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11thHeaven
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Hi all, I'm a student in the UK (Manchester University) in my first year of a maths degree. I'm going through a little bit of a crisis however as to whether maths is what I should be studying.
Now I'm several weeks into my course, and I'm beginning to feel more and more like this isn't right for me. I don't at all find interesting the rigor and focus on proofs, logic, properties of numbers/sets and so on, and I'm struggling to feel any enthusiasm for the subject. The only part of the course I like so far is Calculus, and that's the most similar to what I did in secondary school.
I'm beginning to think that I'd be much better suited to a physics degree. On one level, I'm far more interested in physics (e.g. the concepts and the research that goes on). I do love maths, but what I'm starting to suspect is I'd get more out of a course where I'm doing really cool things with maths to unearth properties of the universe, rather than learning purely about maths, if that makes any sense.
Also, I'm far more excited about what I could do with physics as opposed to what I could do with maths, in terms of research. I'd love to contribute to our knowledge of energy, climate science, or any other number of fields, and I feel a physics background would be far more conducive to this than a maths one.
Here's the rub: I only took Physics to AS level, and I only got a B. (Actually, I didn't take A-levels, but what I did take can be roughly equated to them). So if I were to try and arrange a transfer, I don't know how I could go about it.
I'd welcome any advice or opinions
Now I'm several weeks into my course, and I'm beginning to feel more and more like this isn't right for me. I don't at all find interesting the rigor and focus on proofs, logic, properties of numbers/sets and so on, and I'm struggling to feel any enthusiasm for the subject. The only part of the course I like so far is Calculus, and that's the most similar to what I did in secondary school.
I'm beginning to think that I'd be much better suited to a physics degree. On one level, I'm far more interested in physics (e.g. the concepts and the research that goes on). I do love maths, but what I'm starting to suspect is I'd get more out of a course where I'm doing really cool things with maths to unearth properties of the universe, rather than learning purely about maths, if that makes any sense.
Also, I'm far more excited about what I could do with physics as opposed to what I could do with maths, in terms of research. I'd love to contribute to our knowledge of energy, climate science, or any other number of fields, and I feel a physics background would be far more conducive to this than a maths one.
Here's the rub: I only took Physics to AS level, and I only got a B. (Actually, I didn't take A-levels, but what I did take can be roughly equated to them). So if I were to try and arrange a transfer, I don't know how I could go about it.
I'd welcome any advice or opinions