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Originally Posted by xepherys
I already know it'll be difficult. I don't mind. I think the biggest challenge will be not having had core classes in so long and forgetting a lot of the basics of math, chem, physics and engr. I was a CE major in 1995, stayed in for 1.5 years. It was interesting. Insane amounts of CAD... my school mostly focused on microprocessor design. I think Materials is something i'll like more. I have a HUGE amount of interest. I think that I'm up to the workload. We shall see...
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Of the people whom I've met who came back to a university to study physics after a long break only a few actually stuck through with it. Aside from the atrophy in mathematics( or maybe because of it), the ones that failed seemed to have trouble staying motivated and quickly became dejected at the lack of progress. All hope is not lost though. For example there's a 60 year old man in my Quantum 2 class and last semester there were a couple of 40 year olds in my analysis course. So my one piece of advice if you truly love it don't give up.