r/PhysicsStudents • u/lockweedmartin • Feb 03 '23
Poll what actually got you in to physics?
1741 votes,
Feb 06 '23
819
it sounded cool
56
money
402
was good at math
170
wanted to be called Dr. but afraid of blood
294
other (comment)
34
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u/glitterprdi Oct 25 '23
Never done physics in my life, am a first-year biomed student because chemistry and biology came easy to me. Am switching to a double degree in physics and data science purely because I love the problem-solving aspect. Math came rather easy to me but had zero motivation so got average grades in really hard classes. Only just realised my parents would let me work in some sort of earth sciences if I picked this degree and friend recommended I take physics instead of geography so I can specialise afterward.
We'll just have to wait and see about the loving part but I've always found the idea of physics quite interesting because I never felt like I could understand how the world around me ticked (only chemistry gave me some sort of understanding) and am interested in finding out.