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Which college majors have the coolest people? Low ego, fun to hang with and genuine interest in the studies. Especially in graduate programs (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by GaveUp@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Planning on going back to school purely for fun in a few years. I would love to study math/CS/physics/eng but that's out of the question because I hate the people that usually study that

Biology or chemistry seems cool too but the pre-med students are always annoying too, and the grad students too sometimes if they have grandious ideals about curing cancer or becoming a neuroscientist or something

So I'm considering humanities maybe, but maybe one that does not have lots of liberal vibes though like English, sociology, psychology, etc.

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[–] christian@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't doubt this is partially because my program was lower-tier but other than a professor making an offhand comment about the chemistry department's funding once I don't remember ever having a conversation that suggested a rivalry with other disciplines. Doing a phd was so much more fun than undergrad because the other students were all very passionate about math. There's something really magical about getting to nerd out in a group on a regular basis and I still miss that tbh.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's really nice. My school was a particular intense type of toxic because the CS and eng students are one of the most coveted for top jobs in silicon valley and hedge funds, and is by far the most well known thing about the school, so that really warps the environment for related majors like math and non software/computer related eng

And yea I agree, discussing math with somebody is magical because there's so few that can speak the language