>it's a eurofag thinks his schools are even close to the ones in the US episode
Is he right, Veeky Forums?
Sebastian Rogers
Brayden Reed
If you have enough time to double major with the extra classes, just double down and graduate in 3 years.
Now double majoring in math and physics isn't the worst idea though. I still stand buy a masters being a better option, but I guess itll help if you want to do something in applied math. Just please please don't ever triple major. Biggest waste of time and money ever. There is literally no justification for this...ever.
Adrian Cruz
GDP of China (BEST CASE SCENARIO) is 60% of US.
More cash for research = higher draw for top tier researchers = higher output of intellectual property = better universities
Jayden Gomez
If you're in a good physics program you'd just do research instead of math
Eli Powell
>falling for the double major meme
Ethan Carter
>double major meme
what do you mean by this?
Caleb Morgan
Almost as if top researchers from all over the world go to the US due to higher funding or something.
Gavin Gray
lol you are stupid. Europe has aryan race which is why we have smart research making prize.
Owen White
I think the viewpoint comes across as a bit shallow, but it makes sense really. The assumption, I think, is that you're double majoring because you feel that mastering both those subjects makes you more useful, or more able to contribute to either field. You get the prestige of studying physics and the superiority of studying pure mathematics. It's an incredibly vast and applicable knowledge pool to draw from. At least on the surface.
They are certainly complimentary subjects, but does it actually make you any better as a physicist or a mathmetician in the long run? Maybe. Maybe not. If you actually end up applying that knowledge to your field than sure it's worthwhile, but in the end it's just another bachelors degree. And it's just a bachelors in a field with significant overlap already. It's not as though you'll be a rarity. You won't stand out like a philosophy double major which signifies verbal reasoning and analytical writing skills a cut above other stem majors, or the topical potency of an environmental related major, or a language double major with global prospects, or even the simple well roundedness and eccentricity of someone with a degree in an art.
Ultimately it's about how you want to spend your time. If that double major brings you joy than go for it. If it's adding to your toolbox of problem solving skills that you plan to use than go for it, but if you just want to be a really good scientist or mathmetician than just focus on being that. The double major will probably only hamper your growth. I mean someone with the work ethic to double major but who instead decides to devote their time just to physics is probably gonna be a better physicist than someone double majoring regardless of the subject.
The point, I think, is that specializing so firmly in STEM as an undergrad is kinda pointless. There isn't much benefit to specializing as an undergrad and there's a lot of benefits to staying broad.
Ayden Harris
Even the "top" universities in the US aren't the best universities to learn at. They're too focused on researching to give the best possible education.