<p>OP: If you want money, then you don’t have to major in engineering. It’s your choice. Oakland PD pays a $69,162 to $87,172 starting salary plus benefits. Become a cop. <a href=“http://www.oaklandpolice.com/jobinfo/benefit.html[/url]”>http://www.oaklandpolice.com/jobinfo/benefit.html</a></p>
<p>This aside, I don’t think it is fair to call all other majors a “walk in the park” compared to engineering. Science and math is definitely not easier than engineering. I don’t think you will dispute this one. Social science and humanities is not necessarily easier than engineering. These majors are so different that they require different types of intellegence - different skills and ways of thinking. The humanities are based on ideas, thoughts and opinions. There is still a distinction between competent work and incompetent work there, but this is less clear cut. Science and engineering are based rules, facts, and equations. Unlike the humanities, you either get it or you don’t. But this doesn’t make it harder. I can easily imagine (actually I know…) someone who’s good a math and science, and who can grasp an engineering concept immediately, but who is a terrible essayist and cannot memorize and synthesize large amounts of material sufficiently that a history major would. The ability to write well, read critically, question assumptions, speak eloquently in class, etc. are all skill sets - which unlike engineering skillsets cannot be learned overnight - needed to be mastered by social science and humanities majors.</p>
<p>So what is the complaint? Study what you can excel in and you will have a better chance of success.</p>