Be honest: What major(s) do you not take seriously?

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<p>I’m partial to ivory.</p>

<p>@whhex, never in a million years would I want to know what your urine looks like. Thank you.</p>

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<p>how about white white?
and mmm… i like eggs. except for those bland scrambled eggs. i like egg omelettes with cheese and bacon. and mushrooms.</p>

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<p>HEY MY URINE IS TRANSPARENT TOO!</p>

<p>And yea, eggshell white is the best.</p>

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<p>and sorry venkat. but you probably won’t be able to see it anyway…</p>

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<p>so I don’t see psychology as a necessarily useless major. Considerng pre-med isn’t even a major, it’s a program, and considering I’m planning to get a phD in psychiatry, I will probably end up a psych major, but psychiatry is definitely a serious field</p>

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<p>I swore this thread was about something else…</p>

<p>Anyway, what about Laker purple?</p>

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<p>^The arguments about major and color all lead to the same place, but people are much nicer debating colors.</p>

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<p>Outdoor Leadership (Warren Wilson College)</p>

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<p>^ One of my good friends goes to Warren Wilson College. Not too sure what he’s majoring in though. They also offer a major in ‘Appalachian Studies’.</p>

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<p>^ Do they like it? its my best friends first choice</p>

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<p>PhD Fields in Order of Difficulty of Entry</p>

<p>Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics</p>

<p>Economics</p>

<p>Electrical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>English, Philosophy</p>

<p>Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Psychology</p>

<p>Earth Sciences, Material Science, Political Science, History</p>

<p>Civil Engineering</p>

<p>Industrial Engineering</p>

<p>Anthropology / Archaeology, Art History</p>

<p>Theology, Sociology</p>

<p>Communication</p>

<p>Based on average “quality” and “competitiveness” ranks. List excludes some professionally oriented fields (architecture, business, education, medicine, public administration) that may have distinctive tests and requirements.</p>

<p>Not indicative of undergrad.</p>

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<p>Well I guess that’s settles it.</p>

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<p>Liberal Arts ;)</p>

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<p>So annoying.</p>

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<p>Depending on your specific focus, game design can get pretty complex. It’s not exactly trivial programming, and I suppose the art side takes a good deal of skill too. </p>

<p>Not that I’m gone deeper into this than a couple of programming classes in high school.</p>

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<p>Read through the whole thread, and apart from the obvious ■■■■■■ who are simply calling out a major and claiming it and/or those who take are stupid, most people have made fairly coherent arguments for X major. Therefore, that leaves me unable to truly call out any significant one as truly useless.</p>

<p>also,

Wasn’t that in an MIT brochure? Read it back in the days I thought I would get in…</p>

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<p>It’s a saying of sorts that refers to any “useless” major</p>

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<p>Such number as may be deemed to perform the stated task in a timely and efficient manner within the strictures of the following agreement: Whereas the party of the first part, also known as “The Lawyer”, and the party of the second part, also known as “The Light Bulb”, do hereby and forthwith agree to a transaction wherein the Light Bulb shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon duties, i.e., the lighting and otherwise illumination of the area ranging from the front door, through the entry way.</p>

<p>The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to, the following steps:</p>

<p>1.) The party of the first part (Lawyer) shall, with or without elevation at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other means of elevation, rotate the party of the second part (Light Bulb) in a counter-clockwise direction, said direction being non-negotiable. Said rotation of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) shall be undertaken by the party of the first part (Lawyer) with every possible caution by the party of the first part (Lawyer) to maintain the structural integrity of the party of the second part (Light Bulb), notwithstanding the afore-mentioned failure of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) to perform the aforementioned customary and agreed upon duties. The foregoing notwithstanding, however, both parties agree that structural failure of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) may be incidental to the aforementioned failure to perform and in such case the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall be held blameless for such structural failure as long as this agreement is concerned so long as the non-negotiable rotation (counter-clockwise) is observed by the party of the first part (Lawyer) throughout.</p>

<p>2.) Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part (Light Bulb) becomes separated from the party of the third part (“Receptacle”), the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall have the option of disposing of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) in a manner consistent with all applicable state, local and federal statutes.</p>

<p>3.) Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall have the option of beginning installation of the party of the fourth part(“New Light Bulb”). This installation shall occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in step one of this self- same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a clockwise direction, said direction also being non-negotiable.</p>

<p>NOTE: The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part (Lawyer), by said party of the first part (Lawyer), by his heirs and assigns, or by any and all persons authorized by him to do so, the objective being to produce a level of illumination in the immediate vicinity of the aforementioned front door consistent with maximization of ingress and revenue for the party of the fifth part, also known as “The Firm”.</p>

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<p>That’s hilarious; did you come up with it? If not, please tell me where you found it :)</p>

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<p>I take all majors seriously, since they’re all teaching you something, but I do agree that a lot of majors aren’t NECESSARY for people who want to pursue certain careers.</p>

<p>Like for example, I’m a writing major, and I know that going to college and getting a BFA in it isn’t going to improve my chances of getting a writing job. Only reason I’m going is because the school I got into offers really good internships (which we’re required to take at least one of in our junior years) and the field experience is what could help me. Also, I want the college experience. </p>

<p>But if I’d gone to any other school and became, say, an English major, I know that that wouldn’t help me advance a screenwriting career AT ALL. I actually told my parents that if I didn’t get into the school I wanted, I wasn’t going to go to college at all, because it wouldn’t help me get to where I want to be and it’d be a waste of money.</p>

<p>When it comes to careers that require talent (like writing, painting, acting, being a musician, etc., etc.) having a college education always comes second to how good you actually are, mainly because your success will be measured by how impressed people are with you. You could be a Harvard graduate trying to get a book published, but if the book sucks and puts every literary agent to sleep, they’re not going to care about where you went to school, because no one’s going to buy your product.</p>

<p>However there are a lot of majors that are NECESSARY in order for people to get the careers they want. This is mostly seen in science, math, and legal fields.</p>

<p>So yeah, I respect all the majors education-wise, but a lot of them just aren’t necessary to get you ahead in your career. This goes for basically all art majors and other majors for fields in the humanities. A lot of us just go to college to get better in our fields, but it’s possible to do this outside of college as well.</p>