Step 1: think you are prepared and won't cry Step 2: try not to cry Step 3: cry a lot Step 4: Take the exams Step 5: After the exams, you finally understand the topic Step 6: Cry even more Step 7: ask your instructor for a curve or extra points Step 8: "How the fuck did I pass the class" this guide skips over a lot of stuff but for each class physics-related, these are the steps for success

Andrew: "A lot of people who watch these videos are highschool students" Me, a third year theoretical physicist procrastinating doing his assignment.

My physics Prof. Spent the first week of intro physics "teaching" us calc material such as intrgals by parts. I was in calc 2 so nbd but the people taking calc 1 at the time died. The class size shrunk dramatically after the first exam. Press F to pay respect.

I'm not going into physics, & not going into first yr either (i'm a 3rd yr Chemistry student lols), but its interesting to see what its like to be a physics student O.o

"its going to be a lot of engineering students" i feel called out

I am just finishing up my first year in physics and it would be amazing if u could do a video in what to expect in year two

Thank you for the info! I appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos

Looking forward to a sophomore physics video!!!

why am I watching this video..i'm a biology major struggling in algebra based physics for non-majors lmao.

Thanks for the Schaum's outline for Physics recommendation! Also I'd love to see a year two video. This is a great series you've started so far. Even though I'm not majoring in physics, my degree is quite similar in the way you are describing. It is also quite beneficial since I will be taking Calc 3 and Differential Equations and Matrix Methods in the year I take Physics 2 and 3 (2nd year), Then classical mechanics my 3rd year.

I was lucky in that I took Physics 1 & 2 at a community college, where my professor deeply enjoyed his work and came up with unique quizzes and tests. I was also lucky in that the homework for both classes were from the textbook, and did not have an online component to them. I enjoyed those classes a lot, however, Physics 2 still did not prepare me as much as I thought it would for my Electric Circuit Analysis class.

Loved it!!!! I've already seen the basics of FI and FII, will be great to see what to expect next!

I recommend the Schaum's book. I am a first-year Physics student, and I have been so lost 2 weeks in lol. But I'm looking through this book now, and it breaks things down and showing the answer to problems that I needed to see examples for

Thank you for your video. Really shined some light into things.

"During Physics 2 you will learn about line integrals" My prof introducing line, surface and volume integrals in the 5th week...

When you're an Indian student in 11th grade and have hopes of studying physics but doing bad in studies and these videos are the only source to keep the fire inside alive.

Hey just wanted to say that your channel made me more interested in physics and ill be attending my first semester of college at Lehman, majoring in physics!! :D Thanks for posting such informative vids man! Ill be sure to rewatch your videos now that Im in college haha

Ayy my man this is a huge help as a high school senior going into Engineering Physics - I love all your tips and tricks to do better in a physics class sprinkled around in your vids so keep doing what your doing

Big ups homie git em

Thanks for the video, Andrew. Really very useful for me. Please make 2nd year video. Eagerly waiting for it. Only calculus and differential equations? Where the hell do we use linear algebra? 0:47, exciting?

yeah i remember my first reaction to your vids as someone who is in my 13th year of school starting uni next year i was like damn that shit looks hard

Your physics 2 was my physics 3. And my physics 2 was a continuation of rotational motion, waves, and some thermodynamics. I guess it's different curricula for different schools.

Definitely would like to see a year 2 vid.

kinda needed this video. thanks. was a bit scared forthis fall.

I would love a video on years 2 and 3. I'm currently finishing up my first right now.

Currently doing Physics 2 !

I'm taking CALC 2 this summer and PHYS 1 next fall. I'd love to see another video like this.

I'm starting my first year of university for Mechanical Engineering and not sure how much of this will be covered there but a lot of these videos have been recommended haha. I am definitely hella nervous because I know there's been things I've passed in engineering so far but wasn't the most sure on and I probably couldn't answer many questions without referring to notes right now and now sure if that's a theme you've gone through or seen in others

Awesome video! Looking forward to taking physics 1 in the fall. I’m taking calc 2 in the summer time. For the fall I will be taking calc 3, differential equations, and physics 1. And then the following semester physics 2. What do you think about this? Workload not an issue, more so about taking the classes in this order.

I'm studying my last of Electrical Engineering and I've already taken every single course you talked about. I guess, the first 2 years is somewhat the same. And I should say these courses were so tough I would never wanna go back and take them again. Maxwell's equations by itself haunts me.

I’d love to hear a year 2 version on the style of video.

I have a (high school) physics teacher who can explain a lot of somewhat more advanced physics without going too deep into the math! She's amazing, probably the best teacher I've ever had. Her lessons are really fun too.

i’m a senior in high school and i’ve only taken calc 1 but i’m in calc 3 and i had absolutely no idea what a curl was or any of that weird stuff but that’s what those equations are so i’m glad that it’s not made up

In Sweden we pretty much spend our first year in Engineering Physics on slightly more formal versions of high school math and physics courses, as well as a course on MatLab - I kinda liked that year, since it felt like a very solid foundation, and the 2nd-year courses would often use Gauss's Theorem, which was a very satisfying continuation.

Thank you :)

I’m a pre-med taking physics 2 currently and it’s way more math than I need in my life

I study chemistry and economics and have nothing to do with physics ( besides my mandatory physics modules) but i still enjoy your vids

My university has an engineering physics 1 and 2. As well as a physics major 1 and 2. The homework varies drastically depending on which major you choose. Also far more calculus in the physics sections.

I'm going to be finished with my first year as a physics major in a little less than 2 months; I'd like to know what lies ahead for me and what I can look forward to look forward to. I appreciate your videos and videos like yours because it's inspiring to be able to see what I will eventually learn and gives me something to work for.

At highschool I felt classical mechanics was easy , in particular one dimensional kinematics But now at my Physics 1, I´m starting to feel why people hate physics 1 so much

Funny because I actually just like Classical Mechanics, I've never really had more than just a conceptual and philosophical interest in Quantum mechanics, relativity, etc.

It’s actually pretty interesting as someone who just finished my first year of physics in Italy, as I’ll do “physics 2” or just electromagnetism as I’d call it the second semester of the second year exactly because you need calc 3. I also guess in physics 1 you study rigid bodies and stuff like that as I’m doing, but yeah it’s interesting to see the differences between countries.

You literally described what I’m learning for ap physics c both mech and em as a high school senior 😅😅

Physics 1 student here. We are just doing thermodynamics and then classical mechanics.

Was the Schmaus's Outlines in the video also useful for studying for the GRE? When is the right time to take the GRE?

Thanks broo

finding this video at the end of my first year,,,, i learned newtonian physics, but not e+m but we did do special relativity, basic quantum mechanics, and introductory stastistical mechanics

Amazing video! I just have one question. I have missed around 5 weeks worth of lectures due to me being ill and it’s my first semester in my Physics degree. I’m also struggling to find an effective revision method causing me to procrastinate, I’m planning on catching up with the lectures by taking notes from the lecture and then doing practice questions. I feel really demotivated and the amount of content I have missed looks scary, any advice on how to go about things? I would really like to get 70% and above in my assessments which are in 7-8 weeks.

Andrew Dotson I'm starting physics on the 19th of january I will not have to work because to pay for college because I was in the military so I'll have time to study but I do have a 2 year old. Can you describe some of the challenges you went through in college and how you pushed passed them.

Hi, ,Im a high school freshman and right now i would really love to major in physics. Im on track to take AP Calculus and AP Physics my senior year. Ive actually gotten all my knowledge of physic by using online rescoures and I would like to know what stuff I should really have nailed down before going to college to major in physics.

Im a junior is high school and i have a final exam tomorrow in physics im glad for this video

Hi Andrew, I’m going to be grade 12 this year, and I’m wondering which major I should choose in university, physics or mechanical engineering. I love the beauty of the ideas and equations and formulas in physics, while I also found myself interested in building stuffs. So I just really don’t know whether I should study physics or engineering, or BOTH! Can you give me some suggestions? It could be very helpful to me!

Well I am preparing for iit jee advance exam which is quite famous in india and I am still in school. And the syallibus of the ex requires a good command over the physics 1 and 2 topics you talked about. And I know most of the calculus . Looks like I am on a good path !!!!!

So they way my high school was set up was so that I had to take AP calculus my senior year, but I took AP physics 1 and 2 my junior year, which of course is an algebra-based class. I'm pretty much just worried that I've forgotten too much to go into second year courses when I start college this fall. But I'm confident I will catch up, so I will try to stay ahead.

Quick question I'm going to be taking a Physics 1 and 2 at the same time as well as a calculus 3 class in the spring, how bad of an idea is this if it is?

Sounds like AP Physics C Mechanics and E&M = Physics 1 and 2 What college do you attend?

Where I should do my summer intern as I have completed 1st year majoring in physics.

I kept on watching these videos when I was still applying for BS Physics. Now, I'm starting my 4th year BS Physics and revisiting this. :)

Don't even live in the states, I'm not even going into physics, I don't know why I'm here but it's interesting to see that the first year physics courses are pretty much exactly the same as the physics and math courses we have to take here in the science program at cegep in Quebec (sort of a grade 12+13 that you take between high school and university)

Are there other recommended good physics problems books. Challenging and fundamental

Please, please do another one.

I'm a cs major who will be taking 2 physics classes. Taking Calc 1 now. I was planning to take calc2 and physics 1 at the same time but now I see that's not a good idea so I'll put it until either the summer if I don't get an internship or next year

I’m probably gonna try to do physics in community college because I’ve got a scholarship for tennis and then decide on an engineering degree at a university. Hope that’s a little easier.

Do you think it will be possible to take physics 2 and calc 3 over the summer. I’m at a community college right now and the classes are fairly easy so I’m trying to get as many of the classes done here before I transfer to a harder college.

I've taken survey of calculus for my International Studies Major but I'm switching to Physics after enjoying it. Would that, plus a few calc 1 videos on youtube over the summer, make it easier for me to take calculus 1 and physics 1 at the same time?

Pleaaaaase year 2, I am currently in high school and am taking physics 1 and 2 as dual enrollment, but that's all that's offered. I would like to know what to expect from the "next" physics classes. ☺

What do you use for editing? You have some very nice images and transitions

0:54 SO TRUE! This point of view that "Newton's Laws aren't complete, so why do we learn it?" was my point of view too! However, even if I don't understand much but I've done some very basic Tensor Calculus leading up to the derivation of Curvature Tensor tho... however, I fully agree with you Andy, awesome content as always!

The thing is at the University. I’m going to Utsa I don’t even take a physics class until the second semester of my freshman year.

What if I'm in America and transferring from a 2 year college to a university and I need to take Physics I for my Computer Science degree and the transferable physics course from my 2 year college is Calculus based? Should I still take Calculus I and II before Physics I?

I got a question. You say that you shoud have done calc 1 and when you take physics one but how do you do that if its your first year?

Exactly what we have in Spain...but what about Linear Algebra and Chemistry? . Here it's Physics 1 and 2, Mathematical Analysis I and II (which is Calculus 1-2, and 3(MA II) , Math Methods I, Linear Algebra, Chemistry and in some universities Biology and Computational Physics.

Yeah we need phys 2!

We cover so much more in first year physics in Australia

We're not expected to be masters of Calc 1-3 by end of first year are we? Calc can get really, really complex in higher physics so how in the world are we supposed to learn it all in a few months?

Please provide the website link of Physics problems which is mentioned at 4:50

Year 2😀

I’m a senior who is taking precalculus. Will I still be able to pass the classes if I am only learning calculus 1?

What's the difference between harmonic motion and quantum harmonic motion

If I am a senior taking BC calculus, what calculus class should I take freshman year of college to have an advantage?

When you talk about calc 1 etc are the concepts covered the same across all colleges. In the UK there are things which has to be covered by every physics course however names of modules are not constant from university to university and what is within them is also not the same.

Can i ask how do you have such a good hair line. It's not possible for a physics major

I am in the physics First Semester and 2/3 is compulsary Analysis and lineare Algebra

Whats the difference between integral and differential?

So in greek uni 1st year for physics has: Physics 1 & 2 Computers 1 Analysis 1 & 2 & Implementations Probabilities, stats and math data analysis Modern physics 1 & 2 Astrophysics intro Differential equations & linear algebra

So im currently a high school senior studying physics at my local community college, currently taking physics 2 (thermo and E&M). Unfortunately, my high school wouldn't permit me to take calculus there too, so im forced to take ap calculus BC at the high school (a whole year for just calc 2). Being the case that im only in calc 2 while in physics 2, am i screwed for physics 3 and higher? Should i skip phyics for my first semester so i can take calc 3 and DE?

The pre reqs for physics one is algebra and trig. They fuck I need calc for?

does someone know if there is something equivalent for mathematics?

Mastering Physics

I took physics 1 and physics 2 without taking precal in highschool. I passed both ap tests so I feel like I know what's up, but now you have me worried for college.

I'm still very early in the process. I haven't even signed up for my fall classes yet. Would you recommend I take calc1 before I start taking any physics? They said I could take them both at the same time if I wanted to because the professors work together.

I'll be going to the University of Zambia next year to do a Bachelor of Science in Physics degree, I just received my admission form🇿🇲🚀😊

I've taken physics one and two and am yet to take calc 3

I am doing third semester in college and we will start physics 1 but I wouldn't be able to finish calc 2 because I had to take in the summer which will be after semester 4 that include physics 2 . Will I be able to understand physics 2 without taking calc2 ??

Where I'm from physics 2 is thermal and molecular physics

Question, I'm a freshman in high school looking to become a physics major and am on the path to take multivariable calculus senior year. Is calculus 1 pre-calc or is that just AP Calc? And in Calc two included in Ap Calc BC (Two semesters worth of calculus) or is it an entirely different course?

Wait so I passed Math 1, I have a hard time memorizing and staying focused. But I love the universe and the subject of physics. It’s just the math that’s intimidating. Should I take it?

In what order of would you reccomend self teaching university physics? Classical mechanics first?

wow I so wish I saw this video before starting my first year of uni. I'm in Phys 2 right now and im only taking calc 1 :'(((( no one ever said you should know calc 2 for phys 2!

Finally I shall prepare for the battle of my life