So I was searching online for a blog written by a physics student and the only one I could find was that one by that person going to school in London, which hasn't been updated since 2008. If anyone had any recommendations I'd love to receive them. So instead of mourning the lack of information out there, I would put some out there, what little I may have.
As you may have surmised from the blog title, I'm a physics student. I won't tell you where I go to school, because there aren't very many people like me in my program and I'd like to attempt to remain anonymous. I'm an undergraduate physics student. I'm a 30-year-old Navy veteran and using the GI Bill for my degree. I highly recommend giving a few years to the government in exchange for the great benefits you get. Because of the GI Bill, I get to go to college full time and I don't have to have a job to pay my bills and I have my own apartment, which I also pay for.
When I first started college right after high school, I had too much fun being out in the world for the first time and I took my educational opportunity for granted. I then dropped out and long story short, I decided to join the Navy while I figured out what I wanted to study. It was a good experience.
So I'm here now in college. I'm a Physics major with a minor in Mathematics. Goodness, how do I say all of this while keeping it vague enough so you can't figure out who I am? Hmm... Anyway, I'm taking Modern Physics as well as two math courses and a physics lab.
One problem I face is since it took me so long to figure out what I wanted to do, I have already completed all of the "core" classes, the English, History, Public Speaking. All that. So the only classes I have left are Math and Physics. Yes, I admit, that does sound pretty awesome, but the problem is most people don't take all of their Math and Physics all at once. They spread it out. So I'm concerned that I've made things difficult for myself, which is pretty much my m.o.
The current plan is to finish my bachelor degree and apply to grad schools in Physics, specializing in Astrophysics.
We'll see.
