What do you think is the hardest undergraduate Major?

[Isla]

My husband double majored in EE and Computer Engineering. He's quite brilliant in a lot of ways, but I think that they should have made 'interpersonal relations' and 'social graces' requirements for graduating. 😉

 

[Armitage]

Heh, when I was an undergrad the AE & EE people would have this discussion all the time. But the ChemE people didn't have the time to join in the debate.

But there are differences even within a given major depending on what electives you take and even what instructors you get.

 

[Ferocious]

I majored in EE.

But I would say Chemical Engineering is slightly tougher.

EE is 2nd toughest at least though.

 

[spp]

no one suggested mse?? i am taking a class from it right now and i have no fvcking clue what's going on right now.

 

[badluck]

sociology.....you have to put up with the whiny liberals in every class.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: focusyn
I'd have to say any nationally accredited Architecture program. Why else would it be a minimum 5 year bachelor?

Yea, forgot about the architecture guys ... they always looked fragged. Always had these projects to build out of styrafoam & popsicle sticks 😀

Never understood why that was a 5 year degree though ... you're designing building, not even engineering them. But design & engineering of aircraft (AE) is only 4 years. Of course, you also need an advanced degree and years of experience before you'll get anywhere close to aircraft design.

 

[Isla]

My stoner cousin got his PhD in ChemEng.

(I guess he must have had some brain cells to spare, lol!)

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: ElFenix
EE? fsck no, the EEs are in phear of the biochemgineers.

I'm an EE and I took 4 biomed and 2 biochem (all grad-level) classes in Undergrad (wanted to keep med school as an option open) and they paled in comparison to my EE classes. This is at one of the top 10 biomed schools in the nation.

EE, without a doubt.

if you took it just for the heck of it then theres a selection bias

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: ElFenix
EE? fsck no, the EEs are in phear of the biochemgineers.

I'm an EE and I took 4 biomed and 2 biochem (all grad-level) classes in Undergrad (wanted to keep med school as an option open) and they paled in comparison to my EE classes. This is at one of the top 10 biomed schools in the nation.

EE, without a doubt.

if you took it just for the heck of it then theres a selection bias

I take cakewalk courses for the heck of it, and biomed/biochem courses are definitely not cakewalks. 🙂

These were more checkbox items I felt I had to take if I wanted to be competetive if I applied to med school, for a grad biomed degree, or to work for a biotech company.

 

[QueHuong]

Perhaps choosing an engineering program as a premed major is not the best strategy for trying to get in Medical school.

Thank you for letting me know I chose a bad major to aim for med school in, Master of the Obvious 🙂. The reasons I chose engineering are that I have a hell of a lot of respect for that major, more than any other because it's hard as heck. Because of that, it's the only major I ever hear that is said to "teach you how to think and survive." If (hopefully "when") I get into med school, I will already have developed greater study, problem solving and thinking skills, more so than most of the those biology majors.

The second reason I chose it is because engineers can get a job almost as anything. I hear about engineering majors who become CEOs, presidents of universities, etc. And I read in a premed book that a bachelor's in engineering is worth a masters in another major to employers. Which goes back to engineering teaches you how to think. If I don't go to med school, I have more chances at better jobs; whereas if I was a bio or philosophy major, I would pump gas.

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: MindStorm

Perhaps choosing an engineering program as a premed major is not the best strategy for trying to get in Medical school.

Thank you for letting me know I chose a bad major to aim for med school in, Master of the Obvious 🙂. The reasons I chose engineering are that I have a hell of a lot of respect for that major, more than any other because it's hard as heck. Because of that, it's the only major I ever hear that is said to "teach you how to think and survive." If (hopefully "when") I get into med school, I will already have developed greater study, problem solving and thinking skills, more so than most of the those biology majors.

The second reason I chose it is because engineers can get a job almost as anything. I hear about engineering majors who become CEOs, presidents of universities, etc. And I read in a premed book that a bachelor's in engineering is worth a masters in another major to employers. Which goes back to engineering teaches you how to think. If I don't go to med school, I have more chances at better jobs; whereas if I was a bio or philosophy major, I would pump gas.

That's EXACTLY what I'm thinking for my application to UofT. EXACTLY to a TEE. My parents like the idea of the backup, as do I, while I still get to persue my own goals. And supposedly it is 'easier' if you do take the eng path thru. 🙂