Which majors make someone seem sophisticated?

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Anonymous wrote:STEM and med degrees are utilitarian, difficult to get for sure, but they do not scream sophisticated... the opposite actually.

You are probably confused them with plumbing or auto mechanic

Lol no. I actually have a STEM degree. They are good at getting good solid jobs and become part of the middle class. Not for someone who wants to signal sophistication at all.

I agree with this. I’m an Engineer. It’s very practical, not my idea of sophisticated.

+1, dual engineer household. Not saying STEM/med degree holders can't be sophisticated, but the degree doesn't help at all. Engineering is a career you can be moderately successful in with limited sophistication.

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Anything that someone with a trust fund would study because time & money are no concerns.

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Journalism. Political Science.

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Anonymous wrote:Neuroscience, pre-med, computer science, engineering

“Pre-med” isn’t even a major at a lot of schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Anything that someone with a trust fund would study because time & money are no concerns.

Right. Any study done for its intrinsic value, its ability to elevate appreciation for humanity and the world.

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Physics at MIT

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Anonymous wrote:Anything that someone with a trust fund would study because time & money are no concerns.

Right. Any study done for its intrinsic value, its ability to elevate appreciation for humanity and the world.

But to be judged sophisticated in these areas, one really has to know their stuff. Otherwise, you just seem like a loser. For example, people admire a great artist, but no one really cares about an average one.

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Semiotics as they clearly don't need to work for a living.

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Anonymous wrote:Neuroscience, pre-med, computer science, engineering

“Pre-med” isn’t even a major at a lot of schools.

Pre-med is an actual major anywhere? Never heard of anywhere that it alone is a major. To me pre-med is a set of 10-12 core courses required for whatever medical field you wish to go into (Medical, dental, PA, PT, OT, ST, etc..) and you must complete those along with whatever major you choose. Given that BIo101/102, Chem 101/102, A&P1&2, Orgo 1&2, Physics 1&2, etc are on the list for most of the medical fields many students select Biology or biological sciences or exercise Physiology as a major, but that's not required.

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You think a college major connotes a level of sophistication all by itself? This is hilarious!

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Physics, especially if you are not a classic studious geek. A super hip physics major would be the bomb.

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Anonymous wrote:STEM and med degrees are utilitarian, difficult to get for sure, but they do not scream sophisticated... the opposite actually.

You are probably confused them with plumbing or auto mechanic

Right, “you are probably confused them”. There’s sophistication for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Semiotics. Physics and philosophy are the hardest majors - applied math major here.

Applied math is the exact opposite of sophisticated. Smart but not sophisticated.

I did not find philosophy or literature to be hard subject matters. Reading and analysis. Physics, on the other hand = very challenging. And for me personally, not very interesting. What does "sophisticated" mean? Well read? Is this a troll post?

Are you serious? Have you read Heidegger? Hegel?

+1

And don’t even get me started on Kant.

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Anonymous wrote:This has got to be one of the most pathetically needy social climbing questions ever on DCUM and that’s saying something. WTF OP?

OP didn't say OP was asking for purposes of social climbing.

I can't say that the degrees ever helped me social climb. They haven't even really been topics of conversation in "the real world" (outside of academia), as most people I come across haven't studied it, so there's not much to discuss.

Because, as we all know, people who ask for purposes of social climbing always explicitly state that’s why they’re asking.

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Hotel/Restaurant Management.