Physics Vs Engineering | Which Is Best For You?

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This video goes over physics vs engineering and how to know which major is best for you. There is a lot of overlap between what you can get into with both degrees but there are differences you should note.
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[@Jaccobtw]

The better you are at physics, the better you are at engineering The better you are at Math, the better you are at both

[@manideepp2229]

Both maths and physics are equal ,but one should be strong in elementary maths to master physics ,to understand physics we need imagination

[@manideepp2229]

@ss yeah but complex maths was discovered ,bcoz it was needed to solve problems in physics,eg: calculus ,so i mean that maths was popularized by physics,to describe nature maths and physics will be the same at some point

[@nasim3269]

And the better you are at engineering, the better you are at money and helping society.

[@monickverma2944]

@@manideepp2229 it's only calculus

[@che-maticschemistrymathema7044]

@@gundamzerostrike I agree!!

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

I agree with everything in this video. There's also a difference in approach that may be important to consider. As a Physics major, I usually had something like 6 homework problems per class in a given week. My friends in Engineering would frequently have 100+. But they were very different. Nearly all of those 100 problems were more difficult versions of what they learned in class and what was in their book. They'd often do 10 problems that were all, to the eyes of a Physics student, effectively the same problem but with different values or more calculation to reach the answer. Meanwhile there would be maybe one of the six Physics problems that seemed solvable just from the equations and derivations that had been covered in class. Combing through a couple textbook chapters helps you solve two more. A spark of insight makes you realize a fourth can be solved via a clever symmetry argument. You speak to a savant classmate who helps you with the fifth problem then tells you the sixth requires some knowledge of group theory, so you spend the weekend in the campus library learning about quotient rings for no good reason and eventually find a grad student's forty page thesis on the exact problem you've been given, so instead of plagiarizing you leave it blank and eventually discover it was a ruse anyway to see if any students were cheating. And when you take the exam, the problems aren't going to resemble the homework anyway. You're expected to do a lot of work on your own to patch up the gaps in your own understanding. The Physics student looks at an Engineer's workload and says "I wouldn't want to do that much work. I already know how to solve those problems, but they would take me so long I'm likely to make mistakes by the end anyway!" The Engineering student looks at the Physicist's work and says "I don't even know where to start." But this is the situation they both need. If someone's going to be trusted with designing a building, you want them to have done thousands of ever harder and more demanding problems in basic mechanics. And for a scientist who's going to be studying cutting-edge physics that no one could have dreamed about a few decades prior, it helps to have a long history of solving unique problems that at the time, they didn't even know were solvable.

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

@@janosostor3291 I was being slightly hyperbolic but here's an example of the solution to a problem we were given in an undergraduate mechanics class before we'd ever covered variational calculus (including langrangian and hamiltonian mechanics). I doubt we were expected to solve it arxiv.org/pdf/1412.5541.pdf

[@reck0n3r]

If you had the choice, would you hoose to be a physics major again?

[@Spark_Books]

Well said. Very true.

[@KaptainLuis]

i study electric engineers....you are absolute right! Im learning for my exam next week and im doing the same formulary in different ways and with different constants...but at the end its all the same and important is it to just make it right!

[@MildSatire]

Thanks for that incredible insight!

[@Erowens98]

My heart screams physics. But my rational mind screams engineering. I wish I could just clone myself. One half to become a researching physicst. The other half to become an aerospace engineer.

[@Aresenal1739]

Same

[@alexandrabutoi7562]

Do both degrees if you can!! Or a bachelor's in physics and a master's in engineering. For me it's even more confusing: I can't decide whether I want to do physics or film😅

[@shahriarhasanabir5909]

Ahhh, same..

[@ceoof601]

THIS IS THE EXACY SITUATION IM IN I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IVE TO APPLY TO COLLEGES THIS MONTH IM DEADD

[@ceoof601]

@@muneeb6516 go for computer science because there really isn’t much job prospect in physics plus it pays less. the world does not respect physicists and researchers as much as they should.

[@noormohsin8028]

You missed a pros of physics: making fun of engineers.

[@alexv5581]

And you don't deserve to be either profession, with that pathetic attitude. Both engineers and scientists need each other. I study physics and my friend studies mechanical engineering, and when we talk about our own fields, we appreciate each field. Sometimes we come up with some crazy ideas!

[@carbon273]

🤨There’s more cons to a physics major though.

[@themoribundapathetic4530]

Um?? I'm trying to be an astrophysicist and engineer...you need both to bounce off each other.

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

@Alex V Its fucking joke old man.

[@matthewsuksnguan2670]

@@Masalmeh321 O I think math majors make fun of both physics and engineering majors :)

[@neurohackstv5723]

This video just made me more Indecisive lol

[@Prince-gu8or]

@@putinsgaytwin4272 in uniform?

[@tezzadasmoke9747]

Yeah lol I was. thinking before "I definitely wanna do chemical engineering", now i'm thinking "Shit, Electrical engineering looks cool, but so does a physics major"

[@caribaez5711]

As any engineer, it is wise to take physics. Be curious.

[@castor5001]

Mayor in engineering minor Physics. A double mayor an extra year.

[@castor5001]

@@jannoj2921 yes pick engineering, if get a BS in physics and you will end calculation how gravity affect the taste of a Big Mac

[@saiavinash7432]

Engineering is the son of physics, it deals with all that surrounds us but physics deals more on a universal level. Here's a funny story Einstein being a physicist didn't want his son to go into engineering as he thought that was a rip-off of physics but he realized that engineering is just how you can exploit the world using physics. Physicists are the thinkers, the ones who lay down the foundation while engineers build from that foundation.

[@thevitruvianman9781]

And without maths all of your are incorporeal.

[@6subswith0vids80]

Build on* the foundation

[@6subswith0vids80]

@@thevitruvianman9781 math is applied logic

[@lukapapez]

Excally Albert's father wanted Albert to go into engineering but Albert refused to.

[@brianfinnegan9700]

Sai Avinash yes Ur right, physics is the daddy

[@jaimelubrani4435]

I'm both at the same time sadly... 5 year Mechanical Engineering and Physics degree between two local universities. It's hard, but damn is it rewarding.

[@varswe]

How you manage time

[@Goddard2097]

what a Madmen

[@ElijahMoore-Restfulnights]

So I just want the ability to build things I want. I saw that elon musk has a physics degree, a long history with computer science, and obviously a lot of money. Even with that money though he seems to do a lot of work on his companies projects and seems to be helpful. If one were to become competent in physics and computer science could he work on any project desired granted he learns more about the specific field? Electrical engineerings, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering etc.?

[@partogihutapea8632]

Dude, you are awesome.

[@Astro2024]

@@ElijahMoore-Restfulnights elon musk isn't a physicist or an engineer. That's an insult to his workers. He's a businessman that gets subsidizes from the government while exploiting his hardworking workers with a terrible working environment

[@jordanmills3863]

Imagine learning physics and never getting to apply it... This post was made by mechanical engineering gang.

[@WillTalbot]

that's why physics was formerly called natural philosophy. -retort from a physicist.

[@alexv5581]

Now imagine engineering if physics dint exist. What then?

[@alexv5581]

Physicists do apply their knowledge to applicable things. Engineers just scale up the new knowledge to solve human problems.

[@kingplunger6033]

that is not true though...

[@GeneticAlgorithm]

Physicist: Look what I found! Engineer: Give me that! This is garbage, this needs more research and this may be useful for something. GTFO of my shop and lemme work.

[@marklvrd]

This is just my 2 cents, but as an engineer i've noticed that the brightest engineers I've worked with have an undergrad in physics with masters in engineering, or a double bachelors in math and engineering. These types of engineers seem to grasp hard concepts easier and apply them more methodically, and i've learned to be a better engineer through them.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Physical Education

[@eliteteamkiller319]

My first physics professor had a B.S. in electrical engineering and a PhD in particle physics.

[@MiScusi69]

@@eliteteamkiller319 and in fact they've been just the first

[@yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998]

​@@eliteteamkiller319 is your prof Ramamurthi Shankar by any chance?

[@chisangamumba2961]

@@MiScusi69*they/them.

[@ergpopler413]

Nobody: Engineering Physics: Am I a joke to you?

[@harshitchoudhary5613]

that's what i was thinking, i've also taken up engineering physics

[@sambirokitawi3958]

@@harshitchoudhary5613 How is it? how's the program and do you really get the best of both worlds or is just better to go with the indivitual degrees( choosing just between physics or engineering)?

[@mohamedahmed-rq1xo]

@@sambirokitawi3958 +1

[@MerinaShow]

@@harshitchoudhary5613 I would also love to know how the program is from your personal experience, what school are you at?

[@pxrp8694]

Yes.

[@kennex1339]

Those who disliked this video are history teacher.

[@vakaris2183]

:D

[@syedmdabdullah3052]

Lmao

[@ariadnarodriguez6254]

So we don't need history then? We don't need to learn it? Only an idiot would say that.

[@mesia2453]

those liking your comment are history haters. . .

[@3ia18_prasetyaharkrisnowo7]

No, the disliker are the flat earther

[@slightlyexistential1640]

Sheldon cooper vs Howard wolowitz

[@douglasstrother6584]

"I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!" "I'm Wolowitz!"

[@hectornonayurbusiness2631]

They missed they’re chance of introducing a mathematician to make fun of Sheldon in the same manner

[@sofi-hh1ne]

Diego Marra sheldon is not autistic but yeah

[@WonkelDee]

Sofi Nuñez he has major signs of Aspergers

[@shrijeet.gaikwad]

Engineering is best!!

[@denkerstein7011]

I hve a bachelor degree in engineering n was an engineer..now im planning for a second bachelor degree in physic n will further to phd..just discover my passion in physic n what i wanted to b at my 30s..hope its not late..wish me luck..

[@xxkl4ud1oxx98]

Lol im gonna do the same mate :)

[@Jousef9]

Whats your current job (is it an engineering job) and are u gonna keep it when u study

[@sauce8277]

I'm so excited for you!

[@WhatsAfterThisPlace]

Nice going! I myself just found my passion at 28, which is engineering. I got my GI bill as well so I cannot wait to start!

[@keheliyavimukthi9481]

For be a designer,physics or engineering is best?

[@aman7488]

I just want to take a moment and appreciate the time and effort you took to do the necessary research, contact various universities, and offer an unbiased view of the two disciplines. I'm currently a freshman Engineering Physics Major and was juggling these questions in my head. Your video definitely helped me make a decision about what career and education path I want to take in the future, and so I'm just here to let you know you're doing an amazing job. Thanks!

[@jandrex007]

What did you choose

[@aman7488]

@@jandrex007 My degree is literally called Engineering Physics and its basically a combo of core Physics and Electrical Engineering classes with some chosen tech elective as a concentration (In my case I chose CS as that concentration) so in total the composition of what im studying is like 40% EE, 40% Physics, and 20% CS

[@justrandom7752]

All the hate, without physics there wouldn’t be any engineering, without engineering there wouldn’t be any physics that could be develop to help people.Stop hating, we need both and they’re both imperative.

[@nicholasjoker2725]

I hate a lot of engineers way of thinking. They are soo uninterested in how nature works, some of them are flatearthers and shit. I hate a lot of physicist whose motivation to study physics is just because they just wannabe famous like einstein, not beacuse they really are curious about how nature works. I hate everybodySAJ AKÑSDSA ÑMKLñ

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@nicholasjoker2725 Seriously engineers just want a job, and money and expensive houses and such things. They aren't interested in how the world works at all

[@dmic9502]

@@achyuththouta6957 So because people pursuing an engineering degree want to be financially stable and have a job, they don't care about how nature works? That logic makes zero sense and i'm not sure how those are correlated buddy. That's not a very fair statement.

[@EkoSo]

@@nicholasjoker2725 Sure there are engineers just as well as physicists who are flat earthers but they usually do it for the attention and the power to deceive others. And I heavily doubt that most physicists do physics for the fame but instead out of curiosity. Also engineers are interested in how nature works, but it's not their job, so they don't have as much time to focus on it.

[@manideepp2229]

@@achyuththouta6957 wrong perception about engineers, i am studying electronics engineering in India ,i unlike other engineers like to understand how the world works,engineering without understanding physics is blind

[@pinco_pallo]

Physics squad, where are you? 🤓

[@jacobharris5894]

Daniele Daniele Here

[@raipeladas3987]

Hi

[@juanls4643]

Astrophysics, Less gooo

[@LeSunshineee]

ew

[@pinco_pallo]

@LLI GUY Their future is bright!

[@mohamedhassan-ty2by]

i’m a senior in high school about to apply to university ever since i was younger i’ve wanted to become and aerospace engineer but the more i learn about physics the more i want to major in it. so i’ve decided that i will be going into university for physics and eventually getting a degree in engineering as well

[@allawisan4326]

Same, But I wanted mechanical engineering

[@gabrielaramosmizrachi9871]

Saying that with an Ed icon? What a good taste

[@crystaljeffbabeeey]

same, i think this is what i want to do as well: get a bsc in physics, then a masters in engineering or computer science.

[@lucasfuhr9629]

This is hands on one of the best informative videos i've ever seen that helped me make a decision on my future career! I feel like a lot of students that leave high school don't have proper insight on these professions and this was actually a very helpful guide.

[@darthlynx5792]

What do you plan on doing/are doing?

[@adavadnetvadaszYouTu]

Thanks! This was extremely helpful! I cannot say how glad I am, that I've found this video. Keep it up! :D

[@taivanbatariunbold7640]

Thank You! This has been very Helpful! I've been having a difficult time trying find out about this.

[@legendary_chicken]

I needed this so badly

[@smoug007]

I've always though of it as: Physics is applied math, and engineering is applied Physics. Posted by a Mechanical Engineer.

[@bayekofsiwa7035]

actually a better answer is : physics is applied pure math

[@pawankhanal8472]

We get engineering after approximating physics and we get physics after approximating mathematics.

[@Knightmare825]

What is applied engineering then? 🤔

[@user-qx5cn1si1q]

Thank you very much for uploading this video. Gives a much better understanding of the two majors

[@alexcampbell7847]

Thank you! This was very helpful. I am currently in my junior year of a physics undergrad degree, and your video helped me understand my options a lot better!

[@baab4229]

I'm majoring in physics, with the last two semesters being applied and engineering physics, minoring in mechanical engineering and then pursuing a master's degree in aerospace engineering. I think it's the perfect combination.

[@goldensperm7182]

I hope i have the same genetic IQ that you have.

[@sauce8277]

@@goldensperm7182 If your genetic DNA actually mattered enough for you to know and people actually listened to that, all the stuff you know and love wouldn't be made or discovered today. Don't focus on that crap. Follow your heart. It's your true pair of eyes. Life's short. Follow it. Not money.

[@CYMKRGB]

how did you do this? I mean do you mind to share your education pathway?

[@dynamitrex3975]

I need help. I'm at this conflict because I want to help develop the first quantum computers and also mechanical engineering so I can explain my ideas better. What courses should I take?

[@masonking4885]

Very useful. I’m finishing my physics degree up this semester and transferring to Georgia tech to pursue electrical engineering. Very excited to see which direction I go for my masters in either machine learning or RF. Love your videos!

[@ahirdey899]

I was really searching for this kind of a video. Thank you.😃

[@kepspark3362]

Thanks for the detailed explanation & research. It was worth the time. 👍

[@quahntasy]

I did both, Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and doing masters in Physics. But I do find this channel awesome. Update: I am now doing PhD in photonics which is a kind of intersection between physics and Electrical engineering.

[@alexv5581]

Really? You must have taken a lot prerequisite courses before applying to graduate school.

[@viridian9673]

can you do bachelors in physics and, do masters in engineering?

[@michaelking8391]

You did masters in physics with a mechanical engineering degree?

[@ayush2256]

Is it really possible? I too did my civil engineering and now I want to do a masters in physics. Do Universities in Germany allow that?

[@quahntasy]

@@ayush2256 In India it was difficult but possible. Not sure about Germany but it should be hell lotta easier to do that there.

[@zachadolphe3633]

Can you do an Engineering Physics Major video next? Would be a nice compliment to this one. Thanks again MajorPrep!

[@lordjogonnath6580]

Thank you so much, Zach Star! You have shed some more light here

[@nhattamhuynhle4101]

This is a really informative and great video. Thank you very much.

[@blivion7203]

I'll probably be a Particle Physicist or an Astrophysicist. But I'm more interested in research than application...

[@dettlaffvandereretein1776]

Particle physicist is great and very interesting, dunno about you but i prefer particle physicist

[@ErickShocks]

Nice! It's better to get some knowledge on both fields while in undergrad to choose what you want to be. I, for example, started my undergrad at astrophysics but I switched my interests to optics midway =)

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@dettlaffvandereretein1776 Really? I thought astrophysics is way better and since everybody is talking about getting a human settlement on Mars I think astrophysicists have good job opportunities in future

[@geesuslookatthatalpaca7471]

ErickShocks Optics! I’m very i interested in that, could you elaborate what you do exactly? Why did you switch?

[@tekkenrocks7161]

Boy oh boy highly energized particles with you

[@soumavakundu5850]

I am currently a physics undergrad and I think how u managed to know so much about physics without studying physics

[@jayjain1033]

Didn't he study physics

[@loner2007]

do u think this field is really rewarding??? are you earning for how much u worked for ?????

[@soumavakundu5850]

@@loner2007 Now 5 years after this comment now I am a phd Student in physics and i realised the reward is not economical but intellectual

[@loner2007]

@@soumavakundu5850 hey, i am looking forward to pursue what you did.. So putting a light on that, what did you exactly do in order to get this degree and was it difficult? Are you highly paid ?

[@soumavakundu5850]

@@loner2007 pursued a bachelor and masters degree in physics and got admission in phd this year it was a fun journey to learn the subject.Coming to pay phd stipend in India where I live is not as much as compared to other professional degree like engineering,doctor etc but you can to self sustain yourself.And the question on difficulty of the degree i believe if purse with passion and willing to give time it's not difficult

[@yigithanmehmetkose8777]

It was educating and entertaining. Thank you!

[@itsnotyasir]

Mate.. that was a really helpful video.. great job and thanks 🤙🤙

[@onlyhumanity6148]

I am a mechanical engineer but I love physics because it makes me enable to find out the solutions of every problems whether it's mechanical or electrical or any logical decision which is not even related to science and engineering

[@ibrahimyosry1068]

I was distracted a lot recently and I became overthinking about what I really wanted to be and there was nothing clear to me but after watching the video and after careful consideration I finally decided what I wanted..Thank you

[@ln10009]

Kudos man esp covering upcoming field and chunk of transfer quotas. Choice making matters after all..

[@calencrawford2195]

Thanks for the video, this will define my future!

[@mpendulosilangwe3140]

U awesome Man!!!! Thanks a lot for this valuable info.

[@awesomewrecker0]

The relationship between these two seems like a geometry class, one side of the class loves the practical applications, and the other side likes to prove and invent theorms

[@alicia1636]

I Love both lol

[@Ikigai747]

Really such a great and informative video! I really wanna go for this! Let's go Physics

[@easahaseeb]

U sir deserve an award Plz keep on going keep making videos like this ❤️❤️

[@volbla]

What a great video. I think what i want is to learn a lot of physics and think about problems on my spare time, but i don't want it as a career. It seems like a lot of pressure, both when it comes to studying and findng/doing work. I want to do that at my own pace. But whether engineering would suit me i don't really know.

[@markfennell1167]

I have always been interested in civil engineering. Also have an intuition for what needs to be done...what pieces are needed and how to put together I get excited putting together a new civil engineering design. Water management systems. Storm management systems. Shipping ports. Tunnels. Energy production and distribution. Designing these things is very intuitive to me. And each design project excites me. I also studied particle physics. Gravity. Radio waves. But I think civil engineering design may be my best ability.

[@r37r02]

thank you for the video, you've answered a lot of my questions.

[@nandini5717]

Thankyou so so so much...i think i really needed to see this video.. thanks!

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

This channel is more practical than the most educational channels.

[@mattematte2551]

This feels conflicting.. I'm studying a major called Engineering Physics

[@crimsonnite9291]

Engineering physics is just basically a degree that takes a few courses from each engineering majors and combine them into one degree.

[@rkv3731]

@@crimsonnite9291 Yea thats why i dont if i should change to software engineering or master in electrical plsss help me puttt

[@crimsonnite9291]

@@rkv3731 What do u enjoy the most? Electricity and hardware or software?

[@rkv3731]

@@crimsonnite9291 I like software and electrical But now im studyin engineering physics second year. I dont know if I finish this degree could I master in electrical?

[@crimsonnite9291]

@@rkv3731 You can. Depending on your university most of them would allow you to master in a degree in a similar degree. But I don't know your university so you have to ask the advisor or someone to check.

[@fanimeproductionst.v.3735]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@daniel_960_]

Thanks for the video, this is exactly the topic of my decision I will have to make.

[@jeremiahperdue5518]

Hey I just want to thank you for these videos as they couldn't come at a better time. I'm really having trouble with deciding between physics and engineering and I think this helps me a lot. I would like to be a physicist but I was worried about what kind of jobs would open up for me and this helped with that for sure, I'm applying for colleges right now so again thank you this was a big help.

[@bumpty9830]

I recommend you focus on what you'd like to spend time contributing to the world, and work backward from there in the direction of your interests and skills. I woke up a decade into an engineering career and realized I was earning my living by helping psychopaths blow up poor people to make oil cheaper. At the risk of making a difficult decision more difficult, try not to lose sight of the forest for all the trees.

[@XgamersXdimensions]

Currently in an Engineering Physics degree (focus on Chemical). The degree is essential a double major between Chemical Engineering and Physics as you cover all the classes required for each.

[@javierferrer4634]

Thank you! For all this beautiful informacion.

[@granthmehta4999]

Thank you for this awsome video😀😀

[@mohammedsalmanali01]

I am an engineering student who love physics and is watching this...

[@mathieuwalsh6457]

Then you should try engineering physics. I am currently doing it and we have a lot of common courses with physics. We learn a lot of math and physics before diving in engineering courses.

[@dontminditsjustme4493]

Mathieu Walsh Whats Engineering physics?

[@mathieuwalsh6457]

Shasimi Chan Everything I'm gonna say depends on which university you go too. But basically, it's a combination of physics and engineering. In the first two years, you get a lot of mathematics courses to build a good foundation and a little bit of engineering courses. In your third year, you have to choose a concentration like optic, communication , aerospace, etc. So, this program is for people who want to learn and apply high level math to engineering problems. I think that's a good description of the program. If you want more information, you can always go on the internet.

[@Zeegoku1007]

@@mathieuwalsh6457 Pal , you got any ideas about going to Masters to Physics from Engg. Or vise versa , from self experience or a Friend maybe ?

[@mathieuwalsh6457]

@@Zeegoku1007 nop sorry, it's my first semester, so I don't know that yet.

[@adamdymke8004]

As a physicist, comparing thermodynamics to thermal physics courses feels weird. While I'm sure the heat exchanger problems chem eng solve are challenging. All the thermodynamics and physics based computer modelling courses that we shared with engineers were _waaay_ easier. Statistical mechanics is typically considered the most challenging course that a physics undergrad will do.

[@joshiifruit5554]

Thank you so much for the insight regarding the application for a master's degree! That's what I was hoping to find in google and unfortunately the ones on top are not as comprehensive as yours, so thank you!

[@Adinga123]

Thank you for explaining the difference between engineering and Physics 👍👍👍

[@jordanbroerman304]

I decided to major in Physics because it truly had my heart like no other degree could (mathematics does get pretty close though), and it's imo a really good field to get into right now especially quantum computing, astrophysics, and biophysics. It's also one of those fields where getting advanced degrees like a M.S. or a PhD is actually a good investment. Ultimately, in my opinion, a Physics degree is a great decision if you truly want to know how the universe works and learn some of the most fascinating things. I also would highly suggest either minoring or double majoring in something like Mathematics, Computer Science, or even Economics these will give you a well-rounded education, and also give you more job prospects if you want!

[@edmel144]

If you love the science do physics/maths first, then do an Engineering Masters. In all honesty 17 or 18 years old is probably too young for a lot of people to make the decision about what engineer they want to be. I started Chemical Engineering the. Switched to Petroleum, but I was not ready for uni and got crap marks. Being totally unconfident when I actually graduated I gave up and didn’t try hard enough to find an engineering job. I ended up working as a fvcken accountant.

[@haileywarner5109]

This is exactly what I’ve been planning. Right now as a physics undergrad I’m super interested in astronautics, but my interests change regularly and I don’t want to commit yet. Do you have any tips for preparing for an engineering masters?

[@edmel144]

Hailey Warner My advice might not be the best, I scraped through Chemical/Petroleum Engineering undergraduate in 1996-2000 with a just under 65 % mark average. I did a quant finance masters in 2013-15 and got a GPA out of 4 of 3.5 so better. I think the main thing is to have experience to know how to get things done, treat it like an enjoyable job. I’d have to have more of a think. Use all the resources we have these days.

[@joedasilva134]

Your explanation is awesome .

[@satabdikakati5759]

Very informative video thanks a lot

[@friedec3622]

software engineer: we are creating magic. Because we don't know how it work, but it's works. "Ah you are talking about last month code? Yeah I forgot how it works"

[@chaoticstorm8145]

You're not a true programmer until you make code that works but you don't understand why it works

[@hellomate639]

@@chaoticstorm8145 I've done this with Excel.... Lol. Also know some programming, but weirdly was able to make Excel sheets where I utterly forgot the function of things and just remembered it functionally but not the mechanics of it.

[@laser1915]

software engineering is not real engineering

[@kungfukenny8098]

@@laser1915 software engineers built the whole world

[@swinerazor4075]

@@laser1915 lol then get off the fckn internet

[@connoruzzo4004]

Biophysics is becoming much more popular for PhDs and it’s pretty employable for an applied physics discipline, if you ever wish to mention it in your videos it could be an interesting new topic

[@jordanbroerman304]

Agreed, and your comment being 4 years old it's actually growing even more as well as fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. Imo a Physics degree is actually only getting better. If you truly are still worried, many companies still hire physics grads for roles in finance, software engineering, economics, etc. (just make sure you take the correct electives, maybe minor or double major in one).

[@shade7283]

Thank you for the in depth example specicifc career explanations-im going into senior year in HS so this helps.

[@cumter_69420]

this was super helpful- thanks!! (:

[@stevenbutcher4565]

Should I major in physics? It fascinates me. I want to learn more of how the world works

[@explorer4662]

Go for it!

[@ankitnmnaik229]

The best analogy - King - Physics Queen- Mathmatics And PRINCE- Engeneering

[@devakerathnayake6128]

Whata idea.👌👌

[@vhsninjaccoon7705]

King - astronomy since physics has nothing on the big bang and the creator of physics. Queen - Engineering. Since they're the ones who build mankind, and buildings Prince - Mathematics

[@mtheonlyone]

Mathematics is the mother of Physics

[@vhsninjaccoon7705]

@@mtheonlyone Yeah. Sad that people do ever mention technology in lists. When it comes to tech. Technology beats physics in many ways.

[@mtheonlyone]

@@vhsninjaccoon7705 maybe bec they interlinked tech and physics

[@javierfernandoagudelogomez1794]

Thanks for this video, excellent and very relevant information about which kind of bachellor could you begin and how to switch in another postgraduate field of your professional interest (Engineering to Physics or Physics to Engineering).

[@carlamarie9876]

I really love your videos, I don't even know why anyone would dislike them 😂

[@ipodfan35]

This channel is very great I have learn a lot about engineering. I want to get my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, I’m still a freshman in community college because it would saved me a lot of money on tuition then I plan to transfer to a 4 year university to finish my bachelors.

[@trapcracker]

Edgar I’m getting my bachelor’s in computer engineering and I did the same thing. It was the best decision I ever made. Squeeze out every class you can at your community college, even if it takes you a little longer. You’ll thank yourself down the road instead of taking upper level calculus and physics at a university with 100 other people in your class.

[@alexv5581]

If you really want to be a mechanical engineer you can do it. Remember we are problem solvers, and use science and math as tools to solve problems. A lot of people get weeded out in my school because they realize its not for them. If you are passionate about the field, you will do great. If you are just in it for the money, well....good luck. I am a junior right now and almost all my classmates from my freshman year have switched majors.

[@6subswith0vids80]

@Patrick Miguel M. Andrade K

[@stonedsloth6367]

@Patrick Miguel M. Andrade cool story

[@bruhh489]

@@stonedsloth6367 I think he forgot he could use commas

[@theknightikins9397]

I’m about to graduate high school and am currently looking at going for a physics bachelors and probably end up with an engineering minor (not necessarily, I just sort of expect a lot of my classes to just end up with it). I will say, this video is kind of pushing me further towards my physics dreams. I know that going for a phd or even a masters will be incredibly difficult, but I think I’m in love with physics. I’ve only just scratched the surface with my highschool class and it is fascinating to me to not just watch how the world works, but understand the minutia of it. Now, maybe my mind will change in college (obviously) but the way I see it right now, I can’t imagine that I will come to dislike physics. If I like it so much now with such a basic knowledge (AP physics 1), the thought of being able to do and learn more with even cooler tools makes me giddy. I’ve done orbital calculations, I’m ready to go to a telescope and see how they react. I would love to become a researcher on something awesome. Like I said, this could all change, but every time I hear about physics and what more there is to learn, I get so enthralled

[@RohanGuptarg]

In my opinion, if you have the time, consider taking both AP Physics C courses, Mechanics and E&M. This will ensure you are comfortable and familiar with the calculus you'll encounter in college. I believe that relying solely on Physics 1/2 can provide a limited, algebraic perspective of the field. I also recommend attempting problems from a book called "Concepts of Physics" by HC Verma (an Indian publication). Volumes 1 and 2 together cover the entire physics syllabus studied in junior and senior years here in India. This roughly corresponds to significant portions of what is learned in the first year of a physics bachelor's program. Not only will this approach give you a head start compared to your peers, but it should also provide you with a clear understanding of whether physics is genuinely suited to your interests and abilities.

[@amrosman1186]

Is it possible for you to share your opinion about physics after graduating?

[@kaustubhgupta46]

Great video very informative Thanks

[@fmusicede7384]

Thank you for the video!

[@amvloki9954]

Ahhhhh I have a passion for so many different areas in physics and engineering, I really don’t know what I want to pursue

[@allisynweisenberger1941]

Me toooo.

[@hellomate639]

Take courses in both, early on! In fact, you should get specific advice from your school, but take the intro physics classes that the physicists take. I.e. at my school all physics students had to take the honors version of the course as mandatory.

[@diegoalba2002]

sameee I am so passionate about astrophysics and I also love civil engineering but they have nothing in common😭

[@parkerhays2841]

I'm a physics freshman at the university of illinois and I'm probably gonna switch into engineering physics next year. Thanks for this video

[@jayjain1033]

Why do u wanna switch

[@Skysymptoms]

I have been waiting for this.

[@bernardolozano7429]

I'm debating between these two ATM, this video really helped

[@eleneasy]

On a side note, the Higgs Boson, is the one thought responsible for the mass of the matter. And the mass is responsible for the gravity. The missing link here, is to explain gravity in a more generalized way, along with the other forces, in what is called generalized field theory. But that's another story.

[@elephant35e]

I was an engineering major at first, but then I switched out because I decided that I don't like to design stuff because I'm not good at using design software and because I don't have a creative imagination, which is needed when designing a new thing.

[@Aaliyah_Matyevna]

Can I have a creative mindset if I try?

[@unbeatable_oli9377]

Great vid, thanks

[@untersellen9666]

Awesome channel, I chose Computer Engineering thanks to you

[@stephonieunsunlee3764]

I did a triple major in Biology (Medical Technology track), Electrical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering Emphasis), and Physics (Physics track). It took 7 years with 1.5 years of medical leave. These majors helped prepare me for my PhD in Materials Science and Engineering. Physics is more theoretical while engineering is more applied.

[@blue-cs3fk]

How do you do multiple majors at once? What kind of colleges or universities offer such a program? Are the present all over the world? It would be great if you could let me know, because I've searched a lot on the internet and not found anything conclusive.

[@stephonieunsunlee3764]

@@blue-cs3fk Sorry for the late reply. Find a mentor/advisor who believes in you to do multiple majors at once. I graduated with honors with those triple majors and double minors in Chemistry/Mathematics. My mentor/advisor believed in me (R.I.P to her since she passed away years ago due to a sudden unexpected illness). Her husband and my mentor (a she) were my supervisors in my majors.

[@blue-cs3fk]

@@stephonieunsunlee3764 I'm grateful that you replied at all, so thank you so much. And thank you for the above as well, I'll see what i can do

[@stephonieunsunlee3764]

@@blue-cs3fk - You're welcome. Hope everything goes well for you in your journey to do multiple majors/minors.

[@blue-cs3fk]

@@stephonieunsunlee3764 thank you

[@JA-pm5yl]

Meanwhile, there's me, a media student watching this for no particular reason: 👁👄👁

[@user-qx5cn1si1q]

Optometry student here

[@mohammadzaid9608]

Your profile pic say everything

[@user-qx5cn1si1q]

@@mohammadzaid9608 😂👍

[@nickmiller76]

Could be worse. You could be doing Gender Studies.

[@lechatpain2656]

14 yr old here who's just getting into grade 9 watching this: 👁👄👁

[@DPrime]

this video helped a lot! thanks

[@yassinemeslouhi6348]

THANK YOU for this video

[@deepanshujindal6699]

Physics😍😍😘

[@moelester7971]

Eww

[@6subswith0vids80]

Cringe Oh you're from India. Self awareness hasn't reached y'all yet lol

[@yeastinchampagne440]

@@6subswith0vids80 where are you from Uganda bitch

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@6subswith0vids80 How him being an Indian affects his self awareness?! Oh you're just a bitch

[@yuvrajdhillon1036]

@@6subswith0vids80 Wtf how does being Indian relate to self awareness

[@spacecadet35]

As a Physicist/Engineer (B.Sc. and M.Sc.(Hons.) in Physics and Ph.D in Engineering.) for the vast majority of people it comes down to "You do Physics because you want to know how the Universe works and you do Engineering because you want to know what it is like to have money in your bank account." I have not met a physicist who has gone into physics expecting to make money out of it. But, if you want to do astronautics, there is no reason you cannot do a double major in physics and engineering.

[@sirencomposition4432]

So much interesting research!!!

[@RATUL123]

Best vedio with proper information ❤

[@jeangtech1830]

11:20 That seems like a basic high school level problem. Min 11:30 Wut?

[@baab4229]

I'm a physics major and had the exact same problem last week, just the smaller mass was on a sphere. I solved it using minimum amount of math and I don't understand why it's more complicated than that. If there is no friction why can't it just be described using regular position function? Can someone explain?

[@yassineselmi7714]

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[@hunterborman2887]

It's because the ramp is also moving. There is no friction between the ramp and the ground. We did a problem like this in AP Physics C though in highschool

[@rubensimon48]

We had the exact same problem in a test of fluid mechanics (i know, it apparently hasn't got anything yo do with the subject) on aerospace engineering. It's solved through the conservation of momentum law.

[@nadavron5460]

As long as you know basic motion along a curved surface and the conservation of momentum along the x axis of this it should take no more than a minute. He is an EE so maybe he didnt take many dynamics or mechanics classes

[@01LincLS]

This is exactly what I was wondering. Thank you. And I'm also curious, what's the difference between getting your 200 classes done at a community college vs university? I'm worried the 100-200 classes aren't as goos at community and when I get to university I'll be in trouble.

[@zachstar]

They are typically more difficult at a 4 year university but it's not like you won't be able to handle it. If you are in the U.S. especially where you might be spending tens of thousands of dollars to take those 100 and 200 level classes, you would honestly be fine to do those at CC and wait until University to take the upper division courses. I mean we take normal math classes for a long time and then people jump into AP/college level calculus and make it through. You'll be fine.

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

I'm a physicist who does engineering, working with physicists and engineers all the time. As far as I can tell, on average, community college and university don't differ much in quality of classes for first or second year. Some larger universities tend to take a mass-production approach to undergrads in their first two years - there are so many of them, and at least half are actually majoring in other fields such as pre-med, chemistry etc. Perhaps most of the instruction is from grad students as TAs not professors. But my undergrad education involved direct interaction. Quality varies wildly. Community college may be better for quality of professors not distracted by research papers and managing grad students. OTOH, some are part-timers who work in industry. That could be good or bad. Real-world experience in an instructor is great, but only if the instructor is also a great explainer. Quality varies wildly. In terms of the actual content covered, if you'll get to learn the same differential equations and what "eigenvalue" means, and the laws of thermodynamics and so on, as long as you stick with schools that are accredited and don't have a bad reputation, you'll get the same. Always read more than assigned, absorb knowledge from other source, to some extent you have to teach yourself topics you find interesting in addition to doing classes.

[@01LincLS]

@@DrunkenUFOPilot Wow, thanks for the reply. MajorPrep answered the question but you also pointed out things I've never considered, like professors leaving grad students to teach undergrad. Definitely gave me a better perspective. But from what both of you have told me I feel much more confident with my plans now. I always felt that when I transfer to a University the classes would be harder since at CC they don't seem to go into a lot of depth, just enough to get students to regurgitate it on the test. But the other point you brought up is many of those students won't actually be engineering or physics majors and don't particularly need to know it in that great of detail. I'm glad MajorPrep put this video out, it's the one I've been waiting for and I'm glad I got two very good and clear responses. Thank you both!

[@raffan2142]

Now I know that I tend to Mechanical Engineering. Thank you, nice video!! :))

[@soikatmaji4685]

Please make a video on engineering physics ...I love your channel

[@ravenousbasilisk5120]

oh man, wish i had passion and drive for learning

[@GDOrtiz]

7:08 the electron is not really spinning... the spin is an intrinsic characteristic

[@hasir_dh]

Very nce and informative video

[@davidsoto4394]

Zac star, this was a good video. I wish that I could study civil engineering but I can,t because my highschool did not prepare me for the math and science classes that are required for an engineering degree.

[@typhlosionisbest]

Go to community college and get your practice/credits there. It's less expensive to fail, and less students means help is usually more available.