One more year to go to college, i want to be a physicist. Physics really interests me. Does anyone here know what it is to be a physicist?

looking to get into nursing, starting college next year

I'm currently majoring in early childhood education and working at an inhouse daycare as an assistant preschool teacher :)

Biochem and Cell Bio major at UCSD looking towards going into being a pharmacist.
Blazeit, physics throughout college is a whole new monster. I have friends that are physics majors and they pretty much dedicate their lives to it. If you don't mind the demanding workload and if you truly love physics and find it interesting, you should definitely go for it. The best part about physics is when you finally figure out how to solve the problem.

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i got my teaching degree and realized i hated it after 2 years so i quit and now i'm a neet

Computer Science major.

womens studies major comin in hot xd

second semester of college majoring in computer science and considering minoring in math. i like math :)

that's an ambitious journey you have ahead

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wanted to be an comp engineer, instead majoring in information systems

jst join a ugc team my man
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Finishing my last year as a computer engineering student while working as a developer for a pre-Series A startup.

I was POLS and pre-law, way too many people went into law school a couple years before me and didn't think it was worth it.
Edit, tablets are a pain here :P

Physics is by far the most interesting thing I have ever studied. As far as careers go, you pretty much can only really just go into research and become a professor. Although there are plenty of careers that make use of physics knowledge, but aren't strictly being a physicist (engineering, etc.)

Double major in journalism and fine art. Finally graduating in May after a long 5 years.

No idea what I'm going to do career-wise yet. The real world is scary.

if you really want someone here to tell you about it maybe talk to stochast1c. if you can get in contact with a physics professor then that'd be even better

i personally think studying physics is amazing and i'll continue to do it until i feel differently but the chances that you'll remain in academia long enough to become an actual physicist is not very high. a physics student is more likely to make more money with a job outside of physics than staying in academia - the high paying bigshot positions in physics are awarded to the best of the best, of which there are very few.

big kahuna

I've just started a generic arts/science double degree so not yet sure of majors, probably maths, physics, psych, philosophy, lit or german but idk yet really. Not going to enjoy having to give up some of them.

I graduated last year with a degree in electrical engineering with a focus in quantum physics and now work in an applied physics lab. If you love theorizing about modern physics by all means be a physics major but as others have said the job prospects are limited. Basically professors, researchers, etc. The path I took allowed me to learn a ton of physics in my undergrad while also learning more marketable engineering skills and getting a more marketable degree. Read into what electrical engineering actually is before you apply, because there is a misnomer that it is mostly doing circuits. I've never been interested in circuits so I took my required two courses four years ago and haven't touched one since. Instead I learned about much more interesting things that also fall under the umbrella of EE: wave theory, optics, control theory, quantum (debatable if quantum counts under ee, I took a few of my upper level electives from the physics department ayyyy)

Hopefully this is helpful. I'm always happy to talk to people going into physics/ee/ce

Im studying Computer Engineering (its the same as Comp Science here), could be finishing my masters now but I had some family problems when I first started 5 years ago and dropped out, starting from scratch now. Motivation is my biggest issue atm.

i was majoring in criminal justice to work for the justice system, but after taking about 2 years of classes, i got really depressed in the system and switched to computer science instead

it really sucked since the school i went to specialized in criminal justice/forensics and they dropped their computer science program while i was attending for their new nursing program, so i probably got a really subpar education in terms of actually learning anything relevant in my computer science classes lol

ironically enough i currently work for a law firm, although they specialize in bankruptcy law, although my current job has nothing to do with computers, i just generally do anything they need me to do

i want to eventually get into working on special effects, whether it be for film or for theater, but it's hard finding a way to start in that field with no real artistic background besides photography (lol)

it's cool to have a plan for what you want to do in life, but don't be surprised if the situation changes along your journey to get there

Okie.

You need to remain in academy for only 4 years right? Then whats the problem?

Cool. Even i dont like circuits much, though i havent been introduced to much beyond kirchoof's law

Majored in math ed and im studen teacher now. Didn't expect this job with my degree

The problem is that it's at least 7-10 years in academia to become an actual physicist. Sure, you can get your undergrad / Bachelor's degree in 4 years but most of the labs hire people with a Masters or Doctorate's degree, which can be anything from 2-6 years after you finish your undergrad degree (2-3 for Masters only, I've heard 4 but mainly 5-6 for doctoral programs at least in US). You can definitely get a spot working in a research or applied lab with a Bachelor's degree but you'll never be more than an assistant i.e. not heading your own projects. A Bachelor's can only take you so far which is why Benk's situation is more common - engineering degree with some background in physics so that you know more of the theory of how things work but your engineering degree is the one that opens more doors.

If you're gonna do physics please make absolutely sure that you like and are comfortable with maths. I don't know what the american high schools are like but in the UK you use very little of the maths that is critical for physics in your final years of physics classes - there was almost no calculus involved and was almost avoided in my case.

The maths gets taught separately in your maths classes sure, but a lot of people go into uni wanting to do physics with their naive understanding from what they've done in school and then get blown away by the amount of maths required.

- 2nd year physics undergrad

my intended major is biomedical engineering

Majored in Information Systems with a Business minor. A few years out of college, and I'm working as an Automated Test Engineer for a large clothing retailer.

My only advice to anyone going into programming is be very weary of joining any sort of small company or startup early in your career. They tend to only focus on output and the bottom line. When in reality, it would be ideal to look for a company that allows you to develop your skills as a developer.