Physics Major

[euterpenc]

I'm getting increasingly interested in physics. Though I've always liked psychology. I think the two can successfully compliment each other, but I'm not sure as I'm not very experienced in either, especially physics. Anyone know anything from experience?

[flan2dave]

I plan on studying physics for a good while. Experience didn't matter too much for me, I never took a physics course in high school. Choosing something a bit different helped diversify my interests. Though I'm pretty confident in my spatial/analytical thinking, physics seems a natural direction. Has gone well thus far (just finished sophmore level coursework).

[Hustler]

I majored in astrophysics in college. The effort to reward ratio in that discipline is pretty miserable, and I don't see a very bright future for professional physicists in terms of job availability or research opportunities. In many ways, physics is a waiting game, where theory must wait for technology to catch up to it for any important developments to occur. All that said, learning to analyze systems like a physicist is a valuable skill and can find its application in many areas of life.

With your interest being as varied as it is, you might do well to investigate some burgeoning/still growing sciences with an eye to relevance in the near future. As ironic as it sounds, I consider physics, in many ways, to be a dying discipline.

[euterpenc]

I majored in astrophysics in college. The effort to reward ratio in that discipline is pretty miserable, and I don't see a very bright future for professional physicists in terms of job availability or research opportunities. In many ways, physics is a waiting game, where theory must wait for technology to catch up to it for any important developments to occur. All that said, learning to analyze systems like a physicist is a valuable skill and can find its application in many areas of life.

With your interest being as varied as it is, you might do well to investigate some burgeoning/still growing sciences with an eye to relevance in the near future. As ironic as it sounds, I consider physics, in many ways, to be a dying discipline.

I'm getting interested because of it's vastness. I've noticed that what goes on within man also goes on in the universe. And understanding one helps with the other. It could be helpful in the study of psychology I think.

Astrophysics was one topic that interested me too. Was it worth it?

[Hustler]

Astrophysics was one topic that interested me too. Was it worth it?

No. Not for me it wasn't. I would have been better served with a different major. Fortunately, education doesn't need to stop at college or even be confined to a formulaic progression of degrees. I now take classes when I feel like it in areas which interest me and which I think will serve me the most to learn. The only problem is it is harder and harder to devote a significant amount of time to education (such as the large courseload people tend to undertake in college) as the years go on.