<p>Physics is THE most practical science, followed very closely by chemistry. </p>
<p>Engineer : Mankind :: Doctor : One person</p>
<p>You see, Engineer's maybe not repair one person. But without engineers, you can LITERALLY DO NOTHING. None of the medical tools could be designed, created, and mass produced. None of the lab equipment. No electricity.</p>
<p>Engineering is considered very respectable because it gives you the knowledge of how to build the world from the ground up.</p>
<p>I think for Physics C, Multivariable calculus, and advance mathematics beyond that, you really need a thorough grounding in everything before. If you went through precalc just plugging and chugging, not digging deeper and searching for proofs, etc, it will likely hurt you.</p>
<p>Oh, and if you haven't taken Physics C E&M, you can't say physics is hard.</p>
<p>Math, English, science, history... I dig pretty much all of it. I don't test well in math, but I do pretty well in it outside of the ACT. Math has been ****ing me off all through high school because the teachers never go in-depth. Everything is simply 'the way it is', with no proof. But nothing is ever that simple. If I'm going to understand a mathematical concept I want a low-level theoretical understanding of it. I don't want to plug and chug. That sucks. It's boring and stupid and only provides you with a very superficial understanding. Like sagar_indurkhya says, you need to go deeper, because that's where the real math is.</p>
<p>Education is all about honing your logic and critical-thinking skills. All of the core subjects do this, or at least they should.</p>