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[quote=Anonymous]It was very popular when I left for college in 1988.  I work with a ton of engineers in intellectual property---lawyers with chem E, Mechanical, etc. engineering degrees.

What has changed is the number of women going into engineering, which is great.

When I was in school all of the women in STEM were biology majors--biology related--biochem, microbiology, emerging molecular biology, etc.  Chemistry, Physics, Engineering were a sausage fest.

Engineering was always a sure decent salary.  I had interest in English and Bio and my dad pushed me the science route which has been good for me--still working with great $.

I will say, there is this crazy focus and fascination on STEM nowadays.  People go on and on and are oh so impressed if their kid has any inclination towards science/math...YAWN.  They are also very critical of anyone not in STEM. I'm not impressed--I have a grad degree in STEM.  Many of the smartest people I know were not in STEM.

My sons are equally strong in Science/Math and Humanities/English. I was certain the oldest would go the STEM route since his interests in elementary seemed that way, but now he's a Senior and since Freshmen year he is fascinated with International Relations/History, etc.  He's scored 5s on all of his Science/Math AP exams and As in classes, just like in History/English--but the passion is not for math/science and I'd never push him that way.[/quote]

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