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Thanks for the news. Much appreciated!

How difficult would this be? I'm planning on taking all of the related classes for my upper-division electives (Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, etc) but I want to make sure that this is possible before I completely commit to it. Also, for those who are in / done with grad school: is it...

Thanks for the replies, everyone. You've helped to calm my transfer nerves. :-P

Those equations look like they are for converting from Cartesian coordinates to cylindrical / spherical coordinates. Try looking around in your book for the kinematic equations in cylindrical / spherical form. If they aren't in your book you could try going to this link...

I believe maxima is just the plural for maximum, and the same goes for minima and minimum. I'm not sure what OCR is, but the fringes that you get are going to be from diffraction patterns in light, either through a slit or some kind of diffraction grating. Resonance, when talking about...

I'm currently about to finish (next week!) my lower division physics classes and move on to the upper division courses while transferring from a junior college to UCLA. I feel utterly and completely unprepared for what lies ahead. I feel like the textbook we used (Fundamentals of Physics...

Have you considered using the kinematics for cylindrical coordinates?

I'm in the same boat as you almost. I'm just about to finish up my EM and Sampler (Thermodynamics, Optics, Waves, etc) classes and I feel like I don't have a really good grasp on the concepts. I'm getting the grades like you are so I'm able to do what is being asked, I just don't feel like I...