Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard
10th July 2013
The researchers found that while math and science majors drew the most interest initially, not many students finished with degrees in those subjects. More students dropped out of math and science majors and fewer students switched into them than any other area of study, including professional programs, social sciences, humanities and business.
Funny thing about that. I started out as an economics major at Yale, until I got a D in calculus. That was the finger of God pointing.
July 10th, 2013 at 08:28
Every student I knew that had grade trouble in Arts & Sciences transferred to the College of Education. To teach chemistry, for example, you only needed to take about 1/3 of the chemistry classes that a chemistry major was required to take. And you could drop those hard side requirements, like a foreign language. Easy grades and more time for partying. One needs only look at our public schools to see the result.
I did take calculus so many times that some thought I was a math major.