Are STEM majors considered "nerds" in other countries?

elnamo
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:24:08 +0000

Wow this is really interesting to read, for me coming from my personal background-
I am a sophomore girl in high school and I’m prefer science/math subjects
I’m thinking of majoring in premed when I go to college and I feel it’s almost unusual that, being my age now and especially being a girl, i am interested in STEM. and I find it really interesting that most of my friends in school are really into English/history/poli sci etc. and want to major in that stuff in college and im wondering what their degrees will bring in today’s economy… I agree with those of you above who’ve said that in the U.S. people aren’t as into STEM as those in other countries…
My only concern is that so far this semester I’ve gotten a B+ in honors chem and I got a B+ in algebra 2 last year…I wonder how colleges (especially top ones which I want to apply to) will look at that on my transcript when I tell them I want to major in a STEM field