Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 16:11     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?

You can't really get a job as a physicist straight from undergrad - but if you go to a good college you could go the general quant/consulting route. That major is a signal that you are smart and can handle numbers.


Do employers check the college rigors and actual math or modeling skills as part of quants position filtering?
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 16:07     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?


Physics is phun!
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 16:05     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Grindy is not a negative for all. Some kids are looking for this kind of academic challenge and work…similar to a top athlete wanting the top challenges and to play and compete with others at the same level.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 16:04     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?


You can't really get a job as a physicist straight from undergrad - but if you go to a good college you could go the general quant/consulting route. That major is a signal that you are smart and can handle numbers.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 16:00     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?

Yes, physics major with just an undergrad are not as employable. Ask my sibling who went to Cal for a physics undergrad. They couldn't find a decent paying job, so they went back to get a masters in EE.


This is a pretty common outcome, if somewhat unheralded.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 15:23     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
I have a STEM-focused DC at Cornell. Yes, it is a bit "grindy," but DC loves it there. DC really enjoys learning, and enjoys being surrounded by people who feel the same way.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 15:22     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?

Yes, physics major with just an undergrad are not as employable. Ask my sibling who went to Cal for a physics undergrad. They couldn't find a decent paying job, so they went back to get a masters in EE.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 15:06     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
STEM is rigorous and merit-based. I don’t understand why someone would choose an easy party school just to coast by with Algebra I–level work, get a diploma, and then end up unemployable.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 15:05     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
A friend's kid studied Chem at CMU, did well and was happy there.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 15:03     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Isn't Physics one of the worst major in terms of employment prospect?
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 14:58     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
Anonymous wrote:How about for other STEM majors like chemistry and physics?

What other schools are as rigorous for chem and physics but more collaborative and with happier undergrads?


The key is to look for grade inflated schools, Harvard, Yale, Brown, and now Amherst.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 14:30     Subject: If CMU and Cornell are horrible grind schools for engineering and CS...
How about for other STEM majors like chemistry and physics?

What other schools are as rigorous for chem and physics but more collaborative and with happier undergrads?