Re:NO IT DOES NOT (Score 1)

I understand what the author is trying to say and I agree. I am currently an engineering student at UC Berkeley. Before going back to school I was a technician for several years. I wouldn't choose any other major and am not in it for the so-called "money". However, being an engineering student totally sucks. We spend most of our time in the basement of some building or with our faces in a book. What is really starting to piss me off are the replies I read, whenever an article like this comes up, that say the person should have choosen another major, or should get out of engineering. That's complete bullshit. You can love the material, love the field, and still have a terrible experience going through school. Engineering at Berkeley totally sucks and most of the students I work with will say the same. It breaks you down and eats your soul. As for the snob comments that always accompany these stories as well, yes as engineering students we don't think much of LS majors. The reason behind this, I believe, is because an engineering student can step into an LS upper division class and still pass, even get an A. An LS student, in general, could never step into an upper division engineering class and pass. I've done it myself. There's also the fact that as engineering students we're extremely pissed that LS students get their grades and still have fun as well. Regardless of everything else, this is enough to cause some jealously. As it so happens, this is spring break. Engineering is probably one of the majors that needs it the most. Yet while LS are out having a great time, engineering students get more homework. Around and around we go.