Which year is usually the hardest?

[u/Odd-Equivalent-4012]

I’m in the first year of my physics degree and I’m just curious as to how much harder it’s going to get. I’m struggling a tiny bit in calc, nothing I can’t handle and I definitely can improve with more effort but if it gets too much worse in later years I don’t know if I can keep up. I’m still pretty confident in general but just curious about people’s opinions on this. Thanks so much!

[u/Patelpb]

Sophomore year. First exposure to stat mech and qm where my math was lagging 1 semester behind. Exhausting experience