Why Science Majors Change Their Minds

Re:Why Science Majors Change Their Minds by wiredfool on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @11:53PM (#3241849)

As a civil engineer, we were building stuff early on. (and typically destroying it too). I remember towers on the shake table, bridges, and connection testing (including arc welding).

There was still about a 50%washout rate.

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Re:Why Science Majors Change Their Minds by scott_s on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @11:53AM (#3243854)

Thanks for saying so.

For the record, my CS undergrad had similar attrition, but it was during the dot-com boom. I was a freshmen in '99 and there were 500 other CS freshmen. The typical number of students at a given level is, I think, roughly 1/5 of that now.

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