<p>I love math and I'm quite advanced at it, but really really hate physics. I guess that I don't really like "visualizing" things (or maybe it was the fact that my high school physics class really sucks.) Anyways, I've been leaning towards engineering, but lately i've been thinking that if i don't enjoy physics, I should lean towards something else as my major. I'm really confused now, so can anyone help me solve my predicament?</p>
<p>Why not be a math major?</p>
<p>Economics, finance, math itself, industrial engineering, applied mathematics etc.</p>
<p>With all of the majors that were mentioned in this thread, you could still go into engineering and have to take at most two Physics courses. At some schools, you can major in Math, Applied Math and some Engineering majors and can opt for Chemistry or Biology as your science requirement.</p>
<p>Just letting you know this…Parts of Physics I (Mechanics) will also be covered (overlap) in your Calculus I/II and usually parts of your Differential Equations course will cover/overlap some of Physics II (Electricity/Magnetism).</p>
<p>how about actuarial science?</p>
<p>You are going to struggle with Calc 3 if you can’t “visualize” things.</p>
<p>As far as actuarial science, a good portion of probability theory deals with double integrals over space. While you can get by with minimal visualization ability, it helps to be able to to “see” the area of integration.</p>
<p>lol i got an A in Calc 3, yea i dont know why i liked calc 3 and not physics.</p>
<p>What kind of physics have you done?</p>
<p>I’m a math major and physics minor. I’m not really sure why I decided to go for the physics minor… </p>
<p>I did pretty good in my high school physics class which was all mechanics, but then I didn’t do good in my freshmen mechanics class. I just didn’t get it. It seemed way more complicated to me than high school physics, anyway, I kept at it and did really well in my freshmen e&m class. It seemed to make a lot of sense to me, and was almost intuitive. In fact, I just took the final for my junior level classical mechanics course today, and I can honestly say that I think mechanics is just finally starting to make sense to me and that I might actually like it now. </p>
<p>The point is, just because you took one physics class in high school and didn’t like it does not mean you won’t like engineering. Keep your options open.</p>
<p>You may end up liking physics in college–the presentation of the subject in college courses will be more systematic (more like math classes) than in high school.</p>