What degree do u have or are studying? How do people react

Should have a Biomedical Science degree in 6 months or so. People usually sound impressed like they think it's particularly hard or something, but I think that's because there's so many arts/humanities students here, plus it has a lo of syllables.

Medicine.
People literally think I'm superhuman(which I also am).

>>7773788
I'm in geology, but trying to transfer into geophysics. The trick is to have as many syllables as possible. I like to say "geological sciences" (which is what it will actually say on my degree).

Kind of pissed cause my uni just stopped offering my degree in Latin (as in, the writing on the piece of paper). Now its in boring old english.

good form, pupper

>I'm studying engineering physics
>Wtf is that?

>>7773788
Chemical Engineering.
90% of people including university educated people have no idea what it is and so change the topic to avoid embarrassment.

I get a lot of contempt from physicists here because there's an interdepartmental coldwar going on because of shit that went down in one of our shared research institution groups (leaving them without major funding and us without the more expensive equipment).

I love academia so fucking much.

>math
>oh...

>>7773788
good form, pupper

>>7773844
Damn, what happened?

Double major in math and electrical engineering.

If I tell another STEM person they generally arent shocked and simply comment, "yeah, a lot of homework"

If I tell anyone else they act really surprised. Also sometimes a look of being intimidated. Don't know why I get this reaction, its a degree not threat. I guess some people just really fear math. No clue why.

I should finish my chem master's in 10 months.
People seem to think I know everything about everything, like my father expect me to know what there is in a specific veterinary medicine.

>>7773821
>syllables
I'm
>>7773858
I sometimes say "I am getting two degrees in Computational Mathematics and Electrical Engineering."

I only use that when I'm at some sort of social function with friends of parents or my friends' parents. The whole point of that one is to sound so impressive that they stop asking me about my future.

>>7773788
I'm in math.
Whenever I tell people, they give me a sympathetic look.
I've heard people talk of me, that axioms and Godel make math almost useless as a field of study. That only fields that advance math and give it real world applications are useful.

Consequentially, I shitpost of 4chin, that math is master race.

Really, I'm insecure inside regarding my choice of math

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>>7773866

>>7773788
I'm studying mathematics.

People either say 'Wow you are so smart' or 'Oh, so you want to teach?'.

>>7773866
>that axioms and Godel make math almost useless as a field of study

It is funny because people who say this show that they have only a surface understanding of axioms and Godel's theorems.

>>7773849
In a word? Ego.

Imagine /sci/ IRL.

Pretty much started when on of the Physics grad-students refused to give one of our undergrad researchers access to a (government agency owned) laser in his lab and referred him to a less powerful one that wasn't powerful enough for what he needed. On the face of it that was reasonable because if the undergrad fucked something up the postgrad's graduation gets delayed. The physics undergrads here also don't really do large research projects for credit so it's alien for them to trust undergrads with anything. However, rumours started spreading, (ridiculous to /sci/-tier major politics level, only more passive aggressive and less banter). People from our department then started refusing physic students access to our labs without being billed. Physics grad-students reciprocated. The director of the institute (officially under our department) got pissed at his direct students being refused access to equipment which is all technically under his authority. Some of the Physics chairs under him semi-rebelled against him. Shit escalated more, director started pulling funding (almost all funding comes from him or others in our department). Even intra-departemental research groups started refusing collaboration and access to each other. All 8 labs under the institute are a clusterfuck at the moment. Some postgrads are in limbo and can't graduate. Even worse some would-be physics postgrads who lost their funding had to find other work. There's even talking about the Physics department losing some of their faculty positions which can't be properly funded anymore.


Those of us in theory/modelling on both sides of the fence are enjoying the chaos and shitposting about it on /sci/.

>>7773788
political science in a heavy league school. They don' t mind.

>>7773788
>undergraduate

CS. People would just say "So you must really like computers?"

>graduate

MS in Mathematical Finance. They said "So you're gonna make bank" which isn't entirely true anymore because we're not pre-2008 anymore, but people still think like that.

>>7773884
This sounds amazing.

>physics
>"oh I was so bad at that in highschool"
Or
>"wow you must be genius"

Shit gets old real fast.

good form, pupper

>>7773973
I have to admit. It's pretty funny hearing someone go on a rant every single meeting. Especially when some of the older faculty start swearing.

>>7773788
Math and CS. Former is good fun, latter is half fun, half "now we must cater to those who didn't get into Engineering."
People are usually like "nice"

>>7773884
what school is this lmao

>What are you studying?
Math.
>You must be smart!
I never said I was good at it.
>Laughtrack

accountancy...
wrong board?

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Physics

>"wow you must be smart"
>"y-you too?"

>>7773978
Bullshit. I'm sure you love it you autist.

>>7774004
Retards calling you smart doesn't really do anything for your ego past freshman year.

Even a "well, your work is at least less atrocious than can be expected" from an adviser is worth infinitely more.

Math.
>"Oh so you work with numbers."

Geography (GIS) and Recreation Management
so it's usually a mix between
>Oh what's that
for the former for which I tell them it's pretty much map making
>Oh so you just go camping
for the latter for which I tell them yeah

and I get
>Geography is a meme field
or something of the like from people in my own department (Geography and Geology share the same dept) and in other fields

>>7773788
Political science and public administration (I'm just a lurker in /sci/ because I'm really interested in science). I live in Spain and work for the public administration or be a politician is the easy live. When I tell what I study to other people they used to do jokes about corruption, or they said "wow so you can be the next president anon?" or they just get jealous because I will work in a permanent job without study a really hard degree and they will need to go to work to other country or have a shitty job in Spain (In Spain the country don't invest a shit in science investigation, it is a shame)

>>7773788
good form, pupper

Physics
>Why not engineering?

>>7773935
>MS in Mathematical Finance. They said "So you're gonna make bank" which isn't entirely true anymore because we're not pre-2008 anymore, but people still think like that.
A friend got an internship at Goldman last summer and made $5000 per month of work.

"good form, pupper"

>>7774035
That's a valid question though.

>>7773788
Crit Care Surgery
They say it's pretty cool.

>>7774052
I agree

good form pupper

Medicine.
It's uncomfortable when people talk about how up their own arse medics are and then they ask what I study.
Everyone assumes I will know why they have joint pain or whatever when really I'm a 1st year tard with no knowledge

I'm a mechanical engineering student.
The only responses I ever get...
>you are going to make a lot of money!
>how can you understand math?
>is engineering hard?!

>>7774075
So you're just a biology major so far

>>7774093
Yeah 1st year is pretty much human biology, anatomy and physiology. No clinical placements as well is pretty shit. Only uni I got an offer from though

>>7774075
>It's uncomfortable when people talk about how up their own arse medics are
True though.

>>7774101
Then just say youre a biology major and then shut them up lol

>>7774123
He can't he's too far up his own ass to not say medical student.

Physics PhD

>"Oh you mean like Sheldon Cooper? Haha I love that show."

At least a couple Chinese qt3.14s thought that was cute since they thought I looked like him.

>>7774123
>>7774131
maybe hes not murican

>>7774131
>>7774161
I'm English but I love the reputation medics have of being up their own arse

>>7773788
good form, pupper

>>7773838
where I live there is also a degree called "engineering mathematics"

>>7773788
good fur pooper

>>7774208
What you learn on that?

>>7774221
straight from google translate

"This is the program for you who are passionate about mathematics. Here you can read mathematics than in other engineering program and you get a specialist mathematician in the field of technology. You develop your problem-solving skills and your ability to work mathematically with many different kinds of problems, even those not originally formulated in mathematical terms.

EDUCATION
Mathematics is the science and technology languages and has always been a core subject for an engineer. The rapid computer development makes mathematics today has become more important, for example, to effectively analyze information and make simulations. Mathematics permeates everyday life, often without thinking about it, with everything from Google and weather forecasts to the pricing of options on the stock exchange. Today there are many new areas such as bioinformatics, information technology, medicine and economics, where necessary, advanced mathematics, which is often not yet fully developed.

Specializations
After a three-year basic block choose between different specializations. Its cover almost all types of engineering where analysis and simulations are important. Specializations are held together by large pieces of communal mathematics. This helps to create good overview of the wide field, which is also a key specialist skills for a technical mathematician.

FUTURE
After graduation, you are in demand on the labor market and can get interesting jobs across a wide range of employers and industries. Many will work in teams where they help with mathematical expertise from specialists in other fields. For this, you are well prepared through education width and training in communication and modeling that you received."

electrical and computer engineering

>anon my printer isn't working, could you help me?

>>7773865
Wtf are you talking about, you tard.

>>7773788
Chemistry.

"Can you make drugs?" or "I was always poor at Chemistry."

>>7774050
I know a few people in my cohort got such internships. They were known to be the top of the class, so yeah, it's true, it pays well in some cases.

Upon graduation, however, the highest salary was $80k a year. The others got really shit salaries... I'm guessing cause they were mostly Chinese and required sponsorship. I also remember everybody had a really hard time finding jobs. So there just aren't that many jobs anymore.

I went back to working a regular software dev job working on enterprise web apps.

Working on my MS on operations research. Most people's reaction: "Sounds tasty. What do you eat that with?"

Statistics. I get the conversation equivalent of a shrug.

>>7773845
>nice
>I suck at math, hahahaha
>so, what are you gonna do after school?
>oh, my cousin's a math wizard, he's 12
>so, you're gonna be a teacher?
>have you read the latest Mochizuki paper yet?
>what's sqrt(511991*978213)?

>>7774004
>>7774009
Yeah even a shitty compliment like that is just meaningless. The only physicists they know of are geniuses, so it actually just shows they don't really know what scientists do.

>>7773884
>one of the Physics grad-students refused to give one of our undergrad researchers access to a (government agency owned) laser in his lab
How does this even happen in the first place? Why is a mere grad student deciding about who does and does not have access to a school lab?

>>7773788

Good form, pupper.

>BA, molecular biology and chemistry
>Second-year student in biophysics PhD program.

I just say I'm in cancer research, and most people are very impressed and/or complimentary. My project is in NMR methodology (my PI is a harcore spectroscopist by training), but our lab works on protein-protein interactions/complexes in cancer.

Good form pupper

>>7773875
Elaborate on that Gödel thingy

I'm in 3rd year physics and I never heard about Gödels Axioms having that if an impact

Also :

>Physics

>I was always bad at physics even more than in math
>oh wow
>can you help me with my physics homework

>>7774403
im on first year of molecular biology, what would you say is a good field to go into when it comes to masters and phd?

i have a bachelor of science (physics) and an honours bachelor of science (physics). and i'm currently doing a phd in physics

people usually say either one of the following:
>wow you're so smart
or
>like sheldon BAZINGA HA HA XD

i hate both of the responses

Computer Engi.

> Is that like fixing computers ? You should come over one day to fix my PC

>>7773788
>Physical engineering
People look impressed ,then ask wtf it is

>>7774334
In that specific incident the student's adviser had resigned from his faculty position and was working at a national lab so technically no one on campus was really in charge of the student.

But also you know that PHD comic "who holds all the power in the department" concluding with "Hint: Not the grad-students". Grad-students actually have a lot of power in some of our labs. It just turned out like this because we have a shitton of funding and labs per faculty. The hierarchy is also a bit skewed because we have very close ties to both national and private company labs, some of those private labs are even on our campus grounds right next to our department. It's confusing who holds the funding and who reports to who. There are some research groups where the professor officially in charge delegates everything to a PhD student and focuses on his favourite groups, basically never setting foot in the lab in question.

Last year we had a senior undergrad who had a nervous break down and she reportedly spent an entire night crying in the fetal position (apparently her lab partner just ignored her as they were very close to their deadline). Another guy was hospitalised after an HF exposure. The faculty member in charge first found out at the end of the year function he was shocked as hell because obviously there should've been a shitton of procedures followed and forms filled out.

Fuck I love this place.

>>7774718
what the fuck it is?

>>7774433
I am third year mole bio and I plan on going into molecular pathogenesis or immunology

>>7774753
Afterbirth of watered down physics and meche programmes resulting in one of the most infamous meme degrees known to man.

>>7774139
You can always hide your Ph.D. status and say you have a Physics or whatever shit you studied undergrad bachelor. Then watch their real self sperg out and shit on you

>>7773788
bsc economics, bsc CS , ms math, stat, IA.
People never understand what i do.

>>7773788
Chemistry, first year.

Most of the time I hear either "wow, I never even understood it" or "what a hard subject it is". Getting tired of hearing the same things.

>>7774698
I would cringe hard hearing ths second response

>>7774782
what's worse is my grandmother bought me a bazinga shirt for christmas once... it's hidden away in the closet somewhere

>>7773788
becoming a teacher in a couple of years
english and history

people think it fits perfectly because i've always been the guy for history and politic facts, or current events in society are also part of that.
so yeah. it fits.
the salaray is quite good here in germany. all in all, very happy.

>>7774772
yes chemistry is simple.

>>7774234
Where are you from?

>>7774298
>So there just aren't that many jobs anymore.
nowhere?
you finish your degree (probably a very good one) and all of a sudden there are no jobs around? i can't imagine that. companies like people willing to move and generally high mobility. maybe there's business elsewhere?

>>7773788
When I studied History and told people about it they used to look me with a sad expression like if I said "I got stabbed".

Computer engineering

I honestly feel like it's not nearly enough education for what I want to do (really interested in projects like SyNAPSE and the Human Brain Project) and wish I had taken something a bit less demanding that would give me opportunity for biology classes on the side, rather than trying to accomplish a Masters in CompE in 4 years

Just now realizing that rushing education isn't necessarily the best choice

Actually that is poor form, pupper

>>7774850
Shoulda gone to a school with biomedical engineering.

Gender studies w/ minor in African/indigenous studies

>>7773998
Best possible answer

Econ PhD, emphasis on econometrics.

2nd year. life is not so terrible

>>7774753
It is a general program that allows me to specialize in biomedical engineering,optics, nuclear or many other specialisations

comp sci.
>you're going to make good money. will you make me a website?
>no

>>7774765
A bit harsh

>>7774884

My school has biomedical engineering (Master's). I actually meet all the requirements for it, too. It's just that I'll already have a Master's in one more semester. I suppose I could do more of a focus on biomedical engineering if I want to do a PhD.

Double major in preprofessional biology and philosophy.
Response is usually just a confused face, "oh", or the generic "wow, science majors are hard". They mostly ignore the philosophy major.

>>7773788
good form, pupper

>>7773788
Double major in Physics and Math. People think I'm smart. I'm depressed as fuck.

>>7773788
>What degree do u have or are studying?
math
>How do people react when you tell them
what people

>>7773788
Computer sci.

They're usually just like "oh" and give a look like they live under a rock and have never even heard of it

>>7773788
BSME. I live in the bay area so when I tell people I'm an engineer they assume I write code all day.

>>7773788
EE
they ask why I don't have a job

>>7773788
Computer science. No one over 30 has any idea what the field includes/doesn't include. My grandpa asked me to fix his TV once.

>>7773858
>Double major in math and electrical engineering.

This is such a good foundation for a career now. You'll be the last person automated out of a job. If only I'd entered college with a plan lol

good form, pupper

>Mechanical engineering
Though I never tell anyone unless they ask for fear of alienating myself. Even then, I just say 'engineering' and if they're either too ignorant of the field or too secretly butthurt to ask which kind, then I just switch to another topic.

good form, pupper

>>7773788
good form, pupper

good form, pupper
I've got bachelor of science degrees in math and physics, currently in a PhD program for physics. They seem legitimately interested now that I'm a PhD candidate. It used to be their eyes just glossed over and they couldn't stop asking 'what do ya do with that?' Now they ask 'what do ya do with that?' but they show interest in the answer.

Cognitive Science

I'm actually at a pretty good school for it, Hofstadter teaches here.

>oh so your trying to be a brain surgeon?
aoiewhogwhaioewfawefawihfeoa fuck you.

>>7773866
I studied mathematics too but this was about 10 years ago.
Today I still love mathematics and I have finally understood why.
It simply is because the rules are clear and stuff behaves the way it should. It's predictible.
Humans on the other hands, are much more difficult to understand and predict. That makes me uncomfortable at times. I'm clueless whenever I'm involved in a conflict and some people disagree with me. Most people make decisions based on their emotions ... I make decisions based on calcultions and logic,nothing else.
I find serenity in numbers.

>>7774804
>salaray
so you're a fag too

>>7774815
swe

>>7775565
>tips fedora

Industrial robotics and electrical engineering.
I had a fucker spit In my face because he was a laid off lineman.

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>Economics
>Nobody talks to me or asks what I'm studying

>>7773845
>>7774328
these

I'm a PhD student in chemistry (first year). Reactions I get

25% meth jokes
25% you're still in school? you're 25!
25% how do you pay for school that long?
20% oh uhh ok
5% oh wow that's great! What have you published? I published 3924534 papers to science and nature in my second year of undergrad! I can't wait for you to send me your entire portfolio, I'd love to read all your great work!

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>>7776291
> Reactions I get

>>7775208
>Double major
you fell for the /sci/ meme

>>7774433

Bioinformatics/computational biology and biophysics are hot.

Biochemistry and molecular/cellular biology is a solid bet.

I would recommend picking-up at least a minor, if not a double major, in a more quantitative field. At the undergraduate level, a degree in chemistry complements coursework in molecular biology well. You can't go wrong with coursework in math or CS.

>>7775208

I'd be happy to be in your place. Things could always be worse, my friend.

Good form, pupper

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>>7776296

>cs

from stem people i get the "i know ur a fraud"

from normies i get looks of fear

i actually am medically retarded so it's okay though

>>7776549
>i actually am medically retarded so it's okay though

How did you learn calcoooolus as a retard?

>>7776305
I'm double major to piss off ex girlfriend

Biochemistry

>Oh, so you wanna be a doctor?

I wish I had my angry frog images.

>>7776334
starting chemistry on monday, system here is different so we dont have minor/majors (not as such, that i know of)

thanks for the tips though! still have plenty of time to think that kind of stuff through

good form, pupper

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>>7776630

>>7776617
well and any current girlfriend
if I was a double major I'd probably be able to safely allocate 5 minutes to spend with my girlfriend biweekly

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>>7773788
microbiology
they usually assume i am on my way to be a doctor or what i do is dangerous and they ask me if anyone has died in the lab

>>7773788
"good form, pupper"

>>7776873
What you pick? I'm math/physics like the other guy. I'll worry about gf and crap later when I'm balling with 22k/year at a high school

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Mechanical Engineer. 32y/o. Senior Engineer at a major aerospace company.

>>7775211
mynigger.jpg

Computer science.

>What apps have you made?
>Can you make me a website?
>Do you want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg?

>>7774945
this

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>>7774012

>>7773788
Good form, pupper

good form, pupper

>>7773788
Physics

live with politics studying retards so i get alot of WOOOOOOOOOW

normal stem is like k shits tough

>>7778460
should i i live with hill billys so saying "university" impress them

>>7773788
Cunt is Argentina

I'm currently in summer vacation and will move onto my third year of my Geophysics degree on March, if I pull my head out of my ass and fix some shit I fucked up

People usually don't have a clue what the fuck geophysics is, and I can't be arsed to explain so I just say "geology with a ton of math and physics, I find oil in the ground."

>>7774093
>>7774123
lol @ ameritards not realizing that in other countries people actually study Medicine right away without any "pre-med" bullshit.

>biochemistry
>ok
Sometimes an occasional Le Breaking Le Bad reference.

Good form, pupper

>>7778541
back to >>>/pol/

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>>7773788
Berkeley EECS
>getting that 6 figure salary upon graduation? (FWIW, full compensation ~160k)
of course
>how bad do you want to kill yourself?
1-10 a 10
graduating at age 20 with a BS in EECS
not bad but fuck my life

>>7774796
God damn I know this feel.

>4th year chem undergrad
>I keep getting Breaking Bad merchandise such as t-shirts and coffee mugs for birthday gifts from my family
>despise the breaking bad meme

Kill me

>math master
People aren't that suprised. Maybe it is because I sound like this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_aRKeDfqYo

>>7775468
im studying for mechanical as well and some of my friends were studying for some different (easier) engineering degrees, but they ended up dropping out because they weren't good at math. I'm still thriving towards my goal and I find them being jelly for no reason and always throwing subliminals my way like I can't spot them. lel

>>7775795
did you retaliate? Because you should have if you didn't...

good form pooper

Good Form, Pupper.

Physics. Doesn't help it's from the considered hardest faculty in our country
>Wow, you're crazy.

good form, pupper!

>>7773788
Mechanical Engineering. No special replies

Math, in general same shit people here have said. A lot of wows, whys, I suck at math, what can you even do with that degree, can you help me with my taxes etc etc. Weirdest one I've gotten was like... a week ago "if you weren't funny I would hate you cause I hate math"... didn't know what to say to that one

Just graduated in computer science, i dont really talk to people so yeah... But in work a couple of peoole assume just because i have a degree im really smart, when in fact in incredibly scatty.

>>7773788
Two doctorates, one in phrenology the other in medicine.

like any of you nerds talk to people

>>7780554
>i dont really talk to people

Hey, guy who posts the ideal CS degree, add another seminar on top of hygiene and grooming called basic social skills.

>>7780605
Nah man, used to be social. Then drugs happened. Stopped going out in final year so i could graduate.

>>7775211
Underrated.

Psychology.
>don't analyze me, bro!
I've never even taken a single Clinical course.
Hoping to start my M.A. in Applied Experimental in the Fall.

Mechanical engineering, I get alot of "Oh my uncle's a mechanic, i've never been huge on cars though", or something along those lines

>>7780703
i know of someone who's doing a phd in psychology, is that a real thing? i mean if youre going to waste 10 yrs of your life why not do medicine instead or some shit

>>7780785
Depends on the subfield.

It's mortifying how many people believe Psychology consists SOLELY of the Clinical subfield and will outright deny the existence of others once proven wrong. Absolutely ignorant.

>>7780839
Love how no one has questioned the Phrenology yet. Isn't anyone just the slightest bit curious?

Mechanical engineering. I get mostly
> Wow that's really cool, I bet you'll make lots of money
Or
> So yo're like good at math or something, right?

It kinda sucks though, they placed the engineering department a mile from the main campus, shit makes so many people autistic as fuck when talking to anyone outside of stem.

>>7780849
"Phrenology (from Greek φρήν (phrēn), meaning "mind", and λόγος (logos), meaning "knowledge") is a pseudomedicine primarily focused on measurements of the human skull, based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain areas have localized, specific functions or modules.[1] Although both of those ideas have a basis in reality, phrenology extrapolated beyond empirical knowledge in a way that departed from science. Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall in 1796,[2] the discipline was very popular in the 19th century, especially from about 1810 until 1840. The principal British centre for phrenology was Edinburgh, where the Edinburgh Phrenological Society was established in 1820."

nobody gives a shit, pal

>>7780839
thats why im asking, i figure there are people here more knowledgeable in psychology who might have a proper answer

>>7780943
You hurt me, bad.

>>7780377
How does EECS compare to the regular BA CS?

>>7780945
i take it back, i do like phrenology

>>7776551
>implying you have to know calculus to get a CS degree

>>7781041
not a big difference to anyone outside of berkeley. we like to hold our elitism though

>>7774027
I'm in geology, and people can never keep the two separate. It get pretty old after a while

>>7776551
>>7781825
>Implying a retard couldn't learn calculus