Why?Probably the most popular question in physics.

[proton]

I pretty much didn't like school that much until in the 11th grade when I took AP physics and actually set the curves on exams many times. I also gradually withdrew myself from my peers and thus experienced less peer pressure and more attention to my studies, mostly physics. So I decided to major in engineering. Then I took physics at my community college, realized I was one of the best students in the class and realized I was showing an unusual amount of interest in the subject. So I eventually decided to major in physics instead of engineering.

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

Stamp collecting.

Base jumping, then at least your still studying physics, just from a more hands on perspective

OP: I'm a masochist

No seriously I studied a pre degree refresher course in science and I found the physics parts to be especially interesting, I was going to do biology but after really getting a lot out of the physics aspects, I decided to get some maths qualification and do the physics degree.

 

[PhilosophyofPhysics]

My path was chaotic. I took physics and then advanced physics in high school, but I don't think I had any special interest in physics. It just was another college prep type class. The semester before I almost took a 2 period A.P. chem course but opted for world cultures and AP history instead. lol that could have changed my life. Chemistry is a neat subject...

My first 2 years of college were random. At times I thought I was going to major in history, microbiology, or philosophy. I became really interesting in reading and wanted to know everything. I read some pop physics books like The Elegant Universe. Eventually, I got to The Road to Reality and realized that I was not going to be able to just read and learn physics on my own. I wanted to know the math behind it. I also kind of felt that I should be doing something considered more challenging than other subjects since through high school I usually took the advanced classes.

And so I find myself now in the middle of an undergraduate physics degree and would like to go to grad school...

 

[Ki Man]

Why?

Why shouldn't we see the world through a new view?