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I did both computer science and philosophy at a top tier college, the computer science courses were far easier.

• pnathan 10y ago
  Not sure most undergraduate CS (these days?) stresses the hard problems (that is, the mathematics) of the field enough. Took until graduate school to come to serious grips with interesting problems. But it seems that philosophy at least opens up fast and hard with difficult problems. So a degree in philosophy - in my STEMmy opinion - merits serious consideration as someone willing to think about a problem.
• geebee 10y ago
  Just for another data point, I double majored in English Literature and Mathematics with a CS emphasis, and I did have to work harder to get a lower grade in the advanced math and CS classes. Just to be clear, I do consider humanities to be an excellent subject for study, and philosophy and literature, when studied with integrity, are rigorous fields. There's also, of course, a chance that I'm just naturally a bit stronger at humanities and weaker at math, and I suppose it might be the opposite for you. I did have to work meaningfully for my "A"s in humanities, but I had to struggle hard for my B+ in real analysis. Also, I do recognize you mentioned CS, not upper division math, but lower division data structures and algorithms pushed me pretty hard. And the course I saw my friends go through at Berkeley looked insanely difficult.
• burfog 10y ago
  If you were good at both, and expecting to get "A" grades, I could see that. If you were bad at both, and just hoping to pass, it's probably the other way around. I would expect philosophy to hand out "B" grades to nearly everybody. I would expect computer science to hand out everything, especially the extremes. There would be both more "A" and more "F" than in the philosophy classes.