top 5 toughest majors?

Lemaitre1
Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:07:16 +0000

There is no major that everyone is going to agree is the most difficult because people have different aptitudes and interests. If someone has very strong quantitative abilities and a strong interest in physical sciences they will find Physics to be a lot of work but definitely manageable. If they had an 700+ on the Math SAT Physics would be a good choice but they only had a 450 on the Verbal, History would be mighty challenging. A person with a 700+ in the Verbal but less than 600 on the Math, History would be a much better choice than Physics.

I think the most difficult situations are the ones in which someone has a deep interest in a subject that they really do not have an aptitude for and no interest in things they do have an aptitude for. If the student with the 700 in Math but 450 in Verbal has a real passion for History but no interest in science or engineering it is hard to see how they can be both successful and fulfilled. By the same token, the student who has a Verbal of 750 and a Math of 550 but is only interested in Astrophysics will probably not be happy and successful in College.

I did very well in Physics and Astronomy courses but do not see how I could pass a course in Art or Music since I have no artistic ability or musical talent. Only certain people can succeed in these majors since study and practice is unlikely to turn someone who was not born with talent into a great artist or musician.