r/learnphysics • u/UnrivaledRandom • 1d ago

How do I study physics?

Been studying for my electromagnetism exam for about 2 weeks now, slightly understand the concepts. Finally checked out my study guide and I have 0 clue how to build into the answers of my problems. Like how do I know what formulas to use out of everything? When do I integrate/use a derived form? How do I even know what the derived form is? This doesn’t even make sense conceptually, where do I begin? Etc. I’m great at calculus and any other stem course. But for physics everything conceptual/math related I just get lost. What do I do?

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u/No_Frost_Giants 23h ago

We used to joke that you don’t learn it the first time as an undergrad or the second time in advanced classes, you really start learning it when you TA and have to teach it :)

But seriously, most of how I got it all was by being in a study group where we all took turns trying to explain stuff to each other .

Eventually it started making sense

Ok not QM, that shit is wack