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jamalkoiyess
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Hello,
I have been posting lately very heavily about this subject but still i have no clue about what i want to do. But on the bright side i know now what was the problem and what my interests are.
I love science and physics is my favorite so i took my last year of high school specific in physics and maths with no biology and some chemistry and i have been doing really fine.What i always wanted was to achieve something . I dream about being someone who is valued and respected for his intellectual power everywhere .
My most important dream and the one i dream about the most is to make an important discovery or invention in the physics field and earn a physics nobel for example. So i thought that logically in order to arrive there i have to study physics and so i applied to the American University of Beirut which is a top university here in Lebanon.
And so i was determined (but of course that's after a lot of thinking and asking and searching in every field ever) . But then on the internet came a video of an interview with Elon Musk ( famous physicist and economist (Paypal SpaceX SolarCity Tesla Motors)) and he was asked who is better in making contributions these days between physics and engineering so he said engineering although he is the most successful person i know and is in fact a physicist.
So this interview shook my whole decision and now i am really afraid that i chose the wrong major. I have no problem with engineering but I think it is very specific and physics is more of my thing. I already made a post about the differences between physics and engineering and i learned the thing.
But just hearing a successful physicist saying that engineering is better , in addition to every one i know not liking that i am letting engineering for physics and even an applied physics doctor contacted me telling me not to do it (and he explained so much about the struggle and the thing that engineers have better working potential ), just made me afraid of what i wanted to do. The only people who push me for physics are 4 or 5 of my friend who believe in me and know my passion . So i need some help choosing and some life advice please.
I have been posting lately very heavily about this subject but still i have no clue about what i want to do. But on the bright side i know now what was the problem and what my interests are.
I love science and physics is my favorite so i took my last year of high school specific in physics and maths with no biology and some chemistry and i have been doing really fine.What i always wanted was to achieve something . I dream about being someone who is valued and respected for his intellectual power everywhere .
My most important dream and the one i dream about the most is to make an important discovery or invention in the physics field and earn a physics nobel for example. So i thought that logically in order to arrive there i have to study physics and so i applied to the American University of Beirut which is a top university here in Lebanon.
And so i was determined (but of course that's after a lot of thinking and asking and searching in every field ever) . But then on the internet came a video of an interview with Elon Musk ( famous physicist and economist (Paypal SpaceX SolarCity Tesla Motors)) and he was asked who is better in making contributions these days between physics and engineering so he said engineering although he is the most successful person i know and is in fact a physicist.
So this interview shook my whole decision and now i am really afraid that i chose the wrong major. I have no problem with engineering but I think it is very specific and physics is more of my thing. I already made a post about the differences between physics and engineering and i learned the thing.
But just hearing a successful physicist saying that engineering is better , in addition to every one i know not liking that i am letting engineering for physics and even an applied physics doctor contacted me telling me not to do it (and he explained so much about the struggle and the thing that engineers have better working potential ), just made me afraid of what i wanted to do. The only people who push me for physics are 4 or 5 of my friend who believe in me and know my passion . So i need some help choosing and some life advice please.
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