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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The belief that math, engineering, and the "hard sciences" (i.e., not biology?) are the most difficult is directly related to the fact that those are highly male-dominated fields. I was a female math major and I can tell you, math is not that hard. It is just regarded as such because of sexism.[/quote]

Agree. [/quote]

Female engineer here. I disagree. Engineering is very hard. Law school was a complete joke by comparison.[/quote]

Yeah, my son is an engineer and is breezing through law school.  He reminds me of a law school classmate of mine who could just cut through the cases to find the critical nugget of analytical value.  You want to loathe people like that, but, of course, they're engineers, so they're super-affable.  [/quote]

Well, we had engineers and doctors in my law school class. They didn't "breeze" through it. They were on par with everyone else.[/quote]

I went to a top five engineering undergrad and a top five law school. The engineering program was much more rigorous and difficult in my opinion. [/quote]

Engineers who go to law school have the advantage of having worked very hard as undergrads, so the law school workload, which can feel relentless to students who majored in humanities or social sciences, feels more manageable to them.  Also, the logic puzzle aspect of law school comes easily to engineers.  An engineer who's articulate and a decent writer can excel in law school.    [/quote]

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