This is what a theoretical physics exam looks like at university

assorted solutions:

Spin (Q3d):

Special relativity (Q4):

[tibees]

Does this look like something you would enjoy? 😂

[lazarocito]

“This exam will take you three hours”
Ok...
“There are four questions”
...

[firehunterz]

"Question 1: Find the Lagrangian-"

I quit.

[practicalsoftwaremarcus]

Knowing that John weights 110 pound and Mary is 16 years old, calculate the Sun's mass.

[piero]

"Unify the quantum theory with general relativity for 5 marks. Oh, and explain"

[zanetruesdale]

I'm not a physics student dont know why I watched the whole video.

[hko]

How well I understood theoretical physics? I had a theoretical degree in physics.

[magicweaponr]

This shows just how much physics channels simplify stuff for their audience.

[xMorladumx]

This might just be me, but once you opened that booklet, I got really nervous. Its funny how test anxiety hits you just by looking at one O.o

[mc]

Prove Fermat's last theorem on the margins or otherwise.

[someastrophysicist]

As a physicist, this is 100% accurate! Plan on having the double pendulum question on some exam you take for sure!
For our final in mechanics, our teacher came into a room, pulled a quarter out of his pocket, and spun it on the table.
He said "Describe this physically", and left the room. Coolest exam I ever took. (Got a 94 on it by the way 😜)

[dabullsg]

you should do a video on how you tackle problems like these. Not the specific mathematical tools and fancy symbols necessarily, but the methodology and thought process used in solving these.

[WLOfails]

It frustrates me when I spend a lot of time learning a difficult subject only to forget a lot of things i've learned a year after completing the course. I don't think I can pass the same ochem or biochem exams i've taken before now.

[kronek]

Wow you sure watch a lot of Rick and Morty

[AN-bwim]

This exam makes thermodynamics look like a joke

[oscarchan]

I am a Year 2 Physics Student and I have to say that this is a very good explanation for our situation. For other subjects, you answer something for a question. For Physics, they ask you something, you literally spit out a whole essay of equations and explanations for one question.

Although Physics is the hardest subject in Science, having an extremely high workload of 1 hard assignment per week per course with questions that require critical, higher-level thinking and intensive study, I still love Physics. It is my dream. And I will never give up.

Raise your hand if you are a Physics student.

[tylerheard]

I enjoyed that little note you put in at the end. I didn’t do anything as intense as theoretical physics, but sometimes I look back at my engineering notes, and I feel like I’ve forgotten half of what I learned in uni. It’s a completely different mindset when you’re immersed in it everyday.

[aakksshhaayy]

I feel like if you actually paid attention in this course this exam would be super easy

[ZorroVulpes]

I liked this video, I would fail this test but it's good to know what to expect.

[ElliLovett]

I'm studying for one of our theoretical physics exams at the moment and i just found your channel. I must say it is very motivational to see other people, who have been were i am now, that have succeeded in what I'm trying to do ^^. Thanks for the motivational help :) ..theoretical physics exams seem to be similar all over the world, although classical mechanics (Lagrange and hamiltonian mechanics) and quantum mechanics are different exams and courses here. I'm only in my third semester so i haven't gotten father than quantum mechanics in the theoretical physics courses ^^' (wich is the second after classical mechanics..next semester will be electrodynamics...maybe the order is different in other countries or at other universities).
Greetings from Germany (and sorry for any English mistakes ^^' ) Now I'm going to study with renewed enthusiasm ;)