Which Engineering Major?

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

first year of mechanical so far. haven't really taken any in depth classes yet, except engineering graphics, that was cake. im definately going to try and get some internships though.

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

Basically, I have been doing electrical for 4.5 years now. Personally, I would never do it again, but there are plenty of people who would. It is a lot of nights spent studying, and a great deal of frustration sometimes. In the semiconductor physics class I am taking now, a 63% was the highest score on the most recent test. I have many ME friends who love their major. It is just as hard, but I think it is easier to understand because it is easy to see in the real world. You can measure current flow, but you can't see an electron move over a piece of wire. Also, MEs get to have fun with stuff like AutoCAD and SolidWorks while EEs mess with Spice and Verilog. Civil engineering is not my forte, but one of my friend was in the dept for years. Nothing to say about it except that I originally declared it as my major freshmen year before changing to EE.

 

[Priest 10+ year member]

As someone who has been in the industry if you go Computer I would reccomend for straight Computer Engineering and not Computer Science. It increases your marketability. The advantage of a CE is that you can sell yourself to someone as being able to do hardware and software. CS doesn't deal enough with hardware to be able to say they can do it.

Just a thought.