How Does Studying Physics Reveal the Vastness of What There Is to Learn?

[Anxious Fish]

Hello,

I've been a long time stalker of the forums, and finally I have made an account!

I'm just another youngling that probably has a lot of naïve questions to ask, but bear with me I'll learn eventually. I've loved science since I was a kid! I thank my mother for that, as he teaches high school chemistry.

I'm a soon to be freshman at a school with a good, but not world renowned or anything, physics program! I've got some experience in college; I was in an early college program where I learned a lot!

I've got a little experience in physics; I've taken two semesters of calculus based physics and completed basic calculus sequence (calf 1-3, diffy Q).

I did really well in those, all A's, and learned a lot. But man, I thought I'd come out feeling smarter than I did before... nope. It all made me realize how little I really know compared to how much there is to know (hope that makes sense),

Anyway, I hope to use this account to answer some of my, probably naïve, questions about life as a physics student and what to expect. I know you get a lot of kids like me, asking about difficulty of classes and admissions chances, but hey one more won't hurt.

I'll probably also use the homework thread a lot when classes start up.

Thanks

Signing off

Anxious Fish

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Welcome to PF!

 

[Bandersnatch]

But man, I thought I'd come out feeling smarter than I did before... nope. It all made me realize how little I really know compared to how much there is to know (hope that makes sense)

Brace yourself, this process never ends. :)