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More detail about colleges in USA for a Major in Physics?
Hey, I am currently Doing my bachelors (1 st year) in Indian Institute of technology kharagpur, and i am planning to get a transfer to one of the colleges in the US. I want to take up Physics as my major.
I cant depend on the information the sites give, i want some real advice for making choices. About me,
I am a bit different when it comes to physics,hardly do i remember complex equations or hardly do i use them, most of the time, I use my insight and understanding and see pattern while today in physics all i see is formulae used by people..., the feel of the subject should be encouraged over the marks which goes of even when you do a calculation mistake..
please guide me properly.
And ya i dont want all nerds, i would also like to enjoy my life.
Please Please provide me with the information.
Thank You
I am planning to take a transfer in the coming fall.....
like getting an transfer before completing my term here, not after earning a degree..
2 Answers
- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Haha! good luck taking up a science, math, or engineering major using your intuition. you NEED to KNOW the formulas, and know how all the formulas interact with each others. you can use "intuition" aka common sense with what feels natural with math a lot. you get to the point where you've done so much of certain problems that when it comes time to do something unrelated, it might seem natural to do what you've been working at.
you will NOT make it through physics by trusting your intuition alone. you MIGHT get through mechanics but that's about it, and i highly doubt you'll make it through most of mechanics like that.
for example, in order to survive quantum physics you utilize everything that you've learned in previous calculus courses, as well as differential equations along with mechanics, and electromagnetism. you are constantly using what you learned in the previous semester b/c you learned how they work and interact with eachother. you HAVE to memorize the laws of physics if you plan on majoring in it
don't take physics up as a major unless you plan on going to grad school, not many employment or research opportunities for undergrads
Source(s): me: engineering student - eriLv 79 years ago
Physics is not about intuition. Parts of physics are extremely non-intuitive. You need to learn the formulas and you need to do math to get at the real physics. Sounds like you don't really know much about physics yet. Why don't you give it a few years and see if you're really cut out for physics before proposing to spend over a hundred thousand dollars studying it in the US, because that's what it would cost you for two years here.
Source(s): PhD in physics