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bryarcanium
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I get crushes on ideas.
I know this about myself. I can be very impulsive. My latest crush has been the concept of going back to school for physics. (Where going back = getting a second undergraduate degree, and then pursuing grad school. My first degree was in Anthropology, which I picked because I like to write but didn't want to end up as an English teacher.)
This forum has been a great resource while I go about examining the idea to see if it's actually feasible; lots of encouraging posts. However, I am not asking for encouragement. I want to know what the pitfalls are, both in pursing the academic path I laid about above, and in building a career in physics. Why do people wash out? What were your friends saying, just before they switched careers? What are the major downsides, the things you have to slog through, or the things that you don't mind but that you've seen crush other people?
Thanks for all this. I've read many of the posts here that outline the benefits; I hope you don't mind showing me the costs.
I know this about myself. I can be very impulsive. My latest crush has been the concept of going back to school for physics. (Where going back = getting a second undergraduate degree, and then pursuing grad school. My first degree was in Anthropology, which I picked because I like to write but didn't want to end up as an English teacher.)
This forum has been a great resource while I go about examining the idea to see if it's actually feasible; lots of encouraging posts. However, I am not asking for encouragement. I want to know what the pitfalls are, both in pursing the academic path I laid about above, and in building a career in physics. Why do people wash out? What were your friends saying, just before they switched careers? What are the major downsides, the things you have to slog through, or the things that you don't mind but that you've seen crush other people?
Thanks for all this. I've read many of the posts here that outline the benefits; I hope you don't mind showing me the costs.