I'd say it's more memorizing formulas and knowing when and how to apply them. With physics, you need a lot of practice with the formulas and how to manipulate them.

 

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Totally depends on the type of physics.

 

I'm taking a dynamics course that is essentially applied calculus, but in high school everything was simplified (linear, constant acceleration, etc). Don't think I actually had to use real calculus at all during high school physics. Maybe for a few position/velocity/acceleration with respect to time questions.

Is anyone else on these forums doing research?? I know warri0r was trying to way back when and probably got a spot [he was a smart dude that one], and I'm the only other person who I know has done/is doing research.

 

Anyways, it's all fun and games until you have to present in front of your lab. I'm now in a position where I need to know EVERYTHING about a single enzyme which sounds simple enough in theory but I've witnessed graduate students with 5x the knowledge I have get completely owned by the professor I'm working under. I think I was less stressed when I was chased through the city by 3 huge dudes (okay it was only for like 2 blocks but still).

 

Also, if anyone is interested in doing research (university) then I'd be more than happy to answer any questions. I've been through the hoops and back :mrgreen:

Warri0r needs to come back.

I don't know how I feel about doing research.

I'd like to complete a master's degree eventually (in engineering) but I'm not sure if I want to do M. Eng. (coursework based, no research) or M.S (research/thesis based).

 

I'm doing fairly well in school, I just don't know if I can see myself doing independent research or not.

So I spent two months and a good portion of my own time reading Red Storm Rising as a school assignment. It took two months because it's 720+ pages long and small print, not something I can really do often, but I wanted to set a challenge for myself. I was pretty proud when I got the thing done in time.

 

Today I was told by the teacher that, because very few other students read the books they chose, we have to pick a new book and do a new report. Including me.

 

Because others didn't do their work, my effort was wasted. :wall:

So I spent two months and a good portion of my own time reading Red Storm Rising as a school assignment. It took two months because it's 720+ pages long and small print, not something I can really do often, but I wanted to set a challenge for myself. I was pretty proud when I got the thing done in time.

 

Today I was told by the teacher that, because very few other students read the books they chose, we have to pick a new book and do a new report. Including me.

 

Because others didn't do their work, my effort was wasted. :wall:

You achieved your goal nonetheless. Congratulations :D

So I spent two months and a good portion of my own time reading Red Storm Rising as a school assignment. It took two months because it's 720+ pages long and small print, not something I can really do often, but I wanted to set a challenge for myself. I was pretty proud when I got the thing done in time.

 

Today I was told by the teacher that, because very few other students read the books they chose, we have to pick a new book and do a new report. Including me.

 

Because others didn't do their work, my effort was wasted. :wall:

 

Why would you have to do a new report? Why can't you just keep writing the one you did for that book if you haven't turned anything in yet?

 

That just seems like [developmentally delayed]ed teaching to me.

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Im back to school after break tomorrow :/ not looking forward to it, as I still have chem homework and some english homework to do.

Is anyone else on these forums doing research?? I know warri0r was trying to way back when and probably got a spot [he was a smart dude that one], and I'm the only other person who I know has done/is doing research.

 

Anyways, it's all fun and games until you have to present in front of your lab. I'm now in a position where I need to know EVERYTHING about a single enzyme which sounds simple enough in theory but I've witnessed graduate students with 5x the knowledge I have get completely owned by the professor I'm working under. I think I was less stressed when I was chased through the city by 3 huge dudes (okay it was only for like 2 blocks but still).

 

Also, if anyone is interested in doing research (university) then I'd be more than happy to answer any questions. I've been through the hoops and back :mrgreen:

 

I've done some research with the doppler effect in relationship to sound. Presenting in general is a headache as to how well it can be used.

So I officially accepted to go to San Francisco State starting in the Fall :)

 

Just 30-something more days of high school! A week of that being "sitting-in-the-gym-doing-jack [cabbage] -while-underclassmen-do-state-testing". I've been able to get in a lot of Pokemon during school sice classes have become essentially nothing. Funny thing is in every class there's multiple people that play

Is anyone else on these forums doing research?? I know warri0r was trying to way back when and probably got a spot [he was a smart dude that one], and I'm the only other person who I know has done/is doing research.

 

Anyways, it's all fun and games until you have to present in front of your lab. I'm now in a position where I need to know EVERYTHING about a single enzyme which sounds simple enough in theory but I've witnessed graduate students with 5x the knowledge I have get completely owned by the professor I'm working under. I think I was less stressed when I was chased through the city by 3 huge dudes (okay it was only for like 2 blocks but still).

 

Also, if anyone is interested in doing research (university) then I'd be more than happy to answer any questions. I've been through the hoops and back :mrgreen:

 

I've done some research with the doppler effect in relationship to sound. Presenting in general is a headache as to how well it can be used.

 

 

Presenting is one of the best parts of doing science research. I'm flying out to London in a few weeks for a conference and i'm looking foreward to the presentation above everything else.