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[QUOTE="Student100, post: 5508402, member: 466030"] Are you in the US now? If I were you, and concerned about financials, I would hold off on transferring to a 4 year university until you've completed the core freshman and sophomore undergraduate classes of a physics major (assuming they're offered). It's far cheaper at a community college, and were you to transfer now, you'd end up spending four years at a regular university instead of spending two more at community college and then two at university. 1.) Your counselor is right, doing a general physics degree instead of an astronomy degree keeps many more doors open for you as far as graduate school. Theres no reason to specialize during undergrad, at least not one I can think of personally. 2.) Your classes will take care of that. Also start looking into summer research opportunities and internships. 3.) Sure, anyone can make it as a physicist assuming proper time and effort is expended and has a real desire to go that path. If by make it as a physicist you mean earn a doctorate. [/QUOTE]
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