Majors

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
1

<p>What are the most difficult majors/options at Caltech? I feel that the mech E option/physics option seem to be pretty difficult, but what about options like biology, computer science, etc?</p>

2

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/162220-hardest-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/162220-hardest-major.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

3

<p>According to S1 physics is pretty tough.</p>

4

<p>purmou’s thread is still quite accurate, IMO. </p>

<p>My two cents:
Hardest majors in terms of difficulty (ie intellectually difficult):
Physics, Math, and Astrophysics (a superset of physics)</p>

<p>Hardest majors in terms of workload (ie lost of hard work):
ChemE (most requirements of any major at Tech) and EE</p>

<p>@OP, MechE is actually one of the easier options at Tech. It only requires ~192 units to complete and only a few of the classes in the major are considered difficult.</p>

5

<p>Science and math subsets are the most challenging.</p>