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[catstrophysics]

Can someone who is not good at physics get a bachelor degree (in physics)? Do I need to be a genius to do it? Is iq 110 too low for this?

Hi!

Honestly, I'd say you can totally get a degree in physics without being "good" at physics. It's not something that comes naturally to pretty much anyone, in my opinion, and so much of doing well in a university physics program is a willingness to work and ESPECIALLY collaborate with your classmates. Most of my Mechanics and Modern lecture get together Thursday nights to do our weekly homework together so we all understand it and can help each other.

You do NOT have to be a genius. If it helps, most physics majors I know have limited-at-best common sense and even worse basic math skills. I've never gotten my IQ tested, but I'd bet you're 10000% fine. All it takes is hard work, dedication, and remembering that physics is SO interesting in its own right, and you're going into a super neat field of study.

I really hope this helped! Please reach out anytime, physics/physics and astronomy majors have to stick together :^)

[catstrophysics]

I wanted to post a little bit of what I’ve learned in physics so far this year, partly because I’m proud of it and partly because it looks neat. This was all programmed in MATLAB, except for the cat. Pictured: Fourier Approximation of x³, hold off and hold on because hold on is rainbow, and a simple pendulum. (...and Willow standing on some homework.) 

[catstrophysics]

I might start keeping track of some of my physics things on this account, because I’m working on getting more consistent and organized with how I study, so blacklist the tag #mjstudyblr if you don’t want to see it :)