<p>im trying to major in Natural Sciences Area</p>
<p>there are
<p>could you please list from the least competitive to competitive major ?</p>
<p>Im sorry for digging up this four year old post but Id actually really like to know what CCers thought about the difficulty/achievability of these majors</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>It is Johns Hopkins … all these majors are strong and there is no variation in which is more or less difficult / competitive. STUDENTS SHOULD PURSUE THE MAJOR(S) THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED IN … not the one that is easiest … that is not the right mental philosophy to have when entering college. </p>
<p>You should do your own research about these programs. First the list is not accurate for the Natural Sciences programs at Hopkins anymore. Review this site for the most accurate list and links to department homepages: [Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: Academics :: Majors and Departments](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/academics/areas.html]Hopkins”>http://apply.jhu.edu/academics/areas.html)</p>
<p>As well, Hopkins has an amazing resources to learn more about majors – the Academics Blog: [Academics</a> Blog](<a href=“Taiga”>Taiga)</p>
<p>Finally, many of these majors are discussed on the Hopkins Forums:
[Hopkins</a> Forums -> MAJOR-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS](<a href=“http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hopkins_Forums/index.php?showforum=32]Hopkins”>http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hopkins_Forums/index.php?showforum=32)</p>
<p>They all require work. People say engineering is harder than humanities, etc…they’re hard in different ways but all majors require studying, time and effort. I’d love to see an engineer crank out 1000+ pages of humanities reading a week and a billion papers a week and have to memorize factoids and cause and effect info for exams…while many humanities kids wouldn’t touch math and science problems with a ten foot pole. And there are hybrid majors…ie many humanities/engineers and science/humanities. Humanities classes generally have no curve so the grades you get on your three papers is it for your whole grade. </p>
<p>See what I’m saying? It’s all hard yet enjoyable and VERY doable…if you pick the one YOU like. =] Then it will all fall into place from there. Bad mindset=bad experience…I know plenty of people who applied for BME “just because” and many have DROPPED BME because it wasn’t for them and they came in with the mindset of “oh I have to graduate from Hopkins with an engineering degree…” that’s silly. Always do what you’re interested in or else you’ll be miserable and never leave the library!</p>
<p>depends on your interest level, skill set and work ethic. most would find #10 the hardest and #6/7/12 the least demanding.</p>
<p>what’s more important than relative difficulty is your interest level. you will be more likely to stay ontop of the material, get to know and use TAs and Profs, etc, in a course you find interesting… so the ‘easier’ major may be the more frustrating one. what you get out of the class depends on what interest and work you put into it.</p>
<p>and the danger is underestimating courses/majors. “easy” at college is different from ‘easy’ in hs. at best, ‘easy’ hopkins courses are ones where your hard work should pay off and earn you a high grade (at least B+)…hard ones mean you may bust your but and barely get a B. the good thing is most courses are very fair. if you work really hard you should be at least in the B range.</p>
<p>It’s Hopkins… they are all good.</p>
<p>Of the above list, Biophysics is the hardest, they have their own department - very interesting subject too…</p>
<p>[JHU</a> - Biophysics](<a href=“http://biophysics.jhu.edu/]JHU”>http://biophysics.jhu.edu/)</p>
<p>They have their own department? I’m pretty sure they all have their own department… In fact, several of them have their own buildings devoted completely to them.</p>
<p>Biophysics has it’s own department at JHU, and at only a few other universities. Usually Biophysics is made up of a grouping of courses listed under Biology (Department of Biology).</p>