Are pure sciences majors worth it?

[Jason Voorhees]

Title. Unless you want a career in academia and genuinely have that much passion for the subjects and topics doesn't seem worth it. You have to study up to grad school and these majors aren't easy like buisness that you can just slack your way to certificate you have to grind for them uncertain job prospects outside research, and lower starting salaries compared to applied fields like engineering

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@imontheloose @Saint Casanova

 

[Joeseminate]

Sociology mogs

 

[imontheloose]

a family member of mine did theoretical physics n now he works as a software eng for some live image replacing company of sorts. theyre mostly educational degrees.

ppl r so narrow-minded with the idea degrees r solely for job prospects when we english made it very clear education was a key treasure of university.

 

[qxdr]

Title. Unless you want a career in academia and genuinely have that much passion for the subjects and topics doesn't seem worth it. You have to study up to grad school and these majors aren't easy like buisness that you can just slack your way to certificate you have to grind for them uncertain job prospects outside research, and lower starting salaries compared to applied fields like engineering

I feel like the people who go to grad school just love whatever topic they’re majoring in. It’s very hard and if they were in it for the money they could’ve just done the closest engineering discipline

 

[Jason Voorhees]

a family member of mine did theoretical physics n now he works as a software eng for some live image replacing company of sorts. theyre mostly educational degrees.

ppl r so narrow-minded with the idea degrees r solely for job prospects when we english made it very clear education was a key treasure of university.

I've seen physics and math grads going into quant also but yeah people go to college mainly for the job prospects. Not many people see it as pursuit of knowledge in 20th century. I like computers and even if you remove the financial upsides I would still tinker with but would I make it my main career that is up for debate. You have to be pragmatic about these things because passion alone doesn't pay the bills the market and your skills also matter

 

[imontheloose]

I've seen physics and math grads going into quant also but yeah people go to college mainly for the job prospects. Not many people see it as pursuit of knowledge in 20th century. I like computers and even if you remove the financial upsides I would still tinker with but would I make it my main career that is up for debate. You have to be pragmatic about these things because passion alone doesn't pay the bills the market and your skills also matter

it was easier in the past to pursue degrees for pure academia and educational purposes. u simply cant do it now. and ppl wonder y we dont have these single great minds anymore: theyre all working for corporations like mice.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

I feel like the people who go to grad school just love whatever topic they’re majoring in. It’s very hard and if they were in it for the money they could’ve just done the closest engineering discipline

It's not always the case tho. Like for certain engineering displines grad school helps a lot. Like I could go to grad school to learn data science or AI/ML because they are both very close to academia related research by their nature.

 

[qxdr]

It's not always the case tho. Like for certain engineering displines grad school helps a lot. Like I could go to grad school to learn data science or AI/ML because they are both very close to academia related research by their nature.

are you engineering?

Yeah I heard it helps a lot I was thinking of getting a minor with my degree but my school doesn’t really have good options apart from physics. Double majoring is also nice but stressful.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

are you engineering?

Yeah I heard it helps a lot I was thinking of getting a minor with my degree but my school doesn’t really have good options apart from physics. Double majoring is also nice but stressful.

Yeah CS. Minors don't really count for anything. Besides maybe padding your resume. You could still do it for the subjects you like tho. Double major can be done but don't expect to have a social life if both of them are in STEM

 

[SplashJuice]

physics only if you're goated

 

[BR32]

I'm planning to go into pharmaceutical drug development.

Currently at top 10 US University for structural molecular biology

I have research work in melanoma genetics mapping and transcription factors.

Planning to go to grad school after I graduate

Could do post grad later but will prolly go straight to industry, could go to biotech, drug development, etc

I wanna make small molecules

 

[qxdr]

Yeah CS. Minors don't really count for anything. Besides maybe padding your resume. You could still do it for the subjects you like tho.

yeah tbh the resume padding is the only reason I’m deciding to get one, I do like physics even though I’m not the best at it

Double major can be done but don't expect to have a social life if both of them are in STEM

yeah double majoring is risky if you don’t have good study habits or aren’t naturally gifted

 

[Jason Voorhees]

physics only if you're goated

Theoretical physics is the toughest pure sciences major imo followed by pure mathematics and physical chemistry