Are you only doing physics to get into engineering? (1 Viewer)

[miche11e]

Hey guys,
just wondering what your reasons for doing physics are...
the only reason im doing it is because i need it for uni - otherwise i dont like it enough just to pick it up as another subject.
just curious...

 

[Aaron.Judd]

I genuinely like it, but I also need it for university.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

Are you only doing physics to get into engineering?

lol, what?

HSC English will do more for u in engineering than physics will

 

[Aplus]

It's the most fundamental of all sciences.

 

[lionking1191]

strange, i don't see the option that says "i do it because it scales nicely."

but yeh, i was going to drop phys at start of y12 and then i had a look at the syllabus and it appeared interesting so....

 

[Js^-1]

Physics is the best science course.

Maths>Physics>Chemistry>Biology>(any social science)

I'm doing physics because I like it, I'm good at it, It scales well, and pretty much any course I'm interested in at University either has it as required or assumed knowledge. It's more for science than engineering in my case.

 

[miche11e]

strange, i don't see the option that says "i do it because it scales nicely."

but yeh, i was going to drop phys at start of y12 and then i had a look at the syllabus and it appeared interesting so....

physics doesnt scale well!! i think its possibly the worst scaling out of physics, chem and bio! (if i remeber correctly - dont hurt me!! )

 

[FOB all the way]

i like it and it will come in handy for uni

 

[Forbidden.]

I can tell you first hand what physics is like compared to HSC Physics.
HSC Physics is very different to Physics at university, one of the primary factors is due to the fact HSC Physics omits calculus which is very important in physics.
If you are seriously considering engineering, your maths skills from Ext. 1 and/or Ext. 2 will help you more.

Rock On

 

[darkchild69]

um

maths = physics

neg

maths = meaningless numbers

physics = meaningful numbers

 

[Captain Gh3y]

more like

maths is like masturbation
physics is like sex

 

[adnan91]

Maths> (physics)^2

 

[Cookie182]

What is the point of leaving calculus out of the HSC Physics course anyway. They should just make HSC Mathematics as a co-requisite (as u learn calculus in this) and any kid that choose general math plus physics, well bad luck. Seems pointless 'half' teaching something, when uni pretty much from day one starts with calculus. Why shield everyone from something which is not that hard anyway?

 

[Forbidden.]

What is the point of leaving calculus out of the HSC Physics course anyway. They should just make HSC Mathematics as a co-requisite (as u learn calculus in this) and any kid that choose general math plus physics, well bad luck. Seems pointless 'half' teaching something, when uni pretty much from day one starts with calculus. Why shield everyone from something which is not that hard anyway?

Then we should go back to Physics in the 1980's when it was still real.
Actually no, the textbooks mostly weren't in colour ... fuck ....

 

[samwell]

i Love physics and i think its pretty cool. I also do need it in uni. I find hard to choose between physics and chem but physics is really cool.

 

[4unitfreak]

I do Physics because I like it. I don't need it for anything.

 

[Riet]

Have fun doing engineering if you don't like physics, morons.

 

[Riet]

What is the point of leaving calculus out of the HSC Physics course anyway. They should just make HSC Mathematics as a co-requisite (as u learn calculus in this) and any kid that choose general math plus physics, well bad luck. Seems pointless 'half' teaching something, when uni pretty much from day one starts with calculus. Why shield everyone from something which is not that hard anyway?

I know that UNSW requires 3 unit for Mechanical Engineering. No way you'll pass if you only did general. Infact you won't pass Physics 1A if you can't handle HSC maths.

 

[always.dreaming]

more like

maths is like masturbation
physics is like sex

flawed, but hahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[jules.09]

more like

maths is like masturbation
physics is like sex

http://www.xkcd.com/435/

The purity scale!

I do physics because I like it.

Physics > Chem