Which majors make someone seem sophisticated?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1 it’s like claiming accounting is sophisticated.

Art history.

God, you're both SO dumb. If you read the PPs' comments, the discussion morphed into sophisticated vs difficult. So my answer was semiotics for sophisticated and physics and philosophy for hard.

[Anonymous]

A friends kid is majoring in Physics and Dance (ballet)

I’m impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1 it’s like claiming accounting is sophisticated.

Art history.

God, you're both SO dumb. If you read the PPs' comments, the discussion morphed into sophisticated vs difficult. So my answer was semiotics for sophisticated and physics and philosophy for hard.

Adding that my applied math experience was used as a comparison to judge the difficulty of the physics and philosophy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friends kid is majoring in Physics and Dance (ballet)

I’m impressed.

Me too. Love that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Art History

No. This screams trust fund

[Anonymous]

STEM
especially Physics.

[Anonymous]

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

All of the above except pre-med

Anyone can claim they are pre-med until they actually make it to a medical school

[Anonymous]

As always, it's not just major, it's not just school

It's a school + major combination.

[Anonymous]

Classics (Latin & Greek)

At least, these were the most sophisticated people I knew in college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Art History

No. This screams trust fund

Well, that is the point.

[Anonymous]

Fashion Design

[Anonymous]

Physics

[Anonymous]

The ones that get you a good job. Unemployeed sophisticated person is not sexy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Economics.

I disagree with the other posters on philosophy and art history. I hear someone studied philosophy and think that's dumb. They must not have a future life/career plan and so are unsophisticated. I've read the major philosophers too and have a law degree. I'm just not impressed with "common knowledge of sophisticated people" majors, like philosophy and art history. Smart people have a foundation in those areas regardless of study/major.

+100 Economics