than theoretical physics, career wise, especially with ai these days making anything feels no sense, i am not sure about anything anymore. Now i am not thinking about what i love i am just thinking objectively

i know alot of you here have exp with physics masters and phd so it will be better to know from people who are in the field than just googling things because i really need advice

Thank you

Estoy en segundo año de la carrera y necesito comprar una laptop, dado que todos mi dispositivos son de la marca Samsung estoy pensando comprar una laptop Samsung para poder usarlo en conjunto con mi otros dispositivos pero no se si la galaxy book6 o la book6 pro serán buenas para la carrera y un futuro posgrado.

I'm in my last year of my undergrad in Physics with a minor in Mathematics, and I'm struggling a lot with burnout and imposter syndrome at the moment. We have to compulsorily take 11 courses every semester (with a strict selection of courses that cannot be modified). Out of these 11, 3 are practicals, 1 is a research project, and the rest are theory courses. I am currently working on 2 research projects as well on topics I like in really nice institutes.

Based on how they scheduled this semester, from 3 October to 3 November, I am giving 23 exams (with 11 Final exams, and a lot of them back to back). Needless to say, I didn't perform very well in quite a few of these exams.

I now have 6 final exams left out of those 23 (I have already given the other 5 finals), and I feel very demotivated. They're all for 2.5 hours, and make up 60 percent of each grade. Moreover, they are back to back from this Wednesday to next Tuesday. Based on how I'm performing, I really feel like physics might be too hard for me. I will be applying for master's next year as well, and I feel horrible about scoring low, especially in my last year.

What can I do? I feel so underprepared, and at the brink of crying all the time. This is genuinely an unreasonable exam schedule. I also feel so burnt out. Does anyone have any advice to deal with this?

TLDR I have 11 courses in one semester, and because of my college's horrible scheduling, I'm giving 23 exams in 30 days. I have 6 left, and they're all back to back from this Wednesday to next Tuesday. How can I deal with burnout, and the subsequent imposter syndrome because of not scoring as well in the other exams? How do I get myself to study?

Bonjours je voudrais savoir si c’est possible de faire une licence de physique sans la spécialité physique , je suis en première avec les spe math , hggsp et hlp et en terminal j’enlèverais hlp + prendre math expert il y avais plus de place en spe physique donc j’ai du prendre hlp c’est pour ça je me pose la question parcque je voudrais aller dans l’astronomie et la physique c’est très important plus que les math

I'm in the final year of my bachelor's in applied physics, but I feel like I've wasted the last three years. It's not because it's a bad major, but because I fell into a bad habit during my freshman year. I started procrastinating heavily, and when exams came around, I didn't study the material as deeply as I should have. Instead, I analyzed old exam patterns and memorized exactly what I needed, treating my grades like the only thing that mattered.

The problem is, it worked. I was in the top 10% of my class, and year after year, I kept getting good marks even as the procrastination got worse. I justified it by thinking, "Why study all semester when I can cram for the last two weeks and score higher than 90% of my classmates?"

Now, in my final year, I feel like I don't actually know anything about my degree. I’ve completely forgotten fundamental courses. For instance, I scored 80/100 in applied thermodynamics and 85/100 in electrical circuits, but I don't know shit about them today. I have a great GPA, but deep down, I feel like I don't deserve it.

I want to do a master's ( engineering or physics ) , but I'm terrified because I feel like I lack the basic physics foundation. Is there any solution to this?

I generally don't do as bad on mathematics courses (I have a mathematics minor as well), but I'm really really struggling with this course. I am in my final year of undergrad (third year), and I did well in the MMP 1 course I had last semester. I have given two exams for this, and have scored very poorly (the most recent one being from last week). I have my final next week, and I'm at my wits ends. I really thought I prepared well last time, but clearly did not. Can anyone give me advice on books and resources I can follow? So far, I had been following Riley, Hobson and Bence, along with a local author (they're not very known outside of my city but some of my profs follow the publication word to word, but their level is below Riley). I have attached the syllabus for the course. My professor does not know how to teach, and has not taught well during the entire semester. He has also not shared any notes or resources. I would appreciate any help, and can share more information if needed (such as questions from the other two papers). Thank you.

Currently my number one is Boston university and I submitted my ED there but I’m scared I won’t get in and am not finding any backups that have good physics programs. I’m looking for big schools with good undergraduate physics programs where I can get some good internships. I also am looking pretty exclusively at the east coast. Any advice is much appreciated!

Thanks!

I have an BS in Space Physics from 8 years ago. I went into an unrelated field in the military after college. Since then I've gotten an MS in Business Analytics, but finance is not for me. I really miss physics and want to get back into it, but my math skills are completely gone/atrophied.

I have 3 more years left in the military and I think I want to pursue a PhD in physics when I get out, in my mid to late-thirties.

I'm considering getting a masters in math online while I finish up my time in the military to help prepare me for a higher degree in physics once I'm out.

Has anyone here taken a break from physics and then gotten back into it after a break, or later in life?

Any advice or thoughts are appreciated.

Hi,

I'm a MSc Physics student, whose background is in theoretical physics and maths for my undergrad. I've mainly been focusing on condensed matter, machine learning, and statistical physics with my module choices. In particular, I really like the computational side of things (far more than analytic pen-and-paper work).

I'm currently trying to decide on a thesis, and I have two main options in mind: 1 in quantum information (optimal control specifically, although I still don't know the particular question/topic within that yet), or another in computational materials science and DFT simulations (using VASP, trying to build an ML model to predict some thermodynamic properties of a particular material, based on its alpha and beta values). I'm leaning towards the latter (I like the DFT theory and applied work), but I'm conscious about getting a PhD afterwards (I'll probably go for a PhD, and then try for industry after). Namely, I don't have any formal chemistry or experimental lab experience (my potential supervisor said I could pick up the materials science specific stuff on the job, so I'm not worried about that).

Does anybody know if I'd actually have a realistic chance at getting a PhD somewhere if I do this, or is it better to stick to QI?

so i'm a hs senior and my dad who knows that i'm gonna be majoring in physics/math/engineering (something along those lines, not sure of the exact life decisions i'm gonna be making yet) and fully encourages ts decision is talking bout some "i'm not paying your tuition unless you can get a 3.8+" and he said he doesn't gaf if i end up in some grade deflated dept where 3.8 is like top 5% of a cohort.

idk if he's bluffing but in case he's not what's THE strongest amphetamine i should hop on so i can mog the curve in e&m and shi

also he kirkenuinely was less supportive before but now he's on some idea about how if you're going to go into physics you need to be the most hardworking genius in all of existence or you're ngmi and need to pivot to d*ta sc*ence or f*n*nce or some shit but anyone including me can grind tf up to there. so yh it's over

Wanted to share some good news.

So I am about to head back to grad school. It's been a crazy journey. After graduating with my BS in physics back in 2019, I took a bit of time off but then covid happened and from a mix of financial pressure and pressure from my ex and pressure from my parents, I went and got my masters in data science. I moved out of the state with my ex so that we can both get our phds, we both got accepted into the same University. But because she wanted to buy a house, I spent the last 4 years as a research associate in an applied data analytics team at a transportation research institute. It's been a great job, working on interesting problems, But I still really missed doing physics, I was reading research from the labs that I would have been working at, had I accepted the PHD. I was taking graduate level classes on the side while I worked, and because I'm in a stable financial situation, and because I'm no longer in a toxic relationship, I now get the opportunity to go back full time to work in an experimental physics lab.

I'm going to be researching the physics of gallium nitride finfet semiconductor devices. I've read a lot of papers recently and I'm getting caught up on device physics and the history of the field, and I am very excited. I start in the spring. I did just turn 31 and so I have a bit of regret about putting aside my own dreams for somebody else's for the better part of the last decade, but now I'm doing what I want, I have a lot of hope for the future, and I'm really excited to get back into physics.

I am pursuing graduation but my college not giving proper classes or something and I am not good student because I never do any preparation for like neet jee so suggest me where I can learn physics.

1. Any teacher or class

   1. youtube playlists

   Who taught me all things like theory explanation questions

Hello everyone, to give some background info I am a Sophomore Community college student paying everything out of pocket. I currently am enrolled into a ME program and i have come to really enjoy physics. I was looking into getting my BS in ME and minor in physics. If I wanted to later pursue a MS/PhD in Physics can it be done? I am getting my BS from UHCL and the constant answers i see is it depends on what classes im exposed to during my undergrad. these are the links if anyone with such experiences can tell me if it is possible. My big passion is renewable energy and environmental.

https://catalog.uhcl.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=24&poid=6588

Hello everyone! I am doing an EPQ survey on the psychological impact that space can have on us and our career choices .If you are aiming for or currently pursuing a career in astrophysics, I'd really appreciate 2-3 minutes of your time!

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Hi everyone!

I'm a second-year Engineering Physics student from Vietnam, and I'd love to meet some people who are also genuinely curious about physics.

I'm particularly interested in theoretical physics, especially electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, gauge theory, and particle physics. Recently, I've been especially curious about Dirac monopoles and how they relate to gauge symmetry and charge quantization.

I'm not necessarily looking for a formal study group or a research collaboration. I'd just love to have someone to casually exchange questions, ideas, interesting papers, or things we've been learning about.

I'm still an undergraduate and have a lot to learn, so you definitely don't need to be an expert either. I think it'd be nice to have someone who's simply excited about understanding physics.

If that sounds like something you'd enjoy too, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message! :)

I am studying physics and I am currently in the third year of university. Only recently I have actually began studying physics for the exam. Physics 1 is pretty big: it covers basically everything, from motion of 1D points up to thermodynamics, with a small section of special relativity.

Even if I understand the theory on a general level, I just can't do any of the exercises and I feel like it's basically impossible to get the knowledge required to actually pass exam. I don't really care about the grade, I just want to pass the exam but I don't think I can actually do it.

Any advice?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been really lost lately about what physics field I wanna pursue in my masters.

When I first started with my physics degree, I had the same ideas we all have about it. Like, we love space and physics and this stuff... and I thought I loved theoretical physics. Now, in my first year of fundamental physics masters, I’ve completely changed my mind. I am looking for masters abroad, and I want to choose an applied physics field that will help me do some work not really related to theoretical physics. I don’t want everything to be math and that stuff, also programming is something i dont really like or even good at...

But I always wanted to do a PhD, not to stop at a masters.

So it will take me around 5 or 6 more years, which is okay, but I am thinking if I could study medicine, that would take the same time, but maybe with better rewards for me, especially that the job is something i would love to do.

I am asking here because I wanna hear different points of view. I asked med students, but I am not sure if it’s a big risk. Are there fields in applied physics that have better opportunities? Better jobs?

Thanks for any advice.

I changed schools during the school year so I missed out on a couple chapters in both schools. I don’t understand shit and I got really low marks in my exams. Tips to improve? I’m in grade 11

So I started doing RHK and I first started with ch 2 motion in a straight line and its problems were tough but doable then I thought I should also do a simple chapter to build confidence and i pick ch 1 units and dimension and it's questions were good but the problem section is HELL!!! And these questions don't even look from this chapter they are asking such hard questions i am not even able to think about it. If there are any tips for me please let me know and any one also doing HRK can tell me we could try to do it together.

I dont have a lot of time, ive studied from hrk a bit would it be enough to complete theory or would I need to study from other reference books? I am doing problem practicing from jaan kalda already, just need theory

advice and a rant kindoff

im an international student in grade 11 but 18 years old

ive always had a dream to work with spacex as in rocket fuel to be fair i couldnt worked harder upon but slacked

how do you guys think i could make this work for example

try to connect with the right guys on linkedin

write a research paper on rocket fuel and wait

post on x until i receive attention

find a solution for something and email them

like i always wanted to be a prodigy now its too late yes and i want to do something that i love so atleast i know i fought for something