<p>I heard biochemistry is hard</p>
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<p>This is exactly the point I’ve always made. I’m an engineering major, and my roommate was HOD (which is like applied psych for businesses–the closest thing Vandy has to a business degree, but it’s like the HR side of business). We would always compete, because that major is notorious for long papers; the problem I have with her comparing is that I physically could do the work she does. I may not do it as well, or as quickly, or whatever, but a large majority of the work I did, she wouldn’t be able to complete in any form. I’m not saying that she doesn’t work hard, but her work just isn’t hard.</p>
<p>Architecture may not be considered the most “difficult” major, but it is definitely in the top three, if not ranked first, in time consuming majors. No matter how well you can be at designing concepts or explaining them, ARCH majors WILL spend at least 40 hours during a 7-day week doing studio work. This is including the studio class itself, but not even considering the other lecture classes, and the projects and assignments that come with those. And this isn’t even involving the other 3 or 4 classes a semester architect students have to take…</p>
<p>The first wave would probably be Physics or Mathematics.</p>
<p>The second wave would be Engineering (Aeronautical, Electrical, Chemistry) or Computer Science.</p>
<p>The third wave would be Statistics, Philosophy, Architecture, and (maybe) Chemistry and Economics.</p>
<p>Then would be the rest.</p>
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<p>You seriously think that Philosophy and Economics are as hard as Architecture and Chemistry?</p>
<p>Economics definitely isn’t, but philosophy could be depending on which college you attend.</p>
<p>I think that the “hardest” but also most interesting subject of study is Physics. It requires you to understand force, motion, matter, and space. It is probably the most intellectual thing I can think of(Outside of Artificial Intelligence … and God). Perhaps I am being a bit narrow in my search.</p>
<p>Economics is hard at the upper graduate level when Calculus becomes involved. In most undergraduate programs(BA in Economics) would probably not be very difficult.</p>
<p>This discussion has been productive.</p>
<p>the hardest should be pure physics</p>
<p>Might sound cliche but…depends on your strengths. I’m in computer science, but I’d find a major in chemistry or political science significantly more difficult since I just couldn’t care less about the material.</p>
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<p>Thought: Engineering, what this poster said was most difficult because of the lower GPAs of Law school applicants, isn’t a natural feeder for law school. Thus, I would assume that the vast majority of engineering majors don’t initially plan to be lawyers. Maybe only the ones who don’t make for good engineers (thus, low GPAs) apply to law school, thus giving a reason for the lower GPA of engineer applicants to law school. As opposed to history, political science, economics, public policy, government, and pre-law, which have many law school aspirants.</p>
<p>The engineers with high GPAs usually go on into engineering, not law.</p>
<p>Also, we don’t know how well low-GPA engineers do in law school admissions.</p>
<p>Science and Engineering definitely have lower average GPA’s than the humanities and social sciences. That’s not really a question.</p>
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<p>That goes for a lot of subjects.</p>
<p>Realllly depends on the college. For example: At Yale, you can get a BA or a BS in engineering; the BS is quite difficult but the BA is actually pretty easy. Philosophy is very difficult at Yale, but a gut major at lots of other schools.</p>
<p>Math majors will always claim that math is the hardest. And yet all of them would rather do an epic problem set than a 15 page paper…</p>
<p>I am a junior in aerospace engineering and I find it hard to beleive that there is anything more difficult than this major. I have had to take massive amounts of high level math, physics, computer engineering, software, thermodynamics, structural design, mechanical engineering, chemistry. All this combined with the normal core curriculum of English, foreign language, social sciences, etc. Not to mention the hours per day spent in labs.</p>
<p>I’m a math major and I’m going to have to give it to engineering or chemistry majors.</p>
<p>I don’t have any problem writing papers, but I would definitely prefer an epic problem set to a paper.</p>