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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn't 1980 anymore. Most smart and talented kids go into STEM majors - mechanical engineering, computer science, neuroscience, biochemistry, applied mathematics, earth science, nanotechnology. Or a harder social science like economics. Most of these majors have introductory courses that are graded on a curve. No one in these majors is graduating with a 3.7.

Harvard, Yale, and Brown are soft schools. And they have been for a long time. The hardest thing about these schools is getting in. None of them excel in STEM fields, certainly not at the undergrad level. When it comes to brain power, I'm pretty confident the students at Purdue and Georgia Tech blow away the film studies majors at Yale.[/quote]

Oh give it a frickin' rest. I went into Biochem as a female in the 80s, from a STEM family. I am not so impressed by all the STEM worship, having worked with so many that have ZERO communication skills, no EQ and can't write.

I also have two sons that do EQUALLY as well in math/science and English/history/humanities.  One was asked to bump up to Calc early--and guess what? he has a complete and total love of history/international relations/policy, etc.  He took a few college courses in it over college summers--all while scoring 5s in every single Science and math AP exam, As in all those classes and near perfect math on SAT and 36 in ACT Sci/Math.

The smartest kids excel in ALL subjects and go where they have a passion.[/quote]

I have a similar kid (through HS at least) and I, too, don’t get the stem worship. My kid is only a first year, but he loves and is challenged by his college poli sci and IR classes, and finds his linear algebra class easy and boring. I don’t care whether he majors in math or political science, and don’t view one major easier or harder than the other. [/quote]

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