<p>Statistics.</p>
<p>/no really
//well, not as a major
///actually, any major can be made arbitrarily hard and intensive</p>
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<p>Yeah, science has only one right answer, like string theory and the explanation of consciousness. If a phil exam asks what an argument is, there is a basic right answer than anything must generally include. If it’s a logic exam, then there is only one right answer. Phil exams don’t generally ask “What is the world made of, and why?” but rather explanations of arguments and their flaws, amongst other thigns.</p>
<p>In one study, the student grades were adjusted for SAT scores to find out which departments were the hardest graders (grade de-flation, taking into account how smart the students were). The results of this study may not apply at every university.</p>
<p>The hardest grading departments adjusting for math SAT (beginning with the hardest):</p>
<p>computer science
physics
mathematics
accounting
electrical engineering
business statistics
computer engineering
history
economics
information technology
philosophy
political science
organic chemistry
art history
chemistry
finance
marketing
statistics
management information systems
English
foreign languages
mechanical engineering
management
fine art
psychology
film
biology
sociology
communication
anthropology
industrial engineering
graphic design</p>
<p>The hardest grading departments adjusting for verbal SAT (beginning with the hardest):
Majors with lots of international students had lower verbal SAT scores. Their level of difficulty (grade de-flation) adjusted for verbal SAT was underestimated, such as electrical engineering.</p>
<p>computer science
mathematics
physics
accounting
history
business statistics
information technology
art history
computer engineering
economics
organic chemistry
political science
philosophy
electrical engineering
chemistry
film
marketing
English
foreign languages
management information systems
finance
fine art
statistics
biology
psychology
management
mechanical engineering
sociology
communication
anthropology
industrial engineering
graphic design</p>
<p>Accounting is hard? lol…</p>
<p>I don’t think SAT is an accurate representation of intelligence at all. Was the essay portion evaluated in that study?</p>
<p>The study was based on the old SAT. Just verbal and math.</p>
<p>again, different majors are harder for different people. A harder major will be more intense. If you suck at math, you will spend a lot more time trying to accomplish a math major than someone who takes the exact same classes and is good at math.</p>
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<p>Because the physics professors would be able to create a much better class about Argentina regarding religion, history, conflicts, political goals, government systems, party situation, why the population of that country thinks the way they do, and why the country is allied with who they are, than the history professor can make about chemistry. You’d probably be lucky if the physics professor could find Argentina on the map.</p>
<p>We can agree that the fields are completely different, and being an expert in one means nothing in another.</p>
<p>I disagree that science people are “by and large far more literate of other fields”. How many science people can make informed decisions regarding the impact of tariffs? How many science people can predict the intended and likely effects of a tax cut, and the benefits and drawbacks? How many science peole speak other languages fluently (excluding that many people outside the US already speak English)? How many science people can understand why someone would want to do something that might not scientifically be the best decision? How many science people can understand why poverty exists, and try to figure out how to stop it?</p>
<p>from what i’ve heard, so far the most intense major EVER…has to be
UCSD biomedical engineering…they say that out of every 100 people that are in the major, only 7 will successfully graduate…none with a gpa higher than 3.0…</p>
<p>OUCH</p>
<p>Personally, I think that Computer Science is the most academically intense major in college. Because of the way the system is made up, only a fourth of all people in the CS major get CS jobs. So I think that CS is the most intense.</p>
<p>astrophysics.</p>
<p>that crap is just so out there.</p>
<p>i kno busines in Wharton… my sister is lik dyingg…</p>
<p>Wharton? I don’t know, what’s so tough about it?</p>
<p>Majors are only as hard as you challenge yourself. It is possible to be a theatre major and struggle just as much as a physics major. It also depends on the school. I imagine a comp-sci major at CalTech has a much harder time than the same comp-sci major at University of the Backwoods.</p>
<p>So “which college major is the most academically intense” is not a single-answer question.</p>
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<p>“So “which college major is the most academically intense” is not a single-answer question.”</p>
<p>You can’t just look at how hard the actual work in the course is. You have to go advance and look at the real world too, which is why Computer Science, in my opinion, is the most academically intense.</p>
<p>In my opinion, i think physics/electrical engineering is the most intense… which is precisely why i am doing double major on both of them :D</p>
<p>biomedical engineering - toughest ***** out there</p>
<p>Engineering Physics</p>
<p>I would think just about anything in Engineering. It’s impossible to rank the various areas since everyone has different interests and strengths, though.</p>
<p>I would argue that your point #10:no BS-ing, it is either right or wrong, is fallacious. That doesn’t make it hard, it makes it easy, because you know when you’ve got it right. A subjective subject can be far more difficult because of the infinite degrees of rightness or wrongness. You never know that you’ve come up with the absolute BEST way of doing something.</p>
<p>By making this one of the criteria, you’ve precluded discussion of the actual hardest major out there - architecture. Believe me, you all want to have architecture roomates, because you’ll never see them!</p>
<p>fashion design, depending on the school.</p>
<p>mainly because at my school it is the most demanding major above toy design, product design, and digitial media.</p>
<p>with fashion design you have so much math involved in making a pattern making and garment construction. when you make a garment you have to make sure it fits, and it’s not as easy as just putting pieces to together because theres so many details that go unnoticed by people who just by the clothes. you have to have illustration and drawing skills, as well as having fresh ideas on a constant basis. </p>
<p>there is no right or wrong answer, and that can be a disadvantage for some people who have to have things right all the time.</p>
<p>the industry is subjective.</p>