<p>all I know is that my o chem class required 3 times the work and time of my poli sci and history courses... once again i think it depends on what you are studying. I have to work at night and on the weekends to do well in my science courses.</p>
<p>what are "high end majors" ?
I'm currently a Junior going to Senior and highly considering to go into Cal... I'm going to do a science major, but... as many people mentioned before "college seems really hard" for me...</p>
<p>"High End Majors" is a term made up by people who want to make a heirarchy of majors. Don't pay attention to the college bs you'll hear about this type of thing and definitely don't let it deter you from coming to Cal. </p>
<p>Also, Lo1603, I don't think that you can classify based on "what" you are studying, but who it is studying. I know tons of people who find CS and Chem a breeze but it takes them forever to write a research paper, whereas for me it's the opposite. Plus, are you talking about Chem 3A? Because that's a weeder class. Make sure you're comparing your O-Chem class to an equally challanging poli sci or history course (believe me, they're out there)...</p>
<p>high end majors . . .</p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Well... high end majors like what?? (sorry~ MArieAntoinette, I 'm still curious... but I'll still apply to the career I chose whether if falls into that cathegory or not~ :D)</p>
<p>"I found college work to be FAR less time consuming and FAR less challenging than high school work."</p>
<p>I would feel so relieved right now if someone can say this about engineering.</p>
<p>Please? =D</p>
<p>..Just humor me ppl...</p>
<p>Ok. Fine. lol, you made me do it. High end major is a VERY loose, thrown around term that means different things to different people. But in general, the high end majors can apply to departments that will generally get you more money career wise (engineering, law, pre-med, business), departments that have harder/impacted courses (MCB, again engineering, many of the sciences, math, psychology, etc.), etc. </p>
<p>Sometimes, this is juxtaposed with the "fluff" majors (any major that's not involved in some way with science or math, or a major that ends in the word "Studies")... this is coming from a VERY biased "if you don't do things with numbers, this isn't challanging" view. Take it with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>THERE! lol</p>
<p>I somewhat agree. I think basically people think of so-called "high end" majors as those that are difficult and challenging, often because of the mathematics and science involved with them, including MCB, engineering, chem, physics, mathematics, and these are often juxtaposed against the "fluff" majors, which include easy courses with high percentages of the class receving As and Bs, little weeding, lacking extensive problem sets and very harsh curves, and more. I don't know of many who would include psychology as a "high end" major, and many who would include it in "fluff." But really, so many people who divide in this manner are ignorant of the difficulty of, to name a few, philosophy and English, or of the sheer amount of reading and required thesis in history, all nice and "fluffy" in their views.</p>
<p>I'm an aspiring elitist. hehe jk.</p>
<p>You must be an engineering major . . . just kidding. Most people, I would say, don't care. To those who do, it's generally well respected amongst the humanities. You will have so many pages of reading and writing, you won't worry about what they think. Good luck with that. ;)</p>