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These Are The College Majors With The Smartest Students
Business Insider ^ | 09/26/2013 | Gus Lubin

Posted on 09/26/2013 7:46:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

College students who major in physical sciences tend to be smarter than those who major in psychology, judging from the 2013 SAT Report on College & Career Readiness from the College Board.

The report includes data on SAT scores by intended major for the college-bound class of 2013. We've taken the liberty of ranking majors based on these scores, which are the best commonly available proxy for intelligence.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: college; collegemajors; iq; test
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RANKING BY COMBINED SCORES

1 posted on 09/26/2013 7:46:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RANKING OF MAJORS BY CRITICAL READING SCORES

2 posted on 09/26/2013 7:48:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RANKING OF MAJORS BY MATH SCORES

3 posted on 09/26/2013 7:48:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RANKING OF MAJORS BY WRITING SCORES

4 posted on 09/26/2013 7:49:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I guess journalists didn’t score high enough to even make the list.


5 posted on 09/26/2013 7:50:52 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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All I know is my son is working on his second year of college level Calculus and it was greek to me.

Feels good to have kids smarter then you.


6 posted on 09/26/2013 7:54:17 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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RE: it was greek to me.

The Greeks aren't that good on average at math nowadays:

7 posted on 09/26/2013 7:56:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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They are grouped with “Communications” and in the combined list come below Preachers, Park Rangers & Lawyers.


8 posted on 09/26/2013 7:57:43 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Life is short. It's even shorter if you suggest going out for pizza on your anniversary" Peter Egan)
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For those who scored higher than some of these 3 part combined totals when there were just two, take a bow.


9 posted on 09/26/2013 7:59:26 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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They are grouped with “Communications” and in the combined list come below Preachers, Park Rangers & Lawyers.

So much for my reading skills.

10 posted on 09/26/2013 7:59:33 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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Two flaws I perceive. I am sure there are others — Interdisciplinary should be broken down into specific areas. And religion and philosophy should be separated. I definitely know this from my college experience.

Cheers,
Mrs. Esopman


11 posted on 09/26/2013 8:00:04 AM PDT by esopman (Blessings on Freepers Everywhere and Their Most Intelligent Designer)
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“Multi/Interdisciplinary” would include things like “double major in math and physics,” or a pre-med curriculum with a full set of chemistry and biology requirements.


12 posted on 09/26/2013 8:06:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Prioritize!)
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I pulled a 1340 on my SAT back in the day when there were only verbal and math sections. My scores on the two sections were 660 and 680, respectively.


13 posted on 09/26/2013 8:07:55 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The closer a country/state is to Mexico, the lower it scores, curiously.


14 posted on 09/26/2013 8:08:30 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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I presume African-American Transgender Studies is lumped into liberal arts?


15 posted on 09/26/2013 8:08:57 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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Take a bow, you qualify.


16 posted on 09/26/2013 8:09:25 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Well, you read & understood my reply, and I am not exactly the world’s greatest communicator.

If you can understand the following, you should make it through life OK.

2+2=4

Much better that the lawyers & political science types.

:-)


17 posted on 09/26/2013 8:09:45 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Life is short. It's even shorter if you suggest going out for pizza on your anniversary" Peter Egan)
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If social science majors are so smart then why are they sinking all that money into pursuing a non-marketable degree?


18 posted on 09/26/2013 8:10:44 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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You are correct.
In a previous studies Philosophy majors combined SAT scores were second only to those of Physics majors.

I wonder,also; if under “Religious Studies” they are including students in small private Bible Colleges taking religiously oriented courses.


19 posted on 09/26/2013 8:10:49 AM PDT by Jonah Johansen ("Coming soon to a neighborhood near you")
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Two generations ago when my sister entered the convent after high school, she was told that she was going to be a math major, as she started her college studies. In that religious order of educators, the highest SAT of the incoming group of girls became a math major, second highest a Chemistry major...


20 posted on 09/26/2013 8:11:05 AM PDT by maica (Welcome to post-rational America.)
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