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Hardest major(s)?
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truffleshuffle83
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id say BME with a focus on pre-med, not only do you have to be an engineer, you have to be a doctor too
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actually, Architecture is an absolute beast at my school--it requires the combination of artistic talent, cultural studies, plus plenty of math skills and physical materials studies. They have bunks in the Architecture Building for a reason.
actually, Architecture is an absolute beast at my school--it requires the combination of artistic talent, cultural studies, plus plenty of math skills and physical materials studies. They have bunks in the Architecture Building for a reason.
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nitewulf said:
Engineering physics is worse.
Biochemistry is pretty damn hard too.
what, medicine? thats not tough. its just hard work. lots of not so intelligent ppl become doctors just by sticking to it.WARCOCK said:
as for physics...eh, the math isnt that high level initially. still, if you are a physics major even classical stuff like langrangian and hamiltonian mechanics will blow your mind.
then you have to take relativity and quantum mechanics...and use tensor calculus. yes. tensor. calculus.
Wellington
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Electrical Engineering.
I did Mechanical Engineering and thought that was tough, but when I glanced over at what my friends were doing and saw all that shit... ugh. EE is just a lot more abstract than ME, I'm a visual person!
I did Mechanical Engineering and thought that was tough, but when I glanced over at what my friends were doing and saw all that shit... ugh. EE is just a lot more abstract than ME, I'm a visual person!
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whytemyke said:
A combination of mathematical, artistic, peformance, memorizational, and so much more wound into one major
. Music's tough shit that's mentally demanding, no matter who you are. I've checked out what my engineering friends are doing, and it looks insanely hard. Then again, I'm average at best when it comes to math, so my opinion's really not valid.
I'm a civil engineering and imho I think it is one of the easiest engineer options there is. However it ain't a breeze either, you have to pass alot of the mechanical core classes such as statics, dynamics, strength & material, fluids, thermo. One thats done it should be a breeze. But engineering wise, aero is pretty hard.
Music can be extremely demanding, but it depends on what you're doing with it. I have no idea how hard a music major is.OpinionatedCyborg said:A combination of mathematical, artistic, peformance, memorizational, and so much more wound into one major
I've checked out what my engineering friends are doing, and it looks insanely hard. Then again, I'm average at best when it comes to math, so my opinion's really not valid.
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Poody said:
I just got accepted into aerospace engineering :lol... =( .... and electrical engineering =(. Waiting on Nanotechnology Engineering (the one I want). Perhaps I owned myself?
it really depends
For example, I'd say the Computer Science theory and material is far harder than the chemical engineering material. However, CS majors are nartually lazy and uncaring bastards. Hence, you can be quite lazy but smart and still do good extremely well.
But for chemical engineering, everyone just cares too damn much. So since all the students put in insane amounts of hours into their work and studying and such, you have to do the same to compete.
For example, I'd say the Computer Science theory and material is far harder than the chemical engineering material. However, CS majors are nartually lazy and uncaring bastards. Hence, you can be quite lazy but smart and still do good extremely well.
But for chemical engineering, everyone just cares too damn much. So since all the students put in insane amounts of hours into their work and studying and such, you have to do the same to compete.
Yeah, it all depends on what your talents are.
I am horrible at math, yet fantastic at computer science. If I majored in Math, I would die. But my current Comp Sci major is a piece of cake because I take initiative unlike others. But I have to take Math courses for it, so I'm not looking forward to it.
Bah, music is not a hard major. I know a ton of people who've gone through it. The only difficult aspect of a music major is finding good use to put it to. Now THAT'S going to give you a headache. I think music majors are stupid, but that's just the way I've been brought up in my family. We're hugely musical and my parents didn't want me to make the mistake of going into music.
I am horrible at math, yet fantastic at computer science. If I majored in Math, I would die. But my current Comp Sci major is a piece of cake because I take initiative unlike others. But I have to take Math courses for it, so I'm not looking forward to it.
Bah, music is not a hard major. I know a ton of people who've gone through it. The only difficult aspect of a music major is finding good use to put it to. Now THAT'S going to give you a headache. I think music majors are stupid, but that's just the way I've been brought up in my family. We're hugely musical and my parents didn't want me to make the mistake of going into music.
Cyan said:
Yeah, seriously. Almost any major whose subject is one in which you have actual interest can be as hard as you want to make it; I worked with history students who worked twice as hard as some of the students in the EE and ME classes I TA'd for. Unless your question breaks down to "what is the hardest major?" in regards to the minimum amount of work required to pass or get a certain grade, which as Cyan said is an absolutely ridiculous way to decide educational pursuits if that's what you're using it for.
WrathOfOtaibah
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Graphic Design
- Expensive ($100>) projects
- Job security is nonexistent
- When you do get a job, its $28-32k, at least in my parts
- My college had a program and if you didn't make the cut, you had to do a year of Art first and then go back to a year of Graphic Design
- Who made the cut was arbitary. People had beautiful projects with stellar GPAs and didn't make the cut.
I'm glad I went to Engineering. Its hard but fair.
- Expensive ($100>) projects
- Job security is nonexistent
- When you do get a job, its $28-32k, at least in my parts
- My college had a program and if you didn't make the cut, you had to do a year of Art first and then go back to a year of Graphic Design
- Who made the cut was arbitary. People had beautiful projects with stellar GPAs and didn't make the cut.
I'm glad I went to Engineering. Its hard but fair.
Whatever you end up doing, I recommend you double major in Philosophy. No matter what your other major, there is *something* in Philosophy that will shed further light on it from another perspective. Philosophy is also great for making you very aware of what's going on in arguments and how to articulate yourself. Two skills that are priceless, imo.
I have a BS in Logic & Computation and a BA in Philosophy, fyi.
I have a BS in Logic & Computation and a BA in Philosophy, fyi.
Future Trunks
lemme tell you something son, this guy is SO FARKING HUGE HE'LL FLEX AND DESTROY THE SUN no shit
Poody said:
WOO! Go AE!
I can't really say what's hard and what's not. It depends on you affinity for whatever and your ability to be diligent. Right now, I'm pursuing my ME Thermo Fluids (same as AE Thermo really, just switched for job opp reasons) with a Bioengineering Application and wanting to do my PhD in Nanotech....and honestly, other than the fact that grad school is so much more "open" and less "aided" than undergrad was, it's not bad....
I guess, it's all what you make it. I would rather say, pick what interests you on the intellectual side, and then challenge yourself by taking on extra research, or whatever you can do to make the major more challenging.
EDIT: BSAE, btw.
TheQueen'sOwn
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What do you guys think about co-op (in aerospace, nanotech, electrical engineering.. or any engineering course I guess)?
fugimax said:
Philosophy is great. I wasn't a philosophy major, but I took all the logic courses leading up to and including advanced symbolic logic and it was so much fun even though all the philosophy majors seemed to absolutely hate it, and it was required for them. Haha.
Maxwell House
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I'd say Aerospace engineering has to be close to the top of the list.
If you enjoy complex, real world math, I'd suggest getting into Financial Engineering. You can make an assload of money in that field and it is one of strong growth. Banks are hiring Financial Engineers out the wazoo.
U of Chicago has a 1 year Financial Engineering/Mathematics grad program. They have a 100% after degree placement ratio with the average starting salaries between 85-125K.
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050203/math-finance.shtml
If you enjoy complex, real world math, I'd suggest getting into Financial Engineering. You can make an assload of money in that field and it is one of strong growth. Banks are hiring Financial Engineers out the wazoo.
U of Chicago has a 1 year Financial Engineering/Mathematics grad program. They have a 100% after degree placement ratio with the average starting salaries between 85-125K.
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050203/math-finance.shtml
Future Trunks
lemme tell you something son, this guy is SO FARKING HUGE HE'LL FLEX AND DESTROY THE SUN no shit
TheQueen'sOwn said:
Do it?
:lol, sorry, that's a little broad.
I think co-ops and paid interships are harder to find related to MMAE (Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Eng) and nanotech than EE, CE, or IE. Not HARD to find, but there's most of the time a smaller selection - -especially AE and Nano cause they're so specialized. They are good because they allow you to see the corporate or government application of your major before you finish school -- if that's what you want to do. Also, it provides experience that companies are looking for.
Hooking up with a prof. can be valuable because when such opportunities come down the line, research assistants (and favorites) get first notice.
Nano'd be a little hard to get a co-op in....nano is just the miniaturization of systems, so, any of these majors would contribute towards your understanding of it. Whether you do chemical, bio, mech, electrical, physics, mathematics....you're in a position to continue on to nano. Well, except civil and industrial, perhaps.
Make sure your co-op reflects what you want to do (or, at least, what you're thinking of doing...).
Future Trunks
lemme tell you something son, this guy is SO FARKING HUGE HE'LL FLEX AND DESTROY THE SUN no shit
Maxwell House said:
Hmmmm....I may have to look into that....never hurts to broaden myself...
TheQueen'sOwn
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Thanks
The aerospace program I got into is coop... Hopefully I get into nanotech. I seem to have applied for coop for that also :lol.
The aerospace program I got into is coop... Hopefully I get into nanotech. I seem to have applied for coop for that also :lol.
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WrathOfOtaibah
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Poody said:
CE here too.
BlackSalad
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Chem E for sure
galeninjapan
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It has to be Film, you have no idea how many movies I have to watch a week!
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TheQueen'sOwn said:Thanks
The aerospace program I got into is coop... Hopefully I get into nanotech. I seem to have applied for coop for that also :lol.
Hey you go to UW? Going to be there in the summer? Gotta do a GAF meet-up sometime. PM me if you're interested.
It certainnly is not the hardest major, but architecture can be emasculating.
Nothing like doing as many all nighters as you can on a project during its last two weeks and having some elitst prick guest critique tell you your design is shit and you should consider another field.
I blame Ayn Rand.
Nothing like doing as many all nighters as you can on a project during its last two weeks and having some elitst prick guest critique tell you your design is shit and you should consider another field.
I blame Ayn Rand.
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Just finished up my third year there. Let me know if you get anything going.
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