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<blockquote data-quote="chadillac3" data-source="post: 1383147" data-attributes="member: 555054">As many have stated before me, EE isn&#039;t something you just &quot;do.&quot;&nbsp; I graduated with my BSEE in May 02 from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook &#039;Em Horns!), and by no means would I recommend it to someone unless you are SURE you can handle it.&nbsp; And even if you, that doesn&#039;t mean you&#039;ll make it.&nbsp; One of my best friends at UT was a guy I started with in EE...he had well over a 1400 on the SAT and was the saludatorian of a class of 300...lasted 2 semesters; couldn&#039;t get past physics.&nbsp; With that said, there were people much less &quot;qualified&quot; who made it through.&nbsp; They typically had to kill themselves.&nbsp; Thankfully, I only had to study about 1/2 as much as a typical EE did, BUT it was still ****ING hard sometimes.&nbsp; There are some things I didn&#039;t get, some things I don&#039;t want to remember.If you **** at math, don&#039;t waste your time.&nbsp; You won&#039;t make it.&nbsp; If you **** at physics, don&#039;t bother.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t handle pressure, save yourself some heartache.As for getting the PhD...might want to take a couple hard *** engineering physics classes before you get too excited.&nbsp; My bro-in-law talked about getting a PhD in EE...only lasted half a semester before switching to ME.If you can handle it, it&#039;s certainly worth it.&nbsp; I work as a Test Engineer for a major defense corp at the moment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chadillac3, post: 1383147, member: 555054"] As many have stated before me, EE isn't something you just "do." I graduated with my BSEE in May 02 from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'Em Horns!), and by no means would I recommend it to someone unless you are SURE you can handle it. And even if you, that doesn't mean you'll make it. One of my best friends at UT was a guy I started with in EE...he had well over a 1400 on the SAT and was the saludatorian of a class of 300...lasted 2 semesters; couldn't get past physics. With that said, there were people much less "qualified" who made it through. They typically had to kill themselves. Thankfully, I only had to study about 1/2 as much as a typical EE did, BUT it was still ****ING hard sometimes. There are some things I didn't get, some things I don't want to remember. If you **** at math, don't waste your time. You won't make it. If you **** at physics, don't bother. If you can't handle pressure, save yourself some heartache. As for getting the PhD...might want to take a couple hard *** engineering physics classes before you get too excited. My bro-in-law talked about getting a PhD in EE...only lasted half a semester before switching to ME. If you can handle it, it's certainly worth it. I work as a Test Engineer for a major defense corp at the moment. [/QUOTE]

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