Second Year Theoretical Physics Notes Flickthrough | alicedoesphysics 

Hey thank you Charlotte! Good luck for second year (not that you'll need it!), and hope you have a lovely fresher's! 😊 x

Ahhh good luck!!! ❤️ I hope you have a brilliant time! x

@@alicedoesphysics thank you =)

how did it go?

@@user-we8ix2cw7c I changed my major to computer engineering after a year and I’m graduating soon. But I’ll always love physics!

@@user-we8ix2cw7c I changed my major to computer engineering after a year and I’m graduating soon. But I’ll always love physics!

Hey Mehak! Ahh I struggled with the clausius clapeyron equation (... and to be honest, most of thermal haha) too! Yes, one of my favourite things about physics is that all around the world we're all learning the same things 😊 Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking? Hope physics is going well for you x

hi, I am so happy that you replied. I am from India. I am in the second year of theoretical physics. And I have to study thermal physics, basic instrumentation, and digital systems.

I am loving all the courses that I take.

No worries at all - I always try and reply, and thank you for taking the time to chat to me 😊 Ahh India, awesome! Best type of physics too 😛 I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying your courses, and I hope your second year goes brilliantly x

thanks, dear! :)

Good luck for second year! ❤ And I'm glad it could be helpful! 😊 x

No worries - thank you for sticking around (even through the pretty infrequent uploads) ❤ x

Ahh, that makes sense - that's a pain for you! Definitely one of the biggest cons of spiral binders, unfortunately. Thank you, I hope you have a lovely weekend too 😊 x

Oh yes, definitely, unfortnuately! 😂 I've made a video about how I revise here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZKwyOxG4Rhk.html 😊 x

Hey, thank you so much! So, I think I was unlucky to end up with someone like that (honestly almost everyone else I've met at lancaster has been really lovely!) but I also think it was a bit of product of the situation we were in - it was a flat of four, so there was that flatmate, a good friend of that flatmate, a mature student who was lovely but wasn't really around much, and me. I think if I'd have been in a bigger flat I would have been much less noticeable to that flatmate, and so I don't think they'd have disliked me so much (but who knows). To be completely honest it was pretty bad and I was quite miserable, to the point where I was offered and encouraged to move rooms for free by my college because they were aware of the situation. Having said that though, of all the rest of my friends, including ones who are similar to me ie. quite shy and don't go out and drink, none of them have had similar problems (problems with cleaning though, and maybe noise, sure - but not anyone picking on anyone). I think it's very very unlikely that you'll encounter a similar thing, and even less likely if you're in a bigger flat. Drugs-wise: I think I've probably mentioned that I don't drink, but whilst the majority of my closest friends do, none of them (afaik!) do any type of drugs, although that might be a product of the types of societies I do haha (running, scouts, ballet, etc). I do know people / housemates of friends who smoke weed, and whilst I also definitely know of people who do / have done harder drugs it isn't something I've really ever come into contact with, so definitely possible to avoid it if it's something you're uncomfortable with. Sorry for the essay of an answer - I just wanted to try and reassure you, because I'm sure you'll be okay at university! If you ever do have any issues at all (even if it's something you might think is small, like homesickness) please talk to someone - uni welfare teams are great listeners 😊 I wish you all the best with first year ❤️

Thank you! That's really reassuring to know! I think I'm in a much bigger flat of about 8 people (house 73) so if there is a nasty flatmate it should be easier to avoid. It's good to know how helpful the colleges seem to be as well. There are some second years in our group chat and none of them have said anything about nasty flatmates. From what I've been reading the drugs are there if you want them but easy to avoid if you don't. It's probably the kind of people you hang around, I feel like I'm very unlikely to make friends with anyone who does harder drugs anyway. I'm really looking forward to uni but theres these little niggling worries I can't seem to shake off. Like 90% of the things I worry about though, it should be fine!

I'm really glad I could help a bit 😊 Yes, that's exactly how I'd describe the situation re. drugs - and I'm the same with the kind of societies / clubs and people I hang out with. It's understandable to be nervous, but I'm glad to hear you're looking forward to it too! I'm the same with worrying and overthinking, but I really honestly do believe everything will be okay and that you'll have a wonderful time ❤️

Hey 😊 I'm really sorry because I know this isn't the answer you're looking for, but I don't really like saying the number of hours I revised for because I think there's too much of an emphasis in the "study community" (or whatever you want to call it) on the time somebody spends studying, when different people learning things differently, and it's the effectiveness of the revision that matters. To give some idea though, I did most (all?) of the past papers available, marking them question by question. Well done on getting a B! That does sound really unfair 😔 It's really good to hear you're taking it as motivation to prove him wrong! In my A level mocks I got an A* in maths and further maths, and above 90 ums in each module, but my teacher also refused to put my most likely grade on my report as an A* because "not many people get A*s in further maths, and I've already predicted [name], [name] and [name] an A*". Definitely made me more determined to go and get one too 😛 x

@@alicedoesphysics thanks Alice you are the best!

Hey bro how did this go down? I was in a similar situation last year so I'm curious how it worked out for you.

Yep, we have to hand our worksheets in on A4 paper, so I just use lined paper 😊 When I do them in rough first I use A4 plain paper notebooks from the works, and I did my revision questions mostly on an A4-ish sized whiteboard. Also thank you!!! ❤

Haha thank you, I'm glad you liked it 😂 I may put them online one day, but they honestly aren't well written - just in a way I understand haha! Good luck for uni when you do go, and for now, good luck with school / sixth form / college! x

Ooh awesome! If you ever see me around, say hi? It's lovely meeting other girls in theoretical (I'm the only one in my year, and there's only one in the year above too!) University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman is the physics textbook they recommend in first year - the Phys100 modules pretty much follow it exactly. If you don't manage to get a copy off ebay or wherever then go to the library asap when you arrive, as third years will be taking it out too for revision for the General Physics paper we have to sit (three years of content in one exam, v much looking forward to that...). Mathematical Methods by Riley, Hobson and Bence is a good maths textbook but a little bit detailed for first year - may still be worth getting if you can find it second-hand as it'll definitely be useful in later years 😊 Hope you have a great fresher's week! x

alicedoesphysics haha I will do! Yeah I was shocked that there were only 3 girls on my interview day. Thank you for your suggestions!!

Yes, I cleared out some of my old videos - sorry! I don't use youtube anymore (I actually work full-time as a scientist now) so it felt weird having people be able to see things I made years ago 😄

ahh, that's a shame. understandable though, i appreciate the response :)@@alicedoesphysics

thank you haha! ❤

Haha just rebrand them as a textbook, right? 😛 (but thank you!) x