That look that says, "How could anyone possibly /want/ to be a math major?"

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<p>Danica McKellar.</p>

<p>I don’t know who that is so I googled here.</p>

<p>I read her Wiki page and just thought she was another dumb actress</p>

<p>Then I read the math part and she seems really smart</p>

<p>The I clicked on google images and she seems less smart…</p>

<p>(yeah yeah I know double standards and what not)</p>

<p>Math majors are the smartest people ever</p>

<p>Someday, they will inherit the universe</p>

<p>Actually I’ve seen quite a few hot girls in my math classes haha</p>

<p>Since we are on the subject of smart attractive females, I say Ellen Muth. She was not a math major though, but rather a actress/model (Any other “Dead Like Me” fans?). I say the smart thing as she is a member of Intertel and Mensa. </p>

<p>This was really off topic, haha</p>

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<p>Yes, that was part of the Beatitudes.</p>

<p>You ignorant engineers…</p>

<p>I used to think “how could anyone possibly want to be a math major?” But the fact is, not only are some of the smartest people ever math majors, a math major is one of the most versatile subjects you could possibly major in. With a math major, you could go into law, business, finance, computer science careers, cryptology (cracking codes for the govt), education, etc.</p>

<p>Prospective Physics major here</p>

<p>People always telling me “omg that’s so crazy/hard”
No dissing though…</p>

<p>Math majors are simply awesome people though :thumbsup:</p>

<p>Its too bad a lot of people have no idea what upper pure math classes are about. Things like topology, abstract algebra, and differential geometry.</p>

<p>I can’t imagine myself being anything other than a math major, honestly. Nothing else even compares.</p>

<p>You actually tend to get the same responses when you say you’re a philosophy major.</p>

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<li>I took one philosophy class and I hated it.</li>
<li>You must not be able to study anything real.</li>
<li>What an unfortunate waste of time.</li>
<li>Philosophy is incredibly boring and all you do is sit around and think.</li>
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<p>People like to look down on other people, and they’ll use any stupid excuse.</p>

<p>^ Choice 1 is the one I give to every Philosophy major I meet.</p>

<p>And I took one Calculus class and hated it. But I don’t tell math majors they’re wasting their time. I suppose it just seems like people don’t realize that not everyone can or even wants to get a degree in math. I like philosophy, why should I get hostile responses for studying it? I guess I’m just saying I emphasize with the math major.</p>

<p>I think there’s a math professor that posts on Physics Forums that got a D when he first took Calculus and to this day isn’t a huge fan of it. But there’s more to math than Calculus. I’m sure you can say the same about most areas of Philosophy.</p>

<p>^empathize</p>

<p>Its too acceptable in our society to be bad at math. And I mean, too be REALLY bad at math.</p>

<p>Too common considering stuff like this happens.</p>

<p>[Medical</a> researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations An American Physics Student in England](<a href=“http://fliptomato.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2007/03/19/medical-researcher-discovers-integration-gets-75-citations/]Medical”>Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations | An American Physics Student in England)</p>

<p>^ I saw that a couple months ago. I was just like … seriously? Seriously?</p>

<p>I do think that colleges should have higher math requirements for graduation, especially at my school. It seems unfair that every student here has to take nine quarters of reading/writing-heavy classes and only two quarters of math (which you can also place out of with AP credits). I dunno. Seems kind of unbalanced to me, and I’m a social sciences/humanities kid.</p>

<p>I think every major gets some stereotypical response from people.</p>

<p>Lol at my university, the hipsters are the math majors, even the physics guys show the respect. As someone who is doing both, I earn respect from both sides.</p>