Recent content by Archi

Seriously? Keep going, 3 in a ten minute search. How many threads on the forum? How many replies in the threads? Would you like me to go through all line by line and copy them all and paste them here so you can read them and give me some other excuse or simply reply with "uh so"? No thanks...

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=540702 "(No offense to engineers but, statiscally or generally, pure math requires rigorus understanding of concept hence they need to be smarter)" https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=538044&page=2 "Why is it that physics and math...

Engineering is for the "special" I'm curious why the engineer is so looked down upon in this forum. I, like many of you, have taken several classes with engineering majors. Is it that you find them to be stupid or more exactly, not as intelligent as physics/math majors? I'm a physics major...

I don't get what your talking about, but I may be a little slow. I don't magically gain knowledge by being enrolled in physics courses, but by reading my physics textbooks and attending lecture, and asking questions. While some of my physics classes have a lab attached, their aren't nearly as...

I guess maybe you have wasted your life then. It's your field, if you don't like it then waste your life some more and get another degree. Frankly I'm not sure what you want, I had started toward physics/applied math, switched to pure math and still don't find anything very hard. Working on...

Thanks guys I really appreciate the in the depth answers. :)

With constant talks about cutting spending with respect to scientific research in the United States do any of you feel that looking for work outside of the U.S. is the best option? Especially if let's say a tea party candidate were to win the presidency in 2012 or 2016. I'm still an...

Wow fairly honest answers. I was expecting replies like "It only takes me 30min to read and understand every concept in every textbook I have ever read." ;) Yeah 2-3 hours study per week for every lecture hour is a great rule of thumb. That amount of time is a realistic goal, and enough to...

Thanks for the replies! I feel better about majoring in physics now. Like I said, I love it and being able to do something I love and make enough to support my family is enough for me. :)

I didn't just decide it for you, I have been reading these topics as I try to decide between EE and Physics and the underlying opinion from those topics I have read seem to point to EE being more employable. "...A physics degree can be a tougher sell than, say, a professional degree in...

Kind of. Going through several posts in the academic advisement forum one will often see the number $30k a year given when asked what a physics PhD will make usually in reference to a postdoc. The reason I'm asking this question is mostly, because I love physics, but everyone is telling me...

Well I think that is what I'm not understanding. I can't feed my family on hopes and dreams. I don't really like this argument "well not if your in it for the money." We work to get money to pay bills, eat, enjoy life. Are you saying that one should get a degree in physics for the love of...

I'm lazy this semester. Spring 2011: Physics II (Lecture & Lab) Calculus III French II

After reading some posts here is seems that the general consensus is that if one is interested in physics and math then one should be an electrical engineer unless one wants to teach and make around $30k/yr which is Wal-Mart cashier pay where I live(New Mexico). Is this really the case? Is...