>>14222918It's simple, really: It's much harder to bluff your way through *most* STEM programs. That's not to say it doesn't happen - there are of course plenty of schools and programs where people BS a BS and what have you, but by-and-large you can't really "fake it till you make it" through, say, a Master's in Mathematics or a PhD in Physics, because at the end of the day you have to meet certain objective standards. The Arts are more subjective and all you have to do is appeal to the tastes of whoever's running your program and you can bullshit your way through a degree, which means it's entirely possible (some might say probable) to get to the end of a BFA or MFA and not actually have developed sufficient aptitude with any of the skills involved to actually make a living in the arts.
Now, sure, not everyone who gets a degree in chemistry or engineering or whatever is going to be cut out for work in a major lab or company, but it's much more difficult to get to the end of a STEM degree without having to become competent with *any* practically applicable skills.
