My Path into Physics (at MIT)

[@tibees]

This inspired me to make more content about my own experience getting a physics degree. I'm doing a PhD in physics now

[@Matthew-qx7tl]

That's really cool, did you just start your PhD?

[@eidechsebernstein954]

I always love giving the 42nd like.

[@quahntasy]

Same here!

[@AbhishekSachans]

You are so inspiring.

[@MrBaldenegro]

You are so cool Tibee! I love your channel.

[@physicsgirl]

If you MUST know. (Y'all are a curious lot) My camera broke last week. 😭 Sent it in to Sony, still under warranty, then broke things in frustration, mostly toothpicks and Amazon boxes. I used an old camera and new audio setup this week. The audio was a nightmare to edit, and I gave up on it once in the current state. Not like I know much about audio anyways.. hence this post on twitter: twitter.com/thephysicsgirl/status/910663980946878464 Reupload was because of a minor error in the beginning I needed to fix. Aaaannd.... that's all for now, inquisitive folks!

[@owhs]

is that your sister @ 0:24 you two look so similar!!

[@physicsgirl]

Yup! She's a year older. But I'm 6 inches taller. 😏

[@NickKartha]

Physics Girl I'm really impressed you addressed this. Wow. You're now my favorite KZbin person.

[@Burfurd64]

Well, to tell you the truth, everyone on KZbin who re-uploads gets that question from somebody somehow. :P

[@ChrisB.C.]

Physics Girl lol wow how talk are you?

[@physicsgirl]

Would enjoy reading your stories in the comments. Have you gone to school? (Jabril's video talks about the totally reasonable option of finding a career first instead of school.) What did you decide to major in and why? Are you still thinking about school and wondering what to do with your life? Me too.

[@kinshukdua]

I'm currently in High School, I have Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology as my main subjects and I want to major in Physics, because I am really intrigued how thinks work and why they behave like they do, I also love mysteries and want to study and try to solve the world's greatest scientific mysteries.

[@jolulipa]

Felicidades! es bueno saber que mi país contribuyó a que el mundo tuviera tan buena informante de la ciencia. Seras bienvenida por siempre!

[@shivsethi4031]

Hey, Diana, I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I cannot tell you how much I can relate to this. I am young Diana. I'm struggling with a lot of things similar to what you talked about, and it would be a complete honor for me if you could help me out. Thanks. Shiv

[@am-wt3gl]

Physics Girl where’s the best place to ask a question that could lead to a video

[@brentvettel5343]

i ove your videos!. your awesome :)

[@Over9000_Dude]

"Learning physics and doing physics is a totally different thing" cant agree more with that

[@alexanderquilty5705]

Over9000_Dude It’s like a math puzzle in my opinion lol

[@Christian-mn8dh]

i don't understand. can you explain?

[@juliancamacho7232]

@@Christian-mn8dhBy doing physics she means doing research, publishing papers and such. Which is different than going to classes and taking exams.

[@hellomayuko]

Great video Dianna! Thanks for this video, it’s awesome that you had such great professors to support you through classes, I feel like that’s pivotal in your experience in learning something new. You’re such an inspiration ☺️

[@nagahumanbeingzooofparticl8836]

she told me to say thank you.😀

[@swastikbiswas8293]

How is your collab with TechLead the multimillionaire (ex-husband,ex-google, ex-facebook techlead) going?

[@erictaylor5462]

"I begged my math teacher to teach me pre-Calculus over the summer." That poor teacher. He was thinking about all the stuff he wanted to do over the summer, and he (or she) gave all of those things up, just because they wanted to help you get ahead. Do we ever REALLY appreciate the good teachers for what they sacrifice for our education? And now YOU have become a teacher, teaching all us poor sods about physics. I want to make sure you understand how much I personally appreciate you. I just wish I could afford to support you in Patriaon, but I really can't. I'm sorry for that, but if there is anything I can do for you, please let me know.

[@physicsgirl]

It's true. 😂 He probably wanted nothing to do with teaching for 3 peaceful months. You support me by watching, thank you for THAT!

[@pencilonpaper1026]

I'm not a poor sod lol

[@jamesbra4410]

Einstein wanted to be a teacher. He instead got a real job and discovered Relativity in his spare time. If Einstein only got to educate a bunch of coddled brats, then he would be of real worth then. For me, if you don't want to go into physics to contribute some academic intellectual information to the field, then might as well get in the bathroom lines for the engineering jobs and teaching jobs.

[@NIIIIQQ]

@@jamesbra4410 he actually did tudor people for a while prior to his patent job and he met some great friends doing that which led to his club where they would get together and go over new ideas and papers which in turn helped lead to his 3 revolutionary papers.

[@anshum1675]

There is patreon now, so you can support her

[@mrdrprof8402]

Man, I admire your attitude towards everything, you bring an energy that makes anything you touch just wonderful. I also envy your high school experience. My physics teacher crushed my spirit. It just shows how much impact a good or bad teacher can have on one's education and life.

[@physicsgirl]

Thank you! I know how lucky I was to have such enthusiastic teachers. Kathy Jones, man. She was the best.

[@billyhomeyer7414]

You must have had great parents too. Pretty much I raised myself since I was five yrs old.

[@Jabrils]

Dianna thanks for this awesome origin story upload! 2 questions, 1- Who is that ultra cool interviewer? & 2- How do I break this seat switching loop? 😐

[@Indi_DevJames]

Second time I've watched this first time I noticed this comment I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@twentyfirstcenturygothic]

I'm a freshman in high school right now, and I want to be a physicist and MIT is my dream school. I've wanted to be a physicist since 3rd grade when I watched Cosmos for the first time. I Really hope I can do it. Wish me luck!

[@nishantjangid7004]

Best of luck,me too making efforts for a PhD position in germany

[@FlyingSavannahs]

Of course you can succeed! While I'm not versed in the specifics, I would reach out to MIT students and grads to learn what their application strategies were. I'm presuming you're referring to the latest Cosmos incarnation? I also was inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos at the same age as you are now! How cool is that? I was equally impressed with Neil and Anne's redux and am glad to hear your positive reaction to the series. 🤩🔭🌘🎆 AR - BS Physics '82, University of Wisconsin - River Falls - MS Physics '85, Michigan State University

[@thomasgriffith1479]

If you want to get into a school like MIT make sure you have something to offer MIT other than a high GPA and SAT, do something spectacular as an extracurricular, that’s a way to really help get into the top schools.

[@yaswanthpakalapati9994]

Luck wouldn't add anything for you , hard work pays off .

[@yaswanthpakalapati9994]

@Scott Roth the luck can be interpreted in several ways , an absolute luck which stays with a human and cause good things for them is the one which I don't believe . Being lucky means getting benefit from random events is just an incident favoured us . It has to be distinguished clearly . I think u are suggesting the second one , I have no problem with that .

[@JesseMcCall]

I can relate to your story on so many levels. I did quite well in high school (always taunted and labeled as being an overachiever/teacher's pet), went to college and tried everything -- psychology, premed, criminal justice/criminology, prelaw, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics -- and finally ended up having my parents plea for me to just finish school (they weren't paying for it...they just wanted me to commit to a major). They wanted one - I decided to go for two. Go big or go home, right? (I really should've just gone home) I decided to finish with a dual degree in criminal justice and computer engineering (with a focus on embedded systems) with minors in math, physics, and electrical engineering. The reasons why I chose those degrees were, at the end of the day, they produced both interesting and well-paying jobs. Engineering, specifically, interested me because I was empowered with the ability to create and impact a multitude of people at once. To my parents' dismay, however, I went on to get my master's in electrical engineering with a focus on controls. Even though my parents wanted, so desperately, for me to get out, they always supported me. I remember growing up -- they'd let me take apart appliances, toys, cars, etc. and let me figure out how the parts all fit together and worked to make something magical and useful. I'm gainfully employed (you're welcome, mom and dad!)! Like you, my biggest problem with academia (and, specifically, the research route) was that you have to work on a single project for YEARS. I worked for my univesity while I was in undergrad and I could never wrap my head around how Ph.D. students and research faculty did it -- they'd work on one problem for months; sometimes years. I always admired, and sometimes envied, their passion but I don't think I could commit my career to working on the same problem day in and day out for years-on-end. I can pinpoint the reason why I fell so in love with math, physics, and engineering. It was because of my math teacher. Most of my school (including my older brothers) thought she was mean and too strict but I thought she was awesome. I had her for 7/8ths of my high school career -- everything from advanced algebra to calculus. She always made me strive to do better. Math was the first class where I felt like I could relate to a teacher by simply staring at a problem on a board. There were 4 of us in my Calculus classes. We'd all sit there, student and teacher alike, silently staring at half-solved problems on the board, trying to figure out which step to take next or what idea to pull out of our toolbox in order to progress. Math is a powerful drug.

[@apotarik]

I love physics because it also has math and electrical engineering within it. I remember my first attempt to apply what I learned from my physics class in highschool was a little bit embarrassing. When my scooter battery fails, I tried to replace my battery by a capacitor. I computed the required energy and come up with a value that is in farad. I go to an electronic store and ask the salesman for a capicitor of the size I want. Salesman told me there might be a mistake about the value. I argue with him and told there is no mistake because I'm certain about the equation I use. Then he explain to me that capacitors are packaged at standard size with units mostly in microfarad. To have a capacitor with a unit in farad, he told me it might be as big as a school bus. I then realize why cars uses a battery to store energy instead of a capacitor. 😁

[@8923903910]

Awesome man. Really cool✌️

[@calicoesblue4703]

Wow, You argued with a man trying to help you. You a-hole.

[@TrainTsarFun]

I switched from Computer Science to Electrical Engineering and ended up with in Physics. My big reason for changing was when I read in a paper that showed a lot were dissatisfied with Electrical Engineering careers. Physics is fun but you do need to find that special focus to find a career in it. If I had it to do all over again I would have bought a camcorder earlier - so many things I experienced and I never thought to film it or even take pictures. I had the skills to do the job I currently have with the education I received in middle school and my personal interest in electronics. I love problem solving and figuring out why thinks are not working (my job is repaying E911 equipment). Science has always been something I love and more of a hobby than a career. I'm glad I'm not the only person with a physics degree that has the occasional mishap with audio on a KZbin video 😜😎

[@craigcorson3036]

Happy Birthday, Jabril! I hope it was a nice one.

[@Jabrils]

much love Craig, thank you :)

[@abbasabbasli3460]

Its okay to be smart

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Diana has a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way to go to be at the level of that awesome channel.

[@alveolate]

but she's a girl :D

[@coolpeenvideos7391]

its not okay to think you're smart when you really aren't

[@paracetamol256]

It is INKHREDIBLE to be smart.

[@753238]

It's okay to be more confident. The best leaders aren't afraid to die, but are good at commanding non-sense. A 2 digit Iq commands 5 Iq. Fuing mint

[@ascetic3312]

NERDS... ...are the best.

[@HorseLegend]

No

[@avimohan6594]

Would you like to begin the sentence with "We"?

[@TheM4rster]

But they don't smell the best.

[@kishorerawat9801]

💪

[@antaresguitar]

Relatable

[@firelord84]

I will back up the idea of getting help. When I was progressing through math as an astrophysics major, my grades were consistently going down as I went higher, until I had to drop Calc III half way through or face that I could flunk. I just wasn’t getting it and I was starting to consider changing my major. The next semester I went to the office hours for my 2nd try at Calc III all the time. It made a huge difference and suddenly, I got it. Finished that class with an A and never had to worry about failing a math class again in the higher levels. Getting that hep was definitely a game changer

[@shantanudrew429]

From "top of the class" to "happy to pass" awwwwee

[@roytee3127]

At the top universities, everyone was a standout at the top of their class in high school. Being brilliant is just average.

[@joetyler835]

@@roytee3127 word...

[@JosheyG34]

My undergrad physics gave me alcoholism and depression But dat 3.8.

[@BlackStarSeries]

JosheyG34 dude those low GPAs of being a physics major

[@iaagg]

LOL.

[@thefluke79]

Correlation does not imply causation

[@JosheyG34]

What?

[@MasterNeiXD]

thefluke79 Except when it does.

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I went to college for physics, and during my sophmore year me and several of my friends switched from physics to computer science, mainly because we realized that all the best jobs in physics required a masters degree, and we weren't sure we could afford to go for a masters degree. Since then I've had the impression that people who come from a physics background make the best programmers. 🙂

[@LordCoeCoe]

*Laughs in free/state funded university (European)* Hehe

[@maeve1113]

Hey Diana! This really resonated with me because I'm a physics major currently in my 3rd year and the biggest thing I learned from my physics research was that I didn't want to do it for the rest of my life. I worked for CERN which has a lot of coding in it and that's where I discovered I wanted to go into industry or do coding. Thanks for sharing! It's nice hearing the story of another female physicist.

[@3d_printer_go_brrrrr]

Thank you! You're an inspiration for me!

[@NickKartha]

Aditya Ghume She inspires me too. I think I'm going to study Statistical Mechanics because of this video.

[@WadeBaune]

I think what I really like about you tube is passionate people and people being able to explore their passion. You would be one of them! Thank you for all your hard work and sharing with us.

[@Yhabd87579jd]

She makes me so happy hahaha I feel proud of seeing a girl doing so well along with other girls in STEM!

[@rogerhwerner6997]

As an undergraduate and graduate student, I spent so much time working one on one with professors I couldn't begin to estimate the hours. I was fortunate in attending schools with low faculty-student ratios in classes. I attended a private New England college and there were times that professors held classes in their home living rooms. Getting to know my professors on a personal level provided important emotional support for me during my 11 years of university.

[@rosamaringuerrero1685]

I feel like americans are so lucky to have such prestigious universities even though your high school level is not that good (it's not like the level in Spain is much better tbh). I intend to study physics at the UAM (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) which is considered the best for physics as of this year but I feel like my degree will never be worth as much as one from MIT or other american ir european unis 😑

[@ramonmassoni9657]

Rosa Marín Guerrero Hola! No te preocupes, si realmente te apasiona lo que haces vas a llegar donde quieras :) Si te puedo dar un consejo, la clave está en poder hacer prácticas durante el verano en algun tema que te haya motivado durante el curso. Esto te va a ayudar a desarrollarte muy bien en un campo y a conseguir el apoyo de profesores importantes en el mismo. A partir de ahí lo tendrás muy bien para hacer un master/doctorado en los USA ;)

[@touchestoomuch]

actually, high schools in the US are quite good in a lot of places

[@alexandrefernandes6084]

I feel like you have no idea of how lucky you are. I live in Brazil, and I've just finished highschool here and got admited into a university. I did very well in my SAT equivalent and actually passed in first place (thats how the system works around here, only your score determines whether you pass or not). My university is called UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and it is the best in the region by quite a fair margin. Yet, acording to QS Rankings it is only between 601-650 in the international ranking. Sure, the best univerity in my whole country, USP (Universidade de São Paulo) places much better, at 118, but there is no way I could do their SAT equivalent (every university have their own test), because it would require me to travel very far and do a test I wasn't prepared for (as in my school we obviously studied for the UFRGS test). What I mean by this story is that you really shoudn't worry about attending to an increadibly good university (159º), which I'm sure has a very high level of education, while people in Latin America, Africa and Asia have literally NO WAY of getting a nearly as good education. Like, you are super fine, don't worry.

[@northernskies86]

Graduate school is what matters, especially if you want a job in STEM. I’m currently a senior applying to not so prestigious universities but plan on going to Caltech or MIT for graduate school. At the end, a degree is a degree, and institutions won’t care about where you went for undergrad. This is my opinion so don’t get so defensive please.

[@alexanderquilty5705]

Rosa Marín Guerrero Why not try coming to MIT?

[@abigailtrainor]

Nice hair tie watch (at 1:48)! 👌🏼 Also, thanks for sharing your experience. It was cool to see your transcript and see all the different classes you took. I'm not alone. lol. You hit on some good points that are relevant for any student, aka getting help from teachers and making sure you understand concepts really well.

[@jose10garcia]

You're very inspirational, keep up the great work

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[@BpEoEnRg87]

I wish I saw this when I was younger. I only realized or maybe accepted that I was a nerd a few years ago. I really enjoy both of your channels. Thanks for all the great content.

[@dannystevens2818]

Thank you for telling how your experience went getting into your field. Hopefully I'm still around to show this to my grand daughter when she gets old enough to decide what she wants to be and/or do.

[@jsamsen]

Thanks Dianna. My daughter just entered college as a freshman although her interests are more natural sciences rather than physical sciences which is why her goal is to be a nurse practitioner. She was good about approaching her teachers for help when needed. I'm going to send her a link to this so she can hear your comments about importance of reaching out to your professors and other resources when you need academic help.

[@temp_name_change_later]

Wow, a lot of what you said resonates with what I'm going through right now as a high school junior. I've been considering a ton of majors, but physics has been just a little above the others along with math. MIT is actually my top choice school too, hopefully I can get in and follow in your footsteps!

[@kedarjoshi8206]

I was fascinated by physics when I was 13. Used to watch many documentaries and videos and stuff. But wasn't until end of high school that I realised I wanna proceed career in physics. So I kinda messed up as the dates for undergrad physics admissions had already passed. So I'm taking (have to) a drop this year and start my undergrad from next year.. PS. I wanna major somewhere in particle physics.. But I find astrophysics fascinating too.

[@aryanbista747]

How's it going?Replyyyyy

[@Hcbyte]

How's it going?

[@paulmasella1616]

As a retired nerd, I love your show and your bubbly persona that you apply to your admiration of scientific discovery.

[@calicoesblue4703]

I really liked this interview. Very chill & laid back. Nice!

[@F1mus]

I was the same graduation class as you at MIT, and I took 8.012 as well. Literally took the same exam that you showed in your video, which is kind of interesting. But instead of your 35, I got a 20!

[@SuperTonic09]

I was never thrilled about Physics in High School -and neither at the start of my college years, until an electromagnetic moment. While taking a PHY Lab course, my team didn’t do pretty good during a presentation, but I was determined to get a better grade. I asked the professor if I could have another try, maybe with a different experiment, although at that split second I don’t know what or how. Thinking I was opting for something easy, I mentioned an electric guitar pickup, and how it converts the movement of the string(s) into an electrical signal that can be amplified. She nodded quietly, and said “go on” with curious tilt of her head. For the first time in that class I was passionate about explaining something I loved, and that turned into a phenomena in itself. Also a grade bump too. From your Dominican fan, número uno!

[@ChaseBlanchette]

I don't normally comment on KZbin videos, but this is one video where I think I'm going to break that mold. A lot of what you said in this video resonated with me, and your high school experience reminds me a lot of mine. I've always loved math, and have fallen in love with physics in high school, but I've also had interests in other fields like software and electrical engineering, and even chemistry and economics. I've gotten to the point where I'm looking to see where I'd like to attend college, but I'm not sure what fields I'd like to go into or what schools I like to attend. Your story about the contrast between schools like Stanford or Harvard and MIT, and what it's like to actually do research in physics, helped me a lot in considering what I'd like to do and where I'd like to go. The discussion of job opportunities was nice too - people are always talking about how many jobs are out there for a software engineer, but I'm always on the lookout for ways to incorporate physics into a career, and you seem to have done a very good job of that :D As someone who's not really sure where to take his next step, it's very helpful for me to see the path someone else took, and the choices they made. Thank you so much for making this video! I don't know if you'll ever see this comment, regardless, but I felt that a thank you was in order anyway. It was also neat to see a few of the problems from tests you'd taken and wonder if maybe I could pass physics at MIT :)

[@physicsgirl]

Thanks for commenting, though out of character for a Rubik's cube. There are a lot of jobs that combine various field if you look. I say that, but I have no idea where one looks... And I'm glad you found something useful here. That's the reason Jabril and I made these vids! I know they won't resonance with everyone, but it's nice for people to have many different stories and paths took look at - including people who didn't even choose school in the end! And I also considered putting more of the test questions somewhere in case people wanted to try them. :) Not sure where though...

[@ChaseBlanchette]

Yeah if you do put those test questions up somewhere, I'd love to try them! Although they seem like they wouldn't be as fun if I was actually taking the test... And thanks for responding! It's nice to see KZbinrs interacting with their viewers :D

[@imranq9241]

This is so inspiring ! I loved physics in high school , but ended up doing math in college

[@kevincartalla2393]

she is so inspiring. It always reminds me why I am taking DMD. Science is my favorite subject I appreciate art. and that's why dentistry is a good course for me. I love it but I don't always ace it. The love to my field doesn't always guarantee my academic excellency but it makes me proud and finish it until the end.

[@binky2819]

Dianna hablas Español!? Nunca me lo habría imaginado! Cuánto tiempo estuviste en la República Dominicana? We learned so much from you in this video :D

[@physicsgirl]

Si! Lo leo mucho mejor que lo hablo. :D Pasé seis meses (hace 11 años jeje)

[@binky2819]

Lo puedes hablar bien! Aunque se te note un acento pero no importa jaja. Saludos desde México!

[@nbensa]

Yo escribo en inglés mucho mejor de lo que lo hablo :-) Greetings from Argentina!

[@DA-wr9uy]

Dianna, you share my self reflection of my career and love for physics. I love you for doing your videos and hope I get to do something like you when I grow up.

[@azlib77]

This suggests that MIT is not the pressure cooker, hyper-competitive place many people think it is. Or maybe it is, but that it has a heart as well as a brain.

[@pidayrocks2235]

It's hyper-competitive to get in... not competitive from the inside, though. People are mostly competing against expectations they set for themselves based on what others are doing around them (and based on their own desires, of course).... but it is absolutely not a "cut-throat" environment. Everyone truly helps each other and the amount of peer support is unbelievable. Definitely not what I was expecting but I'm always happy to be pleasantly surprised haha.

[@no-body-nobody]

it's not iit type factory...

[@youtubehandlesareridiculous]

@@pidayrocks2235 Thats good to hear! I didn't apply for a variety of reasons such as I had a stereotype of MIT being this depressing stressful place, it's far from my home, and I probably would not have gotten accepted. In the end, I chose UIUC, which seems like it will be a nice environment, I have yet to start.

[@Malmo117]

So glad you took the physics Plath and are sharing your knowledge. Thank you🌸🙏😎

[@kinpatu]

I've been working as an EE for 22 years. I agree that EE is much more applicable to the career path; however, some of the best embedded software engineers I've ever worked with have degrees in Physics, not Computer Science.

[@michaelbayerl1683]

I totally identify with your struggles at Uni. I had a similar experience with my advanced mathematics courses at University of Michigan. I did great in calculus and then bombed my first test in linear algebra. Thankfully, I had the same instructor for both courses (UC Berkeley grad.), so he called me out. We worked together and I struggled through linear algebra and then I made my way through differential equations. He taught me that instructors really care about students' learning and all you have to do is ask for help! Once I had finished these courses, I bailed out of Engineering School and wound up with a B.S. in Biology and then and M.D. degree. I still use the principles I learned in Calculus/Linear Algebra/ Diff Eq. every day of my life. It makes me a better physician.

[@DaHaiZhu]

Wow. So nice you had a real physics class in high school. Our teacher was actually the football coach. :(

[@someone-en1gg]

😂😂😂😂

[@shaku997]

😂 😂 Wtf was he good at teaching??

[@enchantmentoverride2521]

Sameeeee

[@anilkumarsharma1205]

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[@anilkumarsharma1205]

apply all the equation of thermodynamically correlated equation with physical quantities and molecular mass of air and chemistry related with physical energy possessed per second per kg per degree celsius per body mass index per body surface area par kg weight par kg food intake now you have so many par, fly with your par, like fur fur par par all these calculations gives you wings and swings😀😀😀😁😁😁

[@jnbriss8517]

Aviation is my first passion. I got accepted in a flight school college degree right after high school. With a flawless timing for my graduation, my first company just started a program where they would hire right out of college. I started to fly for a regional airline, right away. With a decent income and tons of time off, I wasn't seeing myself stopping my education curriculum there. I started a certificate in aeronautical engineering, which was more or less the equivalent of a minor. I was looking at doing a mechanical engineering degree, but my university was demanding too much of a commitment for my schedule and I couldn't reconcile my job and this program. So I kept on looking at other options and found atmospheric sciences. I liked my meteorology classes in flight school and I thought it could become a relevant asset to use for a possible second revenue source, or a less traditionnal path for a commercial pilot. Here I start my undergrad degree, a BSc with a major in atmospheric sciences. Being a branch of physics, I realized how curious I was for this field overall. You can find physics to be the root of anything that you will ever experience in the universe, which fascinated me. I minored in physics. Although I loved those two fields of study, I felt I was moving away a bit from my first passion, and I couldn't see how I could wrap all my experience into a unique job. At this point, I was also trying to get into flight testing. In order to move closer to my goal, I enrolled into a MASc in aeronautical engineering, which I'm just about to me done with (last two semesters). My research is on flight control systems. Because all my experiments are simulated, I've developped my skills around modelling, simulation and control theory, and consequently, computer programming. In the mean time, I got hired at a legacy carrier and now fly all across North America and a bit of Central America. It would be pretty hard to quit the job that I have now because of the wage, the working conditions and the pension are too good. It would be hard for me to find something equivalent anywhere else. But, I do believe I'll be able to have a secondary occupation with all my experience, at some point in the future. It could be a personal project with computer programming. In my city, there are a few aircraft simulation companies, some side-work could be a possibility. A bit like you, I don't love only one field, but I love to learn and develop many different skills. AI is at the top of my list when I complete my masters' degree. Keep up the good work, I like your channel!

[@ProBilogo]

I'm currently doing physics engineering in Italy, my home land, but I wish I could do a PhD in Physics after graduation. I like your confidence btw

[@johnspisak9729]

You could talk about grass growing or paint drying and I would be interested.

[@Kembaraku]

I like physics, ended up as a Mechanical Engineer

[@kk-qb3cj]

Same here bro 😓

[@dalitshiv834]

SHAME!

[@Lasersplitter]

I can't tell you how much this is helping me right now. I began to study electrical engineering in germany a year ago and so far I'm having a really hard time. I failed two tests because of test anxiety (which I never had at school), I have trouble asking people for help and I feel like every hour of studying is hell even though I loved most of the subjects before university. The way you described your experience got me thinking about embracing the whole university-experience and taking classes out of interes and not necessity. Thank you.

[@shivsethi4031]

Hey, Diana, I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I cannot tell you how much I can relate to this. I am younger Diana. I'm struggling with a lot of things similar to what you talked about, and it would be a complete honor for me if you could help me out. Thanks. Shiv

[@CaptainObvious0000]

whoa. you mean younger diana :D

[@valerieashinn]

I love Dianna. She's so amazing and inspiring. I've always loved physics, but sometimes I go through difficult emotional spirals. There is something about her energy and love for physics that always helps pull me out and rediscover my love for knowledge and physics specifically. I wish I had decided to major in physics a long time ago. I spent a long time not knowing what I was doing at the university and it definitely brought me down for awhile. I totally relate to her love of the way physicists think, the more I got into it the more I recognized how much that matched my way of thinking. I tend to be really introverted though, and when I struggle in class I tend to shut down. It's like one bad score is going to ruin my entire degree. I really appreciate Dianna being so open and honest, it's extremely helpful.

[@jebbo-c1l]

Thanks alot, super helpful as a 2nd year Physics student struggling atm.

[@micarodriguez2133]

I recently graduated from Wellesley College with a Physics degree. I relate to your story a lot!!!!! I did a focus on Mathematical Physics and now I'm in the Civil Engineering Field. I love both so much!

[@Nexus2Eden]

I love videos like this - I find it really fascinating to learn about other's journey to what they do or love to do. I started off my career in the Fine Arts (first degree) and later in life ended up becoming a Molecular Biologist (second degree), because like Dianna, I had so many interests and feared being stuck doing just one thing my entire life. Can't say as I've been as successful as Dianna, but love hear her real world journey to where she is at and how important support is in that journey. Keep up the great work Physics Girl!

[@S3dINS]

I didn’t get eager about learning until years after leaving school. School in UK isn’t about student learning though, it’s about the schools scoring points. I regret not being more studious when I was much younger.

[@Cardgames4children]

I started liking math since the day we first learned how to solve linear equations in 7th grade (we actually had a sub who just gave us a sheet and we pretty much had to do it ourselves, and I'm sitting there like "... what do you do, just guess n check?" but then the next day our teacher showed us a logical way/procedure to solve all of them. That's what drew me in.Then all throughout HS I would shut myself out and just read dr math and math "armchair books". I really enjoyed its beauty and wanted to see a simpler, more intuitive path as to why theorems worked the way they did (Basel problem is my favorite). I wanted math to seem more intuitive.In my undergrad classes (majored in math lolz), I realized that we sometimes "relearn" the same concepts and what not. I just ended up more confused after I graduated than when I entered, with all my naiveness. I wanted to know roughly in what order to learn concepts once and for all, and in an intuitive, non circular-seeming way. And apart from that, a lot of subtle things would confuse me also (one thing was why, when doing "set equality proofs" we use both the same letter in showing inclusion and the reverse inclusion. I later learned that it was because of "quantifier scope").So my ultimate goal is to understand in an intuitive way why it is that math works, and to be able to start from the bottom (some reasonable bottom...) and build it back up (not formally, since incompleteness doesn't allow you, but just in an "informally rigorous" way). I want to see why its theorems work, and where they reasonably come from. Plus, I have OCD, so my need for organization and seeing perfection in objects is what runs my life really.Ps, I also do like physics, but it would just confuse me too damn much in subtle ways. I mean, math does too, but at least we have exact definitions and such in math, making it somewhat more manageable! :P

[@physicsgirl]

That's a great story. I love the moment of, "... what do you do, just guess n check?" I think it's those moments of dumbfounded confusion when you actually try to come up with a solution on your own, then hear the real trick that makes you go, "Ohhh!" And then you want to know more.

[@Cardgames4children]

Thanks! The way you described it is precisely how I felt back then. That's when the self (math) study began. Usually I feel like I'm just wasting my time in trying to understand things that precisely for math's beauty's sake, and that I should just move on to other things "irrelevant details that are ultimately unimportant". But no. If I do move on, I just know that I will be uncontent with myself, and then what's the point? I need to push on with my understanding until I am sufficiently content with myself, however long that may take. I want to know what is possible, not what is practical! Btw, I always have felt that most of my ocd, if not already latent with me, began when I started building Legos as a child. I have never seen such beauty in objects until I have seen some of those Technic models (8480, the shuttle, being my absolute favorite!). :O

[@Seamemaria]

Hi Diana! I started studying marine biology, because the ocean was always a passion of mine. For a long time I had never imagined myself doing anything else. Now I am doing my PhD and am really enjoying it. However what comes after that , I´m still figuring it out. I think the cycle of figuring stuff out is just endless. Your passion for science really transpires through your videos. Thank you very much =)

[@physicsgirl]

I FEEL THAT, I LOVE the ocean! Did you grow up near the ocean? I mainly enjoy it for sports, but I have such admiration for people who have managed to get jobs that take them SCUBA diving. :D Good luck on your path to your PhD, and it's really cool you're doing both science and some SciComm on KZbin!

[@Seamemaria]

Thank you so much for your reply. =D Yes I grew up by the ocean in Lisbon (capital of Portugal). I also really love ocean related sports, I used to surf once in a while while I still lived in Portugal and I go diving or snorkeling whenever I can. yeah haha I decided to share a bit of the ocean and of this science life here on youtube, it is a lot of fun, but still just a beginner. I really get a lot of inspiration from other scientific communicators such as you, so thanks a lot for that =)

[@hunterhenryk]

You didn't choose Physics. Physics chose you. If Comp Sci had chosen you instead though, you'd be rich right now.

[@maxbell9723]

Hunter Henryk You don’t need a comp sci degree to do software engineering way late btw

[@deletevil]

computer science stopped making you rich since a long time lol

[@mukundathakur5097]

@@deletevil is a doctor or a computer science major richer

[@Ascorbicon]

Thank you for this! I love science as well, never got so much into math for various reasons but I know enough to get by. In High School, I hated Chemistry but after my 1st year at the University of Texas at Austin, I loved it. I ended up adding BioChemistry to my Cell and Molecular Biology degree so I'm currently double majoring. Anyway, I love that you added the important message about mental health. As a 1st generation college student, I didn't have anyone to directly ask for help. I didn't know much about University or the midterm process. I felt like I didn't belong among people whose parents were lawyers, doctors or scientists. I was determined to prove myself wrong and I was going to do anything for a 4.0 GPA, which came at the expense of my mental health. I'm glad you kept an open dialogue about your college experience.

[@MarkProffitt]

GET HELP! If help is available use it. I never had any help with anything. It was & still is a huge barrier to me. I'm forced to avoid some things because it is impossible by myself.

[@onehitpick9758]

This provides great insight into the art of being genuinely interested in science. I really appreciate the content on this channel.

[@evanward5045]

Long story short: She's good at math, and it took her a few jobs to figure out what to do with it. Story of every physicists life👍

[@shouryamandal1356]

🤐🤐🤐🤐

[@rachidvanheyningen]

Teachers are so so influential and good ones are so so important

[@ruslangogoah9021]

Why did everyone pause the video at 0:47

[@raysmith1414]

to see her wonderful photoshop skills

[@bastawa]

I didn't I had to rewind from 0:53 and then pause the video at 0:47

[@nickdiamond7595]

Ruslan Gogoah to see the all the courses she took. Check it out. Physics Girl is the sh..

[@goldenduck7294]

to beat their meat

[@yvangogh6655]

the most boring mit transcript i have ever seen

[@CuseCutie1]

I have my BS in Physics and a BS in Radiation Therapy and loved both programs…I agree with the music aspect and how we think mathematically therefore it really helps with problem solving…I also studied violin for 12 years lol

[@astherphoenix9648]

Not really doing Physics but Engineering at Oxford because i wasn't sure what do but loved math and science. Tbh never imagined i'd get there. But it's moslty peeps around me like my family, friends, teachers, other staff at school. Hell i would not even haved applied there. i had a spare slot and my mom wanted me to try. So i did and it worled out

[@vinayseth1114]

Cool. So how's Oxford different from other colleges? More rigorous, I suppose?

[@verdatum]

I love that she showed the exam that she bombed, and even appeared to show some of the questions. But what I WANTED to see where the questions that she got wrong; she just showed an excerpt that she got right...I wonder if this was intentional, and how consciously or subconsciously so :) Number one rule of winning at college: OFFICE HOURS. They do two things, they give you one-on-one instruction with some super-wise people, and they get your professor to know you, know that you care, and if you do it right, get you to like you. If you REALLY want to crunch it, then attend office hours early and decently often. In project-heavy courses (software!) they tend to have a TA run help area. Go there too. Good TAs are frequently better at teaching topics than tenured professors. Profs have often understood topics they teach for such a large proportion of their lives that they've forgotten what it was like to not yet understand the concept; and what details are needed to reframe your worldview. Physics and math in particular really does rewire your brain and gets you to see things in a completely different manner than what you intuit of the world around you. And that is one of the critical things you get out of a STEM education. I majored in CS at UMD and UMBC. I have an undergrad degree. I'd love to go back to school, but the real world pays me too well with my current situation. I dream of quitting it all and becoming a full time educator, because I love the experience of making people "get it". But, again, short of selling my house or hitting retirement age, those numbers are unlikely to crunch. I'm so grateful for the people like Dianne who are able to make a life out of it! It clearly took her a lot of hard work to get to where she is today.

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

Whats with the speed?

[@NickKartha]

jojojorisjhjosef What's wrong with the speed? Nothing.

[@HikerHansen]

jojojorisjhjosef It may be noise cancellation. The lapel audio may have went out or sounded terrible at some parts, so they cut to the camera audio which may have been noisy.

[@Dsiefus]

It feels like the video has been accelerated to me.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

You're right - they're trying to reduce the boredom, still the most boring Physics Girl video ever.

[@sidvlpr]

thanks man, i thought i was trippin for real.

[@RC-oq1yk]

I think this video is very helpful for those who may be struggling , not just academically, to ask for help. I like your enthusiasm.

[@theodorechandra8450]

I just did a interference experiment using laser and beam splitter in my lab because it's fun and I'm bored perks of being a physics (engineering physics in my case) student at uni

[@oops3266]

About to start my degree in physics at the University of Nottingham. No idea where that will go, but it's got to go somewhere.

[@side_line_0]

I've always loved science but I kind of got bullied a lot and got made fun of so I guess I kind of stoped studying but I still love science and I really want to be better and start studying again and become amazing at math, pysics.....

[@Komier09]

Just hop on Khan Academy and start at cal 1. If you develop some strong math skills, the math of undergrad science becomes pretty easy.

[@NickKartha]

Hey, I really have nothing better to do. Want help learning math, physics or anything else that's science? Tweet to @Nick_Kartha or hit me a request mail at nick.kartha@gmail

[@theflaggeddragon9472]

Don't let that stop you! I literally do maths for fun, the most bullyable thing you can imagine and now I'm in university studying maths and having the time of my life!

[@itsovernerdthousand9701]

You shouldn't let people get to you. You should do what you love, regardless.

[@theboombody]

In college I was a math undergrad and a powerlifter so I didn't worry too much about getting bullied. But all that time in the gym really hurt my math ability. I never became great at math and just stayed mediocre. Now I'm in the accounting world instead of the science world. And I'm too old to lift heavy in the gym anymore. Still, it was worth it. I had a good time.

[@pullybungieharder]

The freshman year is pass/fail at MIT. It reduces a lot of despair for students used to getting easy A's all their life, and encourages trying lots of different things your freshman year. And yeah, the overlapping programs at MIT are cool, I did bio-electrical engineering, which was where all the pre-meds were because MIT didn't have a pre-med program back then.

[@Ken.-]

"My Path into Physics (at MIT)" To be followed up by - "My Path into Vidoes (at KZbin)

[@nyyotam4057]

Diana, you're an amazing person. Go on doing what you do.

[@mustafakeblawi6450]

What's up with the audio?!

[@mustafakeblawi6450]

Well speach is understandable but how it sounds changes frequently throughout the video. For instance it gets echoey at some point and then returns normal, so on so forth.

[@mustafakeblawi6450]

That's the firts thing that came to my mind :]

[@michealomeachair6520]

Thanks for making this video so that I can show it to my daughters! I don't care what they decide to do, as long as they're happy (and safe!), so being able to give them a flavour of what's ahead (from disciplines different to my own) is invaluable! thanks, thanks, thanks! #thanks :-D

[@josearribas9375]

Your Spanish is by far better than my English, we have a lot of stupid Verb tenses

[@physicsgirl]

De acuerdo.

[@insanelygeek7956]

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[@grzegorzcichosz8240]

I'm at high school right now at maths, physics and computer scince profiled class and it is quite a difficult decision on chosing the thing to study. Thankfully I have 2 more years to decide

[@BrunoRegno]

Wow! You speak excellent spanish!

[@Tiogar60]

Microphone quality changed more often than my career paths

[@elbarto172]

I've always loved physics in high school, and I've always been called the teachers pet because of my wild interest in physics. I've always passed tests with the best score, and I've even made a project with CERN where I analyzed the data searching for the Higg's Boston. I'm starting college in two weeks, and I'm taking Computer Science. That's been a hard choice, I've always loved physics and tech, but the researcher or the teacher career never appealed to me. I've has people tell me that with a physics degree you could even so CS jobs, but at that point if I wanted to do such jobs I'd be more prepared as a CS student.

[@geromep5383]

Omg project with CERN? that's amazing! Can you share details?

[@davidpeterson5135]

Get well, Diana!❤

[@kavinash7044]

Your past, interests and attitude matched with mine, so I think I would also become a physics enthusiast in future

[@mikolajwojnicki2169]

I can't decide if I should study physics or engineering at university. Does anyone have some advice or experience related to them?

[@dutchik5107]

Mikolaj Wojnicki well I have neither. I'm a highschooler going for lab school. but she did say. career wise, engineering is easier to find a job with. which is also.important.

[@oluchukwuokafor7729]

Do Engineering, its more impactful.

[@MarcoBarroca]

I would say that Physicists are more curious than practical. Go for Engineering if you like more practical problem solving and Physics if you are more interested in how and why nature works. Physicists want to understand nature, engineers want to harness that understanding for practical reasons.

[@jpconley5618]

This video was really great. I’m currently studying an undergraduate degree in mathematical physics and love watching your videos.

[@UnknownSend3r]

*with* a PhD

[@derekantrican]

Now with notifications everyone finds out about reuploads ;)

[@NickKartha]

Derek Antrican I saw too. Was there any difference between the two uploads?

[@timemachineoutput]

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[@JoJohns85]

I am just now discovering your content and it is really good. It appears that this video was filmed/posted 4 years ago so I’m a little late to the comments. I have studied physics and mathematics for a long time and would like to obtain my PhD in those field, however I am currently working as a software engineer. This is very common for individuals with physics and mathematics degrees. Thanks for posting very inspiring.

[@peternolan814]

Hello Diana, Very interesting. Please do not be offended, even if you probably will, but I wonder if you could speak more slowly. I'm 64 and looking up a bit about fusion reactors - the tokamak - on the Internet lately and I'm having a real hard time trying to understand how the two magnetic fields the toroidal and poloidal fields act together to confine the plasma. I still do not understand how the current in the plasma is set in motion and maintained and how the magnetic field that that creates interacts with the two fields from the coils. It just occurred to me right now as I type this that it's the very high temperatures in the plasma that causes the deuterium and tritium nuclei to travel at such high speeds that when they collide they can fuse and not so much, as I have always thought till right now, the extremely high pressure created by the magnetic fields. I guess the magnetic fields contain the extremely high temperature plasma. Bringing this about - the confinement of the plasma - and maintaining that confinement has yet to be achieved for long periods of time. I wonder if you could do a KZbin video about the tokamak explaining everything and assuming that the person watching the video knows only the very basics. One would have to know basic electricity and magnetism I guess but maybe you can work all that out. Peter Nolan. Ph.D.(physics). Dublin. Ireland.

[@SepherStar]

Hi Dr. Nolan: I'm not a fast hearer either. You can adjust the speed on youtube videos by clicking on the gear icon that appears in the lower right hand corner of the video window when you scroll over it, and clicking on the speed setting to adjust it. You can also turn on subtitles in that menu.

[@peternolan814]

Hello SepherStar, I didn't know that. I just see now how that works using your instructions. Very interesting. Peter.

[@SepherStar]

Yes. Now if only we could control the speed of things in real life without approaching the speed of light!

[@migalito1955]

Like a lot of events, luck has a lot to do with the event being realized. With that being said I feel luck was with me when I stumbled on your channel by accident. I love your interest in the sciences and your sharing the notion that science is fabulously fun. I have a graduate degree in pure mathematics where most of it came out of UAlbany. What I would like to see may never occur, but I can always hope. What do I mean? I became disabled in 1991 and at that time I had worked in the construction industry. Only after I was well enough 10 years later did I start from scratch as a 42 year old freshman and 8 years later exit with a graduate degree in pure mathematics that focused on probability theory. The rub is, I was never able to really use it. So, what I hope for is that people realize that there is talent available to be mined that does not fit the typical 8 to 5 workday and take advantage of it. I think this could only lead to a win/win or perhaps that is just my biased wishful thinking. None the less, Best Wishes and have fun. If you have fun its never really work, is it?

[@davidrbarnes81]

Why the re-upload?

[@GrainOfRice]

Its amazing how this advice and story is so #relatable in college just not MIT. But I totally get that feeling of not being able to imagine being at another school cause the experience was too amazing.

[@luniiz49]

Undergrad in astronomy over here. 🙋 I also love electromagnetism, but it's so hard haha

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

Awesome video, overachiever! 😉 I hope that you’re back to overachieving very soon. I’m still waiting for your nationally syndicated science show on TV. I know that you will do it. 🙏🏻❤️

[@J__C__]

I'm just wondering why it took me this long to realize how absolutely gorgeous she is. Wow! 😁👋

[@shashanka9821]

i think you have great teachers in your life to encourage you

[@kinshukdua]

Great Video! But why did you REUPLOAD?

[@holdonasec3266]

It wasn't letting people watch it

[@kinshukdua]

That's because it was either removed by her or by KZbin so I was asking why it was removed and reuploaded

[@scitchrcoe]

I got a degree in physics in 3 years from San Diego State. I became a physics teacher. The reason I became a teacher is sort of ironic. I became a teacher because I loved learning and I hated school. I figured that I could do better than my teachers did. I taught physics and chemistry for more than 10 years and have written a book on each subject "Take-Home Physics" and "Take-Home Chemistry." I became the science coordinator for both Orange and Riverside Counties. Now I'm the assistant principal of a Distinguished, Gold Ribbon, Blue Ribbon STEM school in Riverside County, CA. Like you, I only watch documentaries on TV (unfortunately, most of the TV documentaries are garbage conspiracy theory programs), I listen to podcasts, read books and magazines, and watch science-y videos like yours online. Some people get an adrenaline rush from jumping out of an airplane. I get an adrenaline rush from learning something new, understanding how something works, or correcting one of my misconceptions. Along those lines, I used to host a podcast called the "Science Misconception Podcast" as a resource for teachers and students. If your listeners think that the primary colors are red/yellow/blue, that Mars is red, that heat rises, that lightning only strikes the same place once, that the Earth's orbit causes the seasons, that oxygenated blood is red and de-oxygenated blood is blue, they should have a listen.