Is it too late to become a physicist?

[kajusu]

I am now 24 and graduating a business major. I want to go for a second bachelors degree in physics. I already took an undergraduate physics course in my current college. I will be 25 or 26 when i start a physics major. Is it too late?

 

[DS2C]

https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...-it-too-late-for-me-to-pursue-physics.246718/
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/too-late-to-be-a-physicist.314905/
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/do-i-want-to-be-a-physicist-is-it-too-late.674526/
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/too-late-to-become-a-physicist.753359/

Have a look at these. You will find that it is not too late.

 

[ISamson]

I don't think it is ever too late to start.

 

[ZapperZ]

I am now 24 and graduating a business major. I want to go for a second bachelors degree in physics. I already took an undergraduate physics course in my current college. I will be 25 or 26 when i start a physics major. Is it too late?

Actually, it is a question that you should ask yourself.

Without you indicating where you are or where you intend to go to school, here's an estimate of the time it takes:

Period of time to get a B.Sc: 4 years
Period of time to get a Ph.D: 6 years
Period of time for Postdoc: 3 years

So by the time you are ready to be a "physicist", it will have taken 13 years on average for you to get there. This is before considering your ability to (i) get a postdoc in the first place and (ii) get an employment that will allow you to be a "physicist". You will be close to being 40 by the time you are considered ready.

There is nothing in the educational system that will prevent you at your age from pursuing this. However, do YOU think it is too late for YOU to be a physicist?

Zz.