RabidMongoose
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- Aug 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
I'm not exactly sure where all these people get the ideas that certain majors are so easy, especially because we have a bunch of science majors here saying it... but if you majored in the sciences then you didn't major in history/music/sociology/whatever, so you actually have no fucking clue how difficult they are. I've taken biology, math, history, art history, Latin, music, and Chinese courses since coming to college, and Harmony (the foundation music course) is probably the hardest course I've taken so far, and way harder than Calculus (Chinese probably comes in second just from the sheer amount of work). This isn't counting the ear training course, which was absolutely devastating. It's amazing how authoritatively some people will talk about things they know nothing about. "Oh but my friend was a psych major and he just partied all week and got a 4.0!" Yeah? Well, you're not your friend, maybe you should walk a mile in his shoes before you make all sorts of absurd claims on his behalf.
It's easier for the general population. It may be difficult for some individuals, but that's not the norm. It has easier grades, less general work, more people often 'drop' other majors and go into it, less of a drop out rate, and lesser academic accomplishments for those who are in it.
There are easier degrees, but that doesn't mean that those degrees are worthless to everyone who is majoring in them.