<p>Hi. I’ve got accepted into UCD’s Physic’s program. I chose physics mainly because of my personal interest but I’m thinking about going to med or dental-school. Anyways how’s UCD physics program?</p>
<p>Depends on what you’re looking for. It’s a small program, so you’ll most likely take all your classes with the same group of people. The teachers are mostly pretty good, although personally I didn’t really go to class. There’s usually homework due once a week, so if you can figure that out you’re in good shape. Tests usually have a mean around 50%, so all you need to get an A is 70-80%. If you’re looking at med school or dental school, you’ll have plenty of space in your schedule to take bio and chem because the physics major is really small. To satisfy the minimum requirements you only need about 90-100 units out of the 180 you need to graduate.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m not sure what else to say, but feel free to ask if you have any more specific questions.</p>
<p>Wow seanlee2006, I’m in the exact boat as you. I’m interested in physics but I’m also interested in dentistry. I got into the physics major as well even though I requested aeronautics engineering.</p>
<p>bcmin, how long have you been going to Davis? What year are you?</p>
<p>“If you’re looking at med school or dental school, you’ll have plenty of space in your schedule to take bio and chem because the physics major is really small. To satisfy the minimum requirements you only need about 90-100 units out of the 180 you need to graduate.”</p>
<p>I disagree with that statement. Just because the physic’s classes needed to major in it are less than the minimum to graduate… the classes will still take up a LOT of your time because they are hard - really hard. The rest of the units you take to graduate will just be GE classes. There isn’t a lot of play-room to take courses in other interesting subjects like bio or chem because those other sciences won’t satisfy your GE needs. </p>
<p>I majored in chem, but I have several friends in physics. As said before, since it’s not a very popular subject to major in, the classes are small and you will be taking classes with the same group of people every quarter. It was like that as a chem major too… every quarter the classes got smaller & smaller as more & more people couldn’t handle it and changed majors. I enjoyed having the same group of people in my classes every quarter… you got to learn everyone’s name and there were inside jokes, etc… it was fun.</p>