We’ve all heard it, chemical engineering is harder than biology, which is harder than psychology, which is harder than our major, which is harder than whatever. You may even think that you are you academically superior to other majors...but in reality you’re just an asshole.

If you pay attention to humanity in general, you will notice that people have different skill sets. Engineers may struggle with psychology, and political science majors may struggle with math.

An art major may struggle with physics just as a history major will struggle with organic chemistry. People are different, and you can’t assume that someone with saying our degree is dumber or had an easier time in college then a bio chemistry major.

The reality of college is that a degree is what you make it. You can take bull crap classes and skate by, collecting A’s, Bs and Cs, and just getting a piece of paper that says you have a degree. Or you can expand your worldview, earn a degree and work, learn and grow in ways that you never thought you could.

Get involved with your department, take on research assistantships and teaching assistantships, study abroad and take every opportunity that you can to learn about the world around you. Build skills and networks and friendships. Because that’s what college is about. It’s not about playing the "pain Olympics" or building a superiority complex just to get ahead of someone else. What makes a degree valuable is what you do with it -- not by thinking your program is harder than someone else’s.

We’re all here because we have a little bit of "change the world in us," and to be honest, the person with the botany degree can have the same impact as the person a business degree...all it takes is passion and hard work.