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Physics vs. Electrical Engineering... :(
****This is a long post****
I hate having to make this decision, but I think I have to. When I first wanted to get into physics (I love physics, it comes so naturally to me, and it's very interesting), I didn't know what I'd be getting myself into. 4 years for a bachelors, and then grad school is so far away it doesn't matter, but I figured it'd be another 4 years. When I found out it was ~7 years, it was like a kick to the groin. 7 of them. And now I think I'll have to spend 5 years on my bachelors instead of 4 because I'm transferring from a CC to a Uni, and there aren't like any physics classes at the CC.
So anyway, I don't feel like spending 12 years in school, with very little free** time (I want to become an amateur fighter sometime in the future... =/). I mean, I'd finally be able to start my life at the age of 30?
Sooooo that's where Electrical Engineering comes in. Last quarter we did electricity and magentism in my physics class, and even though it hurt my brain to understand all of it, I fell in love with those subjects. I put together a coil gun for the presentation in the class and I loved it. I think I have OCD, because I noticed I would start tinkering with the coil gun, and when I decided to take a break, four hours would have gone by and I didn't even notice. So that works out perfectly. :) But, is that what a real electrical engineer would do? I'm familiar with the very basics of what I'd need to know, but what exactly would I do for a living? How long would getting a higher degree (Masters?, or do you skip to PH.D like in physics?) take?
Basically, I'm having trouble deciding between doing something I love but using up the best years of my life to do it, or go for 2nd place so I can have some fun...
** If Grad school isn't as bad as people make it out to be, and you DO get some free time, then I think I'll go for physics.
Thanks to anybody who actually read through all of this post. :)
PL
****This is a long post****
I hate having to make this decision, but I think I have to. When I first wanted to get into physics (I love physics, it comes so naturally to me, and it's very interesting), I didn't know what I'd be getting myself into. 4 years for a bachelors, and then grad school is so far away it doesn't matter, but I figured it'd be another 4 years. When I found out it was ~7 years, it was like a kick to the groin. 7 of them. And now I think I'll have to spend 5 years on my bachelors instead of 4 because I'm transferring from a CC to a Uni, and there aren't like any physics classes at the CC.
So anyway, I don't feel like spending 12 years in school, with very little free** time (I want to become an amateur fighter sometime in the future... =/). I mean, I'd finally be able to start my life at the age of 30?
Sooooo that's where Electrical Engineering comes in. Last quarter we did electricity and magentism in my physics class, and even though it hurt my brain to understand all of it, I fell in love with those subjects. I put together a coil gun for the presentation in the class and I loved it. I think I have OCD, because I noticed I would start tinkering with the coil gun, and when I decided to take a break, four hours would have gone by and I didn't even notice. So that works out perfectly. :) But, is that what a real electrical engineer would do? I'm familiar with the very basics of what I'd need to know, but what exactly would I do for a living? How long would getting a higher degree (Masters?, or do you skip to PH.D like in physics?) take?
Basically, I'm having trouble deciding between doing something I love but using up the best years of my life to do it, or go for 2nd place so I can have some fun...
** If Grad school isn't as bad as people make it out to be, and you DO get some free time, then I think I'll go for physics.
Thanks to anybody who actually read through all of this post. :)
PL