People can say science is linguistic all they want, but when it comes down to how science is taught and the kind of work involved in getting an advanced degree is scientific and technical fields, linguistic skills are highly backgrounded.

It's all well and good to say there is poetic elegance in science, but that's not what the fraternities of most technical fields are looking for in their workers.

-A girl who excelled in math and science and opted for an English degree instead.