Choosing between Science and Engineering majors

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Forewarning: I'm not a robotics expert, but in general, I say:</p>

<p>Sure, ME's have their place, too. They'll be concerned with the materials used, the design of all physical parts and how they move, etc. It's the ME's job to make sure that the physical structure of the robot can handle whatever load it's supposed to be rated for and can do what it's supposed to do. Lots of physics there.</p>

<p>In fact, lots of majors can apply to robotics. Even English majors come in handy when writing the technical documents or user guides and installation instructions for the complicated machinery. So you're not necessarily even limited to engineering fields to be INVOLVED in robotics in some way.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty much done with setting up at my community college. </p>

<p>Now, I would like to know what are the best choices for undergrad and grad. </p>

<p>I'll be deciding between doing science, engineering, or both. So, I need schools for either of these fields. Schools that I have heard are good: CalTech, USC, UCLA, UCSD, UCB, and Stanford. I'm pretty much sticking around in California, unless I choose to try for MIT. Can you guys organize these schools into the categories I'm looking for???</p>

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<p>What, no Harvey-Mudd?</p>

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<p>.........<em>shrug</em></p>

<p>I guess I don't know much about it since I didn't list it...</p>

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<p>I'll second sakky. Look into Harvey-Mudd....their program is top notch. :)</p>

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<p>I was looking for a school that was more world reknown and bigger .</p>

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<p>Well, it's certainly world renowned, and Caltech isn't all that big either :).</p>

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<p>Yep, Caltech is a tiny school in terms of student population. Berkeley has more undergraduate students in EECS alone than Caltech has in its entire undergraduate program.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/explore/facts.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/explore/facts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.caltech.edu/at-a-glance/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.caltech.edu/at-a-glance/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Hey xcron, i’m currently having the same dilemma you had… ten years ago. I know its kind selfish to ask and you probably arent active anymore, but if you still are please tell me how things worked out for you and whether youd have any advice for a 10 years younger you

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Don’t expect any response from a 10 year old thread.