<p>engineering \m/</p>
<p>So I’m a math major blah blah blah and none of this matters because I’m only here for one reason. </p>
<p>silence_kit, you wouldn’t happen to be a fan of Pavement, would you?</p>
<p>Im a grad student in applied math. In my experience it just depends on the quality of the program. Ive met very smart students in my undergrad and grad classes from very fields ranging from physics engineering and math. The ones that were the best and top of their classes were not worried about the rigorus tasks. They attempted to go above and beyond the basic understandings of their field. As an undergrad in math i had research opportunities which included but not restricted to mri image processings and clifford projective spaces to find canonical formulations for such things. Both topics dealt with a lot of computer science but we also have to make and prove our theorems formally. If anyone says that applied math doesnt apply themselves as well as the other sciences, then their experiences have been simply rubbish. Im telling you from my experiences, it all just depends on the quality of the program. If the program you are placed in sucks then maybe it would be a good thing to try something else. Ive told undergrads this many times, try to get involved with research with a professor or get involved in some programs your dept offers, bc if its anywhere you are allowed to screw up, its in the classroom, but you are not allowed to screw up in a real life job. Food for thought.</p>