<p>To me it seems from what I've heard from people that Electrical Engineering is the hardest major. I've also heard that Computer Science is a really tough major itself. How difficult are these two and are they the hardest? Oh and please respond to the question in the thread title.</p>
<p>Totally disagree. One could argue about what is hardest but Chemical is always in that realm.</p>
<p>Of course, it depends on what you have a knack for. </p>
<p>Even though electrical is often said to be hardest, just thinking about chemical gives me nightmares. I hate chemistry (well, let's just say I hate the chem I've been exposed to), so for me electrical would be a walk in the park compared to chem engineering.</p>
<p>The reason I think people are scared by electrical is because it's pretty abstract and more purely mathematical. But to me, that's a good thing!</p>
<p>Chemical is insane, its very very hard.</p>
<p>hmm interesting-mathematical?I never knew that. and i also find it interesting that you would find electrical easier than chemical. Im a chem E major-just finished freshman year and i want to make sure i have made the right decision before its too late. I'm really beginning to dislike chemistry(especially after gen chem 2-wasn't hard-just boring)- and knowing i have to take like 6 more chem courses is killing me.</p>
<p>And i agree that a lot of people are scared by electrical engineering even without knowing what it is- i for one, counted it out completely when deciding which engr. specialization i wanted to pursue.Now that i'm hearing its 'mathematical' i might have to do some more research.</p>
<p>How does Computer Science compare with the other engineering majors in terms of difficulty? How mathematical is it?</p>
<p>If you are finding the chem courses so boring, take exams to bump up. Skip the levels you have already mastered and move up. You could be submatriculating into graduate chem courses with ease if what you say is correct. Don't abandon just move to the higher level.</p>
<p>How do y'all know that elec and chem are the <em>hardest</em> engineering fields to pursue? Maybe it's just that elecs and chems are the <em>whiniest</em> engineers. ;)</p>
<p>Lmao----------------</p>
<p>hazmat- you can do that? I would love to study orgo over the summer and place out of it.I'll have to find out about that.</p>
<p>It all depends on the type of person you are. Generally EE and ChemE are considered the hardest but it varies from person to person.</p>
<p>true, but the question is "students from what major works the hardest?"</p>
<p>We all work pretty darned hard in engineering.</p>
<p>EAch and every engineering major has extremely difficult subjects. I have found that what really defines the difficulty of a particular major has actually been the elective courses that students choose to take, and also depends on how deep a student wants to dig into a particular concentration. For example, even within a single department many students take it a lot easier than others. Some opt to take the hardest electives and really pack in on with a grad course or two while others look for the path of least resistance. At the undergraduate level there really is a range of difficulties even within a given major.</p>
<p>Computer Engineering or Chemical Engineering.</p>
<p>payne- how would you compare the difficulty of those two to electrical engineering?</p>
<p>Computer Engineering is no doubt harder. The amount of knowledge is broader and generally requires more credits. At my school Computer Engineering (which has a hardware emphasis, and therefore even more comparable to EE) also has a slightly better incoming freshman. Computer Engineering graduates tend to make more money than EE and have broader prospects upon graduation. In fact, I think there would be few jobs which are exclusive to EEs, but not CPEs. </p>
<p>Chemical - I can only say what I've heard from others. "It's hard."</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me how difficult Computer Science and how it compares in difficulty with the other engineering majors in terms of difficulty?</p>
<p>I don't know much about Computer Science other than all my friends who are in the major don't get out much because they are doing about 50% more school work than the rest of us engineers...</p>
<p>"Computer Engineering is no doubt harder. The amount of knowledge is broader and generally requires more credits. At my school Computer Engineering (which has a hardware emphasis, and therefore even more comparable to EE) also has a slightly better incoming freshman. Computer Engineering graduates tend to make more money than EE and have broader prospects upon graduation. In fact, I think there would be few jobs which are exclusive to EEs, but not CPEs."</p>
<p>completely opposite here</p>
<p>Chemical is extremely challenging because it's the most abstract. EE is a more "fun" major. You'll do things like constructing programs, designing circuit boards; actually working on practical fun projects while your in college. MechE's and CivE's do the same. They work with computer programs like autocad to design, and simulate 3D models.</p>
<p>ChemE's don't do any of this. They work through problem and problems and that's about it. It's all textbook for them. There's no real motivation for chemE. It gets very depressing later on.</p>
<p>I remember that for the senior projects, the civE's and mechE's and even the EE's were having a blast. Some mechE's were designing a robot while others were making different kinds of engines. The CivE's were engineering architectural submodels - obviously you had vastly different kinds. Some EE's were building a remote controlled car while others were trying to make a mini-computer while some were building a 3D game program. All these guys had so versatility meaning you could choose from literally hundreds of different kinds of projects.</p>
<p>The chemE's design was no where as diverse and it wasn't exactly "enticing". Everyone had to design a chemical plant on charts and graphs. They had to basically show the input and output feed streams. They had to label out and calculate the material and energy balances. They optimized the system so that you could save as much money as possible (meaning you had to re-route the feed streams in a certain manner that would be more energy efficient). It was like a big textbook problem - this was the senior project.</p>
<p>ChemE is the most difficult precisely because it's the most abstract - it's just very difficult to relate to in life "outside the textbook". There are a few who really do enjoy the arduous problem solving nature of chemE even if it means you got your head stuck in books while other engr. majors are out there working on autocad programs or designing robots.</p>
<p>You will work with comp. programs in chemE but they're like spreadsheet databases kind of like excel. You can calculate and do energy and mat. balances and solve for simutaneous systems of equations in order to optimize but nowhere in the picture will there by a "3D real time simulation" kind of thing.</p>