<p>[2011’s</a> Most Stressful Colleges - The Daily Beast](<a href=“2011's Most Stressful Colleges”>2011's Most Stressful Colleges)</p>
<p>We’ve all seen rankings of universities for whatever criteria that are not properly substantiated at all. And this is by far the most unwarranted survey I have ever seen. So apparently the guys at USC are more stressed than we are. Do they even know what stress is? Paying the tuition is part of it, but they totally missed the bigger picture.</p>
<p>What’s even more ridiculous is Caltech ranked 15th on this list. My friends at Caltech are at least 100x more stressed than I am.</p>
<p>Stress is all in the eyes of the beholder. Different people handle different things differently.</p>
<p>That said, it’s often said that parties are a good indicator of how stressful a certain place is. It’s a way to vent off all the stress. The harder they party, the more stress there is.</p>
<p>That said, if you’re wondering about the geeks who are in their rooms all day and never party, that’s because in actuality, despite the hard coursework, they are actually enjoying it and aren’t really stressed. :)</p>
<p>“The harder they party, the more stress there is.”</p>
<p>This is such ********. Maybe some people who want to be competitive for grad school admissions that are pursuing extracurriculars and taking graduate level courses don’t have TIME to party?</p>
<p>Anyways . . . I can’t take this list seriously since Chicago and Caltech aren’t at the top.</p>
<p>Berkeley is the most stressful. </p>
<p>most of those private schools aren’t curved and force students to compete with each other. They hand out A’s.</p>
<p>Lol… the harder they party the more stressed they are…?</p>
<p>Then I guess the coursework Florida State and UC Santa Barabara must be the most stressful in the world…</p>
<p>Their criteria is better suited for a “most stressful to apply to” list.</p>
<p>add a don’t before my force.</p>
<p>Apartment hunting in Berkeley also adds to the stress.</p>
<p>^^ word</p>
<p>10chars</p>
<p>@Ankur1521</p>
<p>Lol. Sciences, engineering and math are almost always curved regardless of school. Humanities are not, and the vast majority of social sciences are not. Berkeley is not an exception to either case.</p>
<p>You’re really trying to say that humanities aren’t curved? Grades in humanities are completely subjective, so most professors mentally curve the grades so not too many people fail.</p>
<p>I think it is clear that people are stressed a lot starting with how classes are graded which is an non-existent issue for some other schools.</p>
<p>From this thread it seems like caiacs is a humanities major who doesn’t have time to party. Sounds like an awesome life.</p>
<p>@singh2010
How is your Chem112A lab?
Stressful? How is the lab curve if it has different tests for different session(I assume) ?</p>
<p>From this thread, it seems like afc10ns needs a lesson in reading comprehension.</p>
<p>Humanities Major ≠ Relevant Opinion </p>
<p>In other words…</p>
<h1>include <iostream></iostream></h1>
<p>using namespace std;</p>
<p>int main()
{
int Major; </p>
<p>cout<<"Please input your Major: ";
cin>> Major;
cin.ignore();
if ( Major = Humanities, Social Science, or anything that people take to avoid work and say oh I’m majoring in it because it’s interesting ) {
cout<<"You’re opinion is useless
";
}
else if ( Major = Science, Math, Engineering, or anything that requires intelligence ) {
cout<<"Wow! What a relevant opinion
";
}</p>
<p>cin.get();
}</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>That’s why it’s not a real subject.</p>
<p>^ So you can add brackets to what you say and all of a sudden your opinion is worth more?</p>
<p>I personally don’t think a person’s major is an absolute measure of their intelligence. Just what exactly is a major in “science” going to get you? Let’s assume you are a biology major, what exactly do you learn? Memorize different plan parts? Just how is that more useful than learning about how the economy works? </p>
<p>I think your definition of “real subjects” is narrow minded and crude. Science, math, and engineering require different intelligences than humanities and social sciences. One is better than the other.</p>
<p>If you think you can get through life just knowing how to do math, you are sadly mistaken.</p>
<p>Ok here’s what’s up.</p>
<p>No matter how much merit humanities has, adeptness in humanities can NOT be differentiated by numerical grades unlike math, physical sciences, and engineering. That is why humanities majors don’t receive much respect on campus.</p>
<p>Using C++ is tasteless and not humourous. In fifteen years, you’ll realize how much of an idiot you are today.</p>
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<p>In 15 years I probably wont remember that post but at least I’ll remember that I didn’t spend my Friday nights surfing collegeconfidential.com.</p>