What are the most difficult majors?

[Anonymous]

In the age of this college scandal, what are the majors that people that get in through back doors can’t hack? I feel like job recruiters/grad schools should look at majors, rather than specific colleges.

[Anonymous]

Hard science and engineering.

[Anonymous]

Electrical engineering. I know this is 900 years ago, but that was my dad's major and I vaguely remember him telling me that it was a five year program and more than half the class dropped out.

[Anonymous]

Chemistry
Engineering

[Anonymous]

Anything with a substantial amount of math

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the age of this college scandal, what are the majors that people that get in through back doors can’t hack? I feel like job recruiters/grad schools should look at majors, rather than specific colleges.

They often do. But do you necessarily want someone who excelled in physics doing marketing and PR?

[Anonymous]

Philosophy. It is one of the most difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the age of this college scandal, what are the majors that people that get in through back doors can’t hack? I feel like job recruiters/grad schools should look at majors, rather than specific colleges.

They often do. But do you necessarily want someone who excelled in physics doing marketing and PR?

No. For marketing and PR we want shameless liars.

[Anonymous]

Physics is extremely hard. Some people switch to engineering because it’s easier.

[Anonymous]

Whatever you are not good at is the hardest major for you. If you’re not good at math, STEM majors would likely be the most difficult for you. If you’re not good at reading, analysis, and writing, majors like English and history might be the most difficult for you.

If your major is *that* difficult, you are likely not in the best major for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Physics is extremely hard. Some people switch to engineering because it’s easier.

I switched to math, physics was a lot a work and I realized I only liked it for the math. Math is the major for the profoundly lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever you are not good at is the hardest major for you. If you’re not good at math, STEM majors would likely be the most difficult for you. If you’re not good at reading, analysis, and writing, majors like English and history might be the most difficult for you.

If your major is *that* difficult, you are likely not in the best major for you.

This isn't true. Not all engineering majors couldn't hack it at English or History.

I vote electrical engineering as one of the hardest. Chemical and petroleum engineering are up there too.

[Anonymous]

Any engineering. Even the "dumb" ones cannot be hacked into by idiots.

[Anonymous]

I have a BS in Chemical Engineering and I would vote Physics as the hardest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever you are not good at is the hardest major for you. If you’re not good at math, STEM majors would likely be the most difficult for you. If you’re not good at reading, analysis, and writing, majors like English and history might be the most difficult for you.

If your major is *that* difficult, you are likely not in the best major for you.

This isn't true. Not all engineering majors couldn't hack it at English or History.

I vote electrical engineering as one of the hardest. Chemical and petroleum engineering are up there too.

But you're presuming that all English and history majors couldn't hack it as engineers?