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<p>My bad. Oh, well then I agree with you.</p>
<p>I do think that physics students who come in and say ‘physics gives you all of the theory . . . if you go into engineering, you’ll own because all you need to do is just to apply it!’ are seriously underrating how difficult and different ‘applying it’ is. I guess there isn’t anybody in this thread saying this, but I’ve seen that opinion before.</p>
<p>"one of the downsides of being a physics major is you quickly realize how stupid you are. </p>
<p>I dont know if that applies to engr majors."</p>
<p>I think that probably depends… but what do you mean?</p>
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<p>He means physics is extremely difficult. Also, physics seems to attract the brightest minds out there. They tend to humble you as well.</p>
<p>Especially depending on the field within physics. Mere mortals don’t have a prayer of competing against the successful field theorists.</p>
<p>To me, I look at those engineering physics programs and think “damn…I should have majored in that”. I actually considered engineering physics for graduate school because of its interdisciplinary format. One could actually specialize in circuit design or some computer science-related areas within the program…without taking the other “fluff”.</p>
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<p>Bahahaha so you’re one of THOSE kids. With that kind of attitude, I wouldn’t want you on my engineering/design team anyway. Stick to physics and stay in the lab so the rest of us don’t have to deal with your arrogance.</p>
<p>I’d say that a lot of practicing engineers just don’t really care b/c its not usually required for the job, most don’t need to understand the nitty gritty details of physics to do their job well, so the knowledge of it fades away with disuse. And picking up a physics textbook/paper to review/learn anything that you may need to know or think will help you solve a problem is really not that hard (the true way of the engineer is practicality)</p>
<p>Not sure if you can call that arrogance. Actually, amongst everyone I work with, and especially with people who really do know me, know that I am not arrogant guy. At least 99% of the time, I’m the guy making sure everyone gets what they need and is working together. I’m definitely not one of the guys leaving people out of group work, being a hog, etc. </p>
<p>Whether you want to call that arrogannce or not, this seems to be true about those I have run into at the state university I attend. You get this picture of educated people you think you will be working with when you go to college, especially for, of all majors, engineering, but you find out that they are actually far inferior. Too much complaining going on for ridiculous crap–from future engineers. I remember one girl telling me, for a physics class, that she was disappointed that the one of the problems on the midterm asked students to create a function for a wave based on the given information. You know what she told me? She said it was the type of problem that should only be expected from a master’s program, and not a bachelor’s. …huh?? I think I can understand her point, but it made her seem a bit weak…</p>
<p>If you really excel in math, I mean that you can understand it, such as basic Algebraic thinking, understand the physics material, in this case, waves, and can throw in some trig, then you should be able to put together a function to describe the wave pattern. A master’s degree? Come on. I might not expect 13 year olds to do that, but I do expect that they have the potential for it (which should be exploited). Of all ages, 13. A lot of people I meet, on my campus, have very low standards. You would imagine that you meet people who actually took the time, before college (i.e.: high school, junior high, etc.), to study, learn, appreciate and understand science and math before even making it their major. Sorry, but a lot of students here are kind of weak. I don’t know about other universities, though. </p>
<p>But don’t get the wrong idea, I support people who want to pursue a career they want to pursue, even if they had little experience in it before and even if they might have shown some incompetence in it. A lot of us have the potential to do better, to be good at things that we weren’t good at, and to change for the better. </p>
<p>What’s funny is that, when it comes to these physics and calculus classes, I’ve met some very shallow and arrogant people. Once they learn, or think they can do, these classes, all of the sudden they think they are the sh-t and they have become Gods or something…</p>
<p>A lot of the students come of as, “have not been there, haven’t done that”…</p>