<p>lol sorry I should specify my background more clearly.
I’m going to Cornell in the fall and according to friends the math placement test goes up to linear algebra diff and multi.
I already took multi and differential equations so I was planning on studying linear algebra over the summer so I could start with analysis in the fall. As for physics I took physics C already so I’ll be taking waves and optics in the fall skipping mechanics and email.</p>
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<li><p>I thought that I should study more advanced physics. Like I’m in the middle of Griffiths email and I could understand it well enough to solve most problems on the problem sets for this tnx on lot ocw.is physical intuition really that important? I was just planning on reading Feynman lectures over the summer to establish a stronger foundation in general physics besides just mechanics and email.</p></li>
<li><p>Do contests necessarily determine how well you would do as a professor in the future? I’m not that good with contests like usapho and usamo. And math contests too like arml I didn’t have that much practice before junior year with math team type problems. Do these play a big role in the future if I intend on majoring in math and physics?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks a lot</p>