<p>am i smart if i earned a bachelors in electrical engineering?</p>
<p>what is your take on this?</p>
<p>just generally. are people who have degrees and went to universities 'smarter' than those who haven't?</p>
<p>Not if they never learn to spell "you're".</p>
<p>but "you're" denotes possession. but this topic isn't about that...</p>
<p>no it doesn't.</p>
<p>Your=you own something</p>
<p>You're=you are</p>
<p>lolololol funny stuff</p>
<p>Haha, as much as I hate to be a ***** about this, he's right, Your = posessive, you're = you are.</p>
<p>i kinda hope you were joking, cuz if u misspell it its ok, but if you know which spelling you are (you're) using and you defend it, and its wrong, then hmm...</p>
<p>well, then again, your degree was engineering...</p>
<p>in general people who go to college are smarter than those who dont... thats kinda obvious</p>
<p>Many of the people that graduate from college are idiots. You can probably add yourself to that list. Generally, a EE grad is going to be smarter than your average grad but there are obviously exceptions (hint hint)</p>
<p>lol.... I guess spelling wasn't exactly a prereq for electrical engineering....</p>
<p>honestly, i don't think of myself smart. not at all. actually i am below average. if you ask anybody in my major that knows me and you said something about me being smart they would probably start laughing out loud in your face.</p>
<p>i didn't make this post to inflate me ego or anything i just wanted to see what the general perception is.</p>
<p>You CAN graduate from college, doing the bare minimum, and still be a complete idiot and fail at life. In this day and age, there are a variety of ways to get through school doing the least amount of work possible and expending the least amount of effort imaginable. If you only need a 2.0 to graduate, that's not asking for much.....</p>
<p>You can NOT go to college and still be an intelligent person with a capacity for learning. In general, a college diploma is more of a testament to a person's work ethic and drive to succeed than raw intelligence.</p>
<p>Having said that, you should probably have defined what you mean by 'smart'. A person with an electrical engineering degree might not know anything about welding or dairy farming, but he or she <em>would</em> know a thing or two about circuit boards. Granted, there is probably a higher-than-average level of intelligence required to do the math and reading to get through an engineering degree. </p>
<p>So, in the end, I would say that a BS in electrical engineering will carry some meaning----- you are 'smart' when it comes to a certain technical field. Beyond that, little can be said. If you want a more viable testament to your intelligence and/or breadth of knowledge, go join MENSA or win a bunch of money on Jeopardy. Also, learn the rudiments of English grammar. I blame the Internet for the demise of the English language, esp. such distinctions that used to be obvious, such as the your / you're thing.</p>
<p>Why would you ask this question in the first place? What do you care about how intelligent other people think you are? If you're going into engineering just to impress people, you could be in for a nasty surprise. Just be sure that you're doing this for the right reasons--- because you like engineering, it interests you, and you might be good at it.</p>
<p>Give the whole prestige obsession a rest. There's more than enough of that around here anyway, and elitism will only get you so far in life.</p>
<p>I should add that many of my friends in HS went into various fields of engineering. Some of them were well-rounded people who did well in all of their subjects at school, others couldn't write their way out of a paper bag.....</p>
<p>One guy I knew is now studying computer science and aced every math class he ever took, along with the Calculus AP test, but only did so-so in the literature and writing AP tests. Another engineering major I know might be one of the most intelligent people I've ever met. He came perilously close to a perfect score on every standardized test he took and had an admissions officer from Harvard call his house to try to get him to apply..... but he couldn't put a simple declarative sentence together to save his life.</p>
<p>So in answer to your question--- yes, I personally perceive engineering majors to be 'smart' just because they know about things that I, as a humanities person, am ignorant about.</p>
<p>Does having a degree make you look smart? No. Does not having a degree raise more questions than having a degree? Yes.</p>
<p>Getting a bachelor's degree is pretty much required if you want a decent career, and since they're so common I don't think they make everyone who has one look smart. Perhaps you should get a PhD.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people with a billion degrees that end up nowhere. It's all about how you apply what you learned, not flaunting it. Hell, Bill Gates didn't even need a degree.</p>
<p>No, not necessarily. More knowledgeable? Yes. Able to command an eloquent use of the English language? Possibly.</p>
<p>Reading the first few posts of this thread made me sad. Why can't people learn basic grammar? WHY??????</p>
<p>-The Basic Coot66</p>
<p>I think those who want to go to college have a different attitude towards education, and thus, have better writing skills, math skills, etc. etc. Those who don't want to go to college (or don't have an option) are not dummies, but rather, grew up with different circumstances and priorities. Although they're capable, their families might have stressed instead getting a job early in life or staying out of trouble... just my thoughts.</p>
<p>Clove7965, I really agree with you! It depends on what you do with that degree and who you know in a way...</p>
<p>there's a difference between being intelligent and being intellectual. college tends to stress the latter.</p>
<p>idk, i think, in general, having a BSci in EE means you are smarter than the average bear.....i mean college student. but only in science; you could be a total dolt in humanities and arts.</p>