From: Metal_DK | #076
Actually the science degrees are mostly pretty useless if you stop after undergrad, since they don't teach you any immediately applicable skills. Like, if I were not to apply to grad school, I would be way worse off with my math and physics degrees than someone who had done computer science, EE, statistics or something, because what I can do is basically those things, except an employer is thinking "I might as well take someone who actually has one of those degrees so I'm positive they know the basics." Pretty unfortunate considering getting a physics degree is just as difficult as getting one of the more challenging engineering degrees.
bio and chem are still worth a bit on undergrad levels. Physics is essentially applied mathematics, so I would of recommended you go into that instead. But yes i agree a physics degree is sadly not valuable anymore.
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I was going for a degree in Chemistry... I added a second major (Math/CS program) since my job prospects were pitiful. I originally went into the program thinking I was going to grad school, and once that option started to look less appealing my degree was going to be pretty lousy. ChemE is such a better degree than Chemistry in terms of finding a job.
Biology is even worse. There are way more Bio/Chem degrees being handed out than positions needing filled.
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