Hello. I am in desperate need for advice. I have searched for advice everywhere and each time failed to obtain it. This is my last resort. Please help me and bare with me while I explain the problem.
I am 28 years old guy. I have literally whole day free to pursue whatever goals I see fit, because I own several websites which are managed by my friend. I made a list of goals and physics/math is on the list. I will hire a teacher who will teach me math and physics every single day. Since I have other goals as well, I can only invest 1 hour per day on math, and 1 hour per day on physics. So, in total, thats 2 hours per day. I can keep up with this regime for 7 years. So, after 7 years, I will invested 2500 hours in physics and 2500 hours in math. I do not want to earn money with this because I already have stable, guaranteed income pretty much for the rest of my life, nor do I want official title/certificate/diploma/recognition. I am doing this purely for myself. Since I have other goals as well, I simply do not have enough time to attend a university. Assuming that everything else is average- average teacher, average focusing ability etc.- how much can I learn in this time? I have basic high school level knowledge in chemistry, physics and math. As an example- simply as a tool to express what level of knowledge I hope to achieve- I hope to have same level of knowledge as average bachelor degree holder (or higher) in math, and same level of knowledge as average bachelor degree holder (or higher) in physics. I want to specialize in Astrophysics and, if possible, Quantum physics (Theoretical physics?). As for math, I want to learn "pure mathematics" (if that's even a thing)
Provided that I will invest 2500 hours in physics and same amount of time in math, can I reach the level I am hoping for? If not, if 2500 hours in each field is not enough, then, generally speaking/on average, what amount of time would be enough? How much hours do uni students invest?
So, if I invest 2500 hours in physics and 2500 hours in math, can I hope to posses university-level knowledge in theoretical physics (Astrophysics/Quantum) and "pure mathematics"?
Forgive me my ignorance.This is it. Please help me. This is very important for me. Again, thanks all of you.
Ok so 140 semester hours translates into 2200 "real" hours. As you said, only half of them are actually spent on major concentration of study, so that's 1100 "real" hours. As a general rule of thumb, three additional hours per one lecture must be set aside. That comes out as 3300 hours for homework + 1100 base hours = 4400. Lets add 15% as a small "just to be sure" bonus and we get 5000 hours. Basically, I must double my study time so I would get 5k hours per subject. Is this correct? Also, do undergraduates even learn specializations like astrophysics and Quantum physics? How many semester hours (in general) are required for masters and PhD (just for info)? Again, thanks a lot guys. Everyone is being really helpful and nice on this forum.