<p>Which majors at Berkeley are the most hardcore/laidback?</p>
<p>Most hardcore.</p>
<p>Physics. EECS. CS.</p>
<p>Most Laid Back:</p>
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<p>What do you mean by this? Which have the most intense people? The greatest amount of reading/problem sets/work required? That which students tend to study the most for? The harshest grading? The most difficult material? Some sort of combination of all of these?</p>
<p>Hardcore, as in people will say "Dayum, he's hardcore" when they hear you're taking it.</p>
<p>Versus laid back as in, "Dayum, dats laid back" when they hear you taking it.</p>
<p>Aight, dog. I agree with the EECS, and the CS, and the physics, and a lot of engineering, but I also think of English as hardcore here, and philosophy. Mathematics. Chemistry. Word?</p>
<p>I personally don't think that legal studies should be considered a laid back major since it is law school professors teaching it......and there are law school students taking the classes as well.</p>
<p>Something that is "legal" is not a religion, race, or region leving my generalization intact.</p>
<p>I believe there was a big scandal a few or lot of years back when someone from one of the something-studies department was just giving out free A's. Obvioulsy you can have very motivated students that take hard classes and do well. But you also have a lot Sally Slackers taking a free ride.</p>
<p>And I didn't say that my list was exclusive. I don't know how hard English is. I found the two classes I took from lower division very easy but then again I think I'm a pretty good writer when I try to be. Philosophy was pretty easy to me too when I took 100. I didn't realize it was suppose to be hard. Mathematics is difficult because everything builds up on the other, and as such requires a lot of practic e. Chemistry is also easy to me since there is equal parts analysis and memorization and many tests are not essay format.</p>
<p>I guess its different stroeks, classes where the mean is 50 or below can actually be much easier than classes where the mean is a 90% depending on the student. A smart student can make up for it ilater on by pulling it together and getting a 75. A less-capable person at the subject will have to struggle though. THis is applicable for most of the analytical sciences.</p>
<p>You can also optimize your time and make friends who will give you their notes, or get black lightning notes, saving you 3 hours a week. People learn by doing, not by listening and lectures are usually just a type of review and knowing what the teacher wants you to focus on.</p>
<p>Philosophy is supposed to be one of the hardest non science majors, and 100 is primarily to teach philosophical writing, at least presently. Which professor did you have? And as to lectures, I must urge students to not view them as merely review. In many classes, they are much more. Of course, sometimes this is so, but just go to class and don't waste the money you or your parents are paying and take needless risks.</p>
<p>I do get quite a few wows when I say a I am bioE major student, though that doesn't matter since I am looking at other options...</p>
<p><em>oohs and ahhhs</em></p>
<p>What other options?</p>
<p>Well ... I thought o-chem was "easy" too even though most people don't, so maybe I'm being a prick like I usually am.</p>
<p>I took philosophy hundreds of years ago when I still had a work ethic.</p>
<p>Drab is probably right, you probably shouldn't skip lecture if you want to make a good grade. You definitely need to in upper division classes so you know what the professor wants you to focus on which, while still a tremendous amount, is often less than the reading.</p>
<p>If you really find o chem easy, maybe you're just smart, or gifted in chemistry. Perhaps you were very studious as well.</p>
<p>Hardcore: Engineering, physics, math. Then again, I'm not really sure on math. But defo physics and engineering. Not really CS in my opinion, although it's tough, it doesn't get the "ooo" factor.</p>
<p>Laid back: studies, mass comm (basically anything interdisciplinary), psychology maybe.</p>
<p>Anyway, I really don't give a crap unless people tell me their GPA too, or else their majors mean nothing.</p>
<p>anything said about econ?</p>
<p>People generally don't "oooh" and "ahhhh," but it's respectable, they say. Fairly difficult.</p>