<p>I agree it’s probably easier in basketball or football but it’s certainly not an automatic ticket to popularity.
I agree, cobrat, in a school like TJ ,the cool kids are probably the ones great in math and science and aiming for places like MIT. My kids went to a normal diverse non magnet public school. Big difference.</p>
<p>Why more American’s don’t major in math and science:
- Math and science are hard and they’re uninteresting to many Americans (students and otherwise)
- The job prospects for many in the science field are pretty grim. Does anyone need a couple hundred pharmaceutical chemists? I have some old co-workers who have been looking for jobs for quite a while, and hey - Astra-Zeneca announced more lay-offs last week.</p>