>med student >get into conversation with some other student >he says he has to study 24/7 but is managing perfect grades >was quite impressed, asked him what he studies >tells me "eIectrical engineering" >mfw >wonder if he was being serious about his degree being hard >turns out he was >instantly lose respect for him
I assume there's a few engineering students on here, so I'm actually curious. Do you guys actually think your degree is difficuIt or are you at the stage where you realise anyone could do it?
>med student with superiority complexes Into le trash it goes, faggot
Brandon Miller
I don't know since I'm only one year in
Sebastian Hernandez
>med student >applied biology (You)
Adam Garcia
Tbh Electrical Engineering is one of the hardest engineering degrees out there. Its has more calculus and maths in general compared to other engineering degrees, it will also need you to apply all of that knowledge in calculus over electrical circuits. It is also heavy in phisics and programing. Programming consists mostly of low level languages such as C, C++ and assembly which are already a pain in the ass. You'd be surprised by the amount of mathematical shit that is around electrical circuits. I know this because i have a cousin of mine taking that degree, and even most students who come from biomedic engineering lower their grades once they switch over to electrical engineering. It also depends mostly on which uni you are taking the degree.
EE is harder in an intellectual sense. Medicine is harder in a disciplinary sense
Daniel Wood
Why would electrical engineers have to program in assembly?
Jace Evans
This. t. med student
Lucas Adams
my dentist originally was going to be a chem eng and then once he finished his bachelor's he decided he wanted to go to med school. says that chem eng was way harder than med school.
didn't bother to ask what made it feel that way for him, or where he went to school at
Julian Roberts
This 100%. OP, I hope you know how much mathematics work is involved in engineering. There's a big difference from how much would be required for medicine.
Luke Cooper
Electrical Engineering is an honestly harder degree than med
Andrew Mitchell
electrical engineering 3rd year here
I find it hard to believe that normalfags and women would be able to comprehend how complex numbers and phasors work, so yes.
Tyler Hall
I've taught mcat prep physics. Med students didn't blow me away. I would put them above civil or mechanical engineers but below EE in terms of logical thinking. They seem more dependent on memorization. That being said, all of this was during one summer of grad school so hardly a large sample size.
Henry Ortiz
>complex numbers and phasors dude that's literally high school stuff americunts are retarded
Noah King
Given that the intelligence demographic for electrical engineering degrees is higher than med school and the fail out and drop out right is higher, you have your head up your ass.
Brayden Long
Proprietary control systems Think industrial automation, elevator controls, automotive computers and the like
Nathaniel Perez
>med student >mastering chemistry or physics
They're basically toddlers in a lab coat and will hurt themselves or their supervisor if not monitored closely.
Colton Gonzalez
Your dentist never went to medical school.
Matthew Butler
Can someone give me a rundown on the differences between med school and a Master's in Physician Assistant studies (MSPA)? >t. biology/biomedical major considering trying to go for an MSPA
A field is only as hard as the proportion of it that is math
Math and statistics are the hardest, then physics, then engineering. Computer Science and economics a little lower.
Biology/medicine, chemistry, arts, humanities, politics, business are all on the same level if difficulty. But they are more emotionally challenging because they train you for unemployment/low pay and the actual coursework is so shit-retarded that it sucks your IQ out of you, so props to you guys for putting up with that. If I studied one of those I wouldn't be strong enough to not off myself
Brayden Cox
But math is easy... Memorizing takes a lot more effort.
Logan Young
Not really. Math, stats, physics, and computer science are all pretty easy for me. Chemistry, average. I can't speak for engineering and economics. I honestly found the humanities way tougher. And I couldn't last a day in biology. It depends on what you're better at, really.
Austin Barnes
>med student >implying engineering is easy >implying memorizing medical vocabulary is hard >literally color muscle groups with crayon >get confused with simple unit conversion and dosage measurements >have enough righteous indignation to post on r9k about how smart you think you are comparatively >too afraid to post this on sci
Whew great meme lad
Elijah Long
>there are people so new here that they don't recognize this ancient copypasta >electrical cucks still get triggered over based gibsonposter >they still feel the need to prove something really makes me think
>He thinks he's a special snowflake for being a med student. The only thing hard about it is the sheer ammount of information to assimilate and the several hours of doing nothing but studying. Aside from that, there's nothing particularly hard to understand.
Ayden Hill
>implying I didn't master game theory, topology and multivariate complex analysis during pre-med
As a medical student myself with an engineering degree, you're completely full of shit. Med students in my class all struggle whenever anything mathematical is expected. Did you master multivariate calc, calc-based stats, and differential equations to be accepted to med school? Did you take real physics (calc-based) to be accepted? Do you know any chemistry past basic organic and biochemistry (like inorganic, physical, electrochemistry, etc)?
You are the jack of all trades and the master of none, except applied biology.
I've had the engineering classes and I'm not a pompous asshole, so I won't act like I mastered any of those sciences that I won't ever use on the job later. People who have mastered a science hold a PhD in their respective field. Even engineers just apply the science. Doctors just memorize everything they're told to know for the job.
I can't wait until your smug ass gets yelled at during your clinical years like the others who think their shit doesn't stink.
Ryder Reyes
>multivariate complex analysis
Wow you really do know what you're talking about! Reminds me of this course in vascular-neuro-endo-polymerase I took when doing my B.sc mathematics. Yeah hun. Thought only med students took that one? :)
Joshua Bell
Yeah I'm a med student with an EE degree and I'm telling you, EE was a piece of piss. Did it without studying. But medicine is exceptionally harder.
It's true because I said so
Jayden Roberts
t. pre-med who just finished first two semesters
Ryder Lopez
>he doesn't realise more complex fields of mathematics are taught to doctors so only the brightest graduate
>man starts choking at a restaurant >his wife jumps out and shouts "IS ANYBODY HERE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER?" >everyone laughs >he dies >I fuck his wife
If you can't see why the phrase "multivariate complex analysis" is funny you clearly haven't finished the calculus sequence (high school math)
>more complex fields of mathematics are taught to doctors so only the brightest graduate
LOL the weed-out classes for medical doctors are math ones? Med students finish entire doctoral medicine degrees and then finally meet a challenging class when they have to take something that a first year math undergrad would?
Jose Hernandez
>first year math undergrad would? >game theory, topology
This consistent with GRE scores. Math, physics, and philosophy students are easily the brightest. Physics students get way better MCAT scores than "pre-med" majors too. EE students are above average but nothing special
Luke Morris
Post this on /sci/, it would be excellent bait. Even better if you replace engineering with math or physics.
Sebastian Clark
Did he say *electrical* engineer, or *power* engineer?
Joshua Flores
>mfw medic in an expensive eu country >mfw 50k/year
>people smart enough to stay in school and pursue a degree that will lead to comfortable income/income at all/respect consider themselves robots Fuck you fucking normalfucks.
Sebastian Lee
You're really sticking to this, huh? Why don't you tell me how many zeros of ze^z+ z^4+3iz^3+5i+3 lie in 1
Ryder Smith
>its a med student thinks he's smart thread Work smart, not hard. I'm making more than most medical professionals as a software engineer, and I had 1/5th workload in college compared to you lmao
Liam Garcia
what's with this monkey?
Ethan Gray
10/10 you managed to troll everyone in this thread with the old pasta.
Everyone gets to bash med students, and other peoples' opinion of med students still gets worse. Sounds like good fun to me
Jacob Morales
I'm retarded for not checking every thread for duplicates in archives?
Isaiah Ward
pretty sure physics and astronomy are the hardest of all time
Cooper Campbell
The theory of medicine isn't that difficult, it's just memorization
t. med student
Nathaniel Bennett
Med school is literally just memorizing a bunch of shit. A metric fuckton of shit, sure, but basically just memorization. It's hard to get into and pays well because the stakes are high and you have to work hard, but that doesn't make it intellectually challenging for a typical physician.
As engineer you have to learn serious math, how to problem solve, etc. which as a whole ends up being more intellectually demanding.
Engineering pay is good, but lower, since you don't have to work as hard, stay in school as long, or put yourself in so much debt. Also a single doctor can easily be responsible for a death (and probably is responsible for many over a career), while it is rare for an engineer to be responsible for even one due to all the checks and balances.
So yes, I definitely think it's hard since statistically so many people fail or have a hard time with it. You can trade your youth, time, stress, etc. for more pay, prestige, and apparently an inflated self-esteem. I'm happy with my balance between work, pay, prestige, and overall life fulfillment.
Ayden Harris
Bump so more people can laugh at OP
Kevin Nelson
memorizing stupid shit vs engineering/math skills and using them on new problems. Dumb nigga who thinks the first one is harder
Leo Bell
>r9k is so full of newfags they can't even recognize this bait I hate this board so much
>tfw CS brainlet >tfw most of my class have already graduated while i'm still retaking courses in the 2nd grade having zero social life really makes uni a thousand times more difficult.
Jaxon Williams
No, you didn't "learn complex numbers", you learned they *existed* in high school. If you know how to work with them in analysis, answer the question I wrote here (again, straightforward one an American mathematics freshman should know how to solve):
>Europoors so dumb they've never even heard of the field of complex analysis
Henry Harris
I love electrical engineering but I completely agree with you OP.
Elijah Reed
kek'd olrnaigily
Colton Flores
tfw supposed to be studying for the MCAT right now because I'm taking it in 2 months
First 2 are true during the med school Then it takes deep downturn You start making 45k for working 16 hours daily on average, having ONE weekend, not 4 like often ridiculed wagecucks You dont even see your family, more likely you dont even have one Then being 40 yo when you uncuck yourself from 300k student debt, then you make 400k which are taxed 55% to feed dindus
By that time you are dead inside, realizing you are just drone flipping patients like burger meat and sucking cock of insurance companies and senseless byrocracy
Docs are the most suicidal profession I regretted being one, and was on verge of kms until I switched to comfy part time job Still would NOT do it again
