Are STEM majors considered "nerds" in other countries?

aegrisomnia
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:56:39 +0000

Maybe in developing countries I can believe people think it’s cool to be in STEM, but my impression is that, in the West, the STEM stereotype exists universally. Maybe it’s because when you can afford leisure/culture, work/STEM is considered stuffy. Even in the US, I wouldn’t consider a poor/working class kid a nerd, no matter what his major happened to be.