In what college classes have you run into the most pretentious people?

1. Film studies oh my GOD. I took it as an elective, and it was so unbearable, I ended up failing because I spent so much time seething instead of working. Chose another elective when came the time to make up the credit, I couldn’t stand taking it again.
   — hellanation


2. Psychology and Philosophy ... Some students who have taken one psych class will condescendingly diagnose you, themselves, passing traffic, inanimate objects. Some students who’ve taken one philosophy class will condescendingly name-drop Kierkegaard and argue semantics to tell you you’re wrong.
   — ktkatq


3. Anything premed. You’ve never seen such ass kissing. It’s really sad to seem them all figuratively masturbate the professor for a chance at a letter of recommendation.
   — gunzgoboom






4. I've taken a few arts-related classes, and those can really vary. The worst was by-far theater, since the people in there think they're doing the hardest work on the planet and are on a pedestal above everyone else. It's a lot of inflated egos. Conversely, "dance class" was a lot of fun, although it might depend on the instructor; mine was really laid back and encouraging. Just a bunch of stretching and jumping and getting in tune with your body and nobody cares how awkward it looks.
   — TurtleTucker


5. I didn't notice any class in particular, but I did notice that the more advanced the class, the more "elitist" students got. "Pshah, you're only in Calculus? Take Advanced Triogenik Calculus 9000, then we'll talk."
   — SendWisdomImOut


6. Music majors. I'm not sure pretentious is the right word. Sheltered, unhealthily unbalanced, with an unjustified sense of entitlement. OK maybe pretentious was the right word. I considered music my freshman year. I came from a musical family and was in band and choir in high school. So I took some music theory and was in college choir. A big part of why I didn't continue down that path was I just kept thinking "This really isn't my crowd."
   — junkeee999






7. Book Making. I took this art class as a non-major and there was a girl who would “artsplain” how to do projects to me and my friend like we hadn’t been given the exact same instruction as her. I think I can handle cutting pieces of paper to given measurements and gluing them...
   — kikisayshayy


8. For me, it's been fellow electrical engineers. A lot of them have decided that every other major is beneath them and do not think highly of what they consider "lower tier" engineering majors. Some of the political science, physics, and math majors I know are similar.
   — ELDtotheL


9. Any class at FIT in Manhattan. The outfits people would show up to class in are ridiculous. Imagine an entry level intro to 21st century fashion with people showing up in outfits straight off the runway. Runway outfits are supposed to be adapted and made practical for every day use. Picture someone showing up in Victoria secret outfit (okay not crazy) however, they would go as far as including the actual angel wings as well. Those were not for sale or for use. I guess they thought this was “fashionable”.
   — inbashkir