<p>Is electrical engineering impacted/very hard to get into at UCD?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>ee is not impacted </p>
<p>i will be switching over to it this winter quarter. my advisor said it's readily available.</p>
<p>Thanks.
Have you heard anything about the difficulty of the major? I'm wondering if it's possible to maintain a strong EE GPA to get into Med. school.</p>
<p>All the engineering majors are difficult and require lots of dedication. I believe the average engineering gpa for the school is around a 2.8</p>
<p>It is not impossible to get a very high gpa because some students have the talent to pull it off, but generally the majority of students in engineering are unable to maintain a high gpa.</p>
<p>To get a high gpa in EE, you need to be seriously great at physics as you will be taking physics continuously for all 4 years. It starts off with these 3 classical physics classes:</p>
<p>mechanics
light-heat
electricity-magnetism </p>
<p>Then you will get to the 4th class which introduces you to modern physics:</p>
<p>atomic physics (I found this class to be extremely dificult, most people in class will end up with C's and D's)</p>
<p>Then when you get to upper division EE courses, there's still more physics to take, like Electromagnetics, Device Physics, etc. You will continue to take these types of engineering physics classes during your junior and senior year.</p>
<p>In EE, you do not need to be good in the biological sciences, but you will need to be good in the physical sciences and have a strong math background. EE is basically the application of physics principles. There's also some computer science classes thrown into the mix also. These are considered to be the lighter stuff/classes in the EE curriculum.</p>
<p>Thanks. Do you think that it's even worth it to do EE as a pre-med, then? You make it sound pretty difficult to get even a 3.6-3.7 in.</p>
<p>You won't get your required bio and chem classes in EE. Try something like biomedical engineering or chemical engineering instead.</p>
<p>I'm not "talented" with bio or chemistry, so I was looking toward other majors if possible.</p>
<p>As an alternative to the sciences, alot of students go with economics if they still want to stick to something that's math related. It's a mix of math and business. It is a popular major that might be worth checking into.</p>
<p>What are your interests? Maybe you should consider a psychology degree with a biology emphasis.</p>
<p>"I'm not "talented" with bio or chemistry"</p>
<p>Why on earth do you want to be a doctor then?</p>
<p>It's what I want to do? Not to sound rude, but being a doctor really doesn't depend that heavily in those areas. Next time you're at the hospital, see if a doctor can recite you the krebs cycle. :P</p>
<p>Nate, Yarold: Thanks :)</p>
<p>Nate, have you heard anything about the difficulty of NPB?</p>
<p>"Not to sound rude, but being a doctor really doesn't depend that heavily in those areas."</p>
<p>Passing the MCAT certainly does. ;)</p>
<p>Yes, however, look around everywhere and you'll see that what is covered on the MCAT is MUCH less in depth than majors in the biological sciences go.</p>
<p>Nope, I haven't heard anything about that major.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks</p>