Physics or Computer Science? Which Degree Should I Choose? [Urgent]

[x3qt0r]

If you are talking about JEE, AIEEE and other such exams, they require high school level Physics for entry into college. But if you planning to do post-grad Physics you are required to know college level Physics. Are you saying high school and college physics are the same?

Miss reshma,
you got me wrong.
I quoted the term "major"..
If he <read the person who started the thread> was able to clear IIT-JEE entrance I assume that he has a good grasp of basic physics, solving I.E.Irodov is recommended book for IIT-JAM as well as IIT-JEE. :D
Hence the "major" part is already covered by him/her.
The remaining part includes developing mathematical techniques, quantum mechanics and some modern physics.

You are mistaken, it is a renowned brand in India, not quite all over the world.

WHAT IN THE NAME OF LORD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!


To the thread starter,
The choice is yours,
If you like physics just go for it...

 

[Reshma]

I reckon the posters here aren't taking my opinion in the right spirit.

I do agree the IITs are excellent institutions that admit a group of students strong in high school sciences and give them good opportunities. However, it largely depends on the individual students how they utilize these opportunities. An undergraduate degree from IIT necessarily means that the student did well in high school sciences, BUT not much more. Just studying at IIT certainly does not indicate a high proficiency in doing research unless doing well in high school sciences indicates such a proficiency. I just wanted to emphasize on the blind and pseudo apotheosis of the brand IIT.

Moreover, aren't we the budding engineers and scientists? Engineers fix things, they don't go on and on, like a bunch of deranged loons, about issues not pertinent to the main issue at hand, which is? Well...Setting loom91 on the right course of course! Getting bogged down in verbal battles and then dragging IITs into the picture just muddies up the water.

 

[x3qt0r]

well, I really cannot make out what you are talking about.
All I am saying is, "loom91" being prepared for IIT JEE and passing it through can be safely assumed that has his basic physics good.
So he doesn't have to make "HUGE" catching up while preparing for the JAM entrance, just few things here and there.
Ofcourse he has to study for the JAM entrance, but he has a MAJOR plus point as he has already got his concepts and basics crystal clear while preparing for JEE (hopefully).

 

[loom91]

The allotment results are out, I've been allotted Mathematics and Scientific Computing in IIT Kanpur. I can specialise in CS, which means I'll have a very mathematically rigorous foundation in theoretical CS. That suits me very well. Thanks to everyone for their input.

 

[Gokul43201]

Congrats molu! From what I know of you from here, I'm sure you'll have no trouble self-studying physics, if you feel like it.

PS: There's a lot of fundamental work in Cond Mat as well. Probably more than in High Energy Physics, for a typical grad student.