<p>I was wondering if anyone could tell me a little bit about the electrical engineering program at WashU!
I know that WashU isn't really ranked highly in engineering. I dont know if this would affect my future in any way negatively, if i'm pursuing an EE degree. Is their EE program worth going for?
Also, how easy is it to find internships related to EE as a student at WashU?
Am I better off going to schools like University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, or University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, that are bigger and higher ranked at EE?
Is WashU a good choice if i eventually pick it?
Any help is appreciated!!!!!</p>
<p>For grad school, maybe yeah it would be a better option to go to those places because they are ranked so much higher (and, for grad schools, rankings are legitimate reasons to choose a school).</p>
<p>For undergrad, no. Go wherever you feel you’ll fit better, have more opportunities, like the city more, like the dorms more, etc. You’re about to enter a community for the next four years. You’re not going to learn anything substantially different in terms of content from place to place at the undergrad level. The differentiating factors are going to be: how you learn it (class size, faculty interaction, collaboration), where you learn it (quality of facilities, city), and who you learn it with (overall quality of your peers). </p>
<p>Wash U is a much difference place than Illinois or Michigan. Size of student body, quality of dorms, size of city, interaction with professors, etc. Have you visited all these places? </p>
<p>You’ll receive a great Electrical Engineering education at any of these places. In undergrad, you’ll be taking substantial coursework in liberal arts (at least at Wash U), so you also have to keep in mind the quality and breadth of programs outside of Engineering. In grad school, you’re EXCLUSIVELY going to do that field of study; in undergrad, you’re going to want time and ability to explore other areas to some degree. </p>
<p>One unique thing about our Engineering school is the collaboration. Far more than other schools, the faculty and research opportunities exist at the interface of many different fields. For example, there’s a neat concentration (not a major, but a “concentration”) in BioElectric Engineering which combines Electrical and Biomedical. The Electrical Engineering major is in the same department as the Systems Science major, and tons of people pursue both of those majors. Systems Science seems really neat from the description I just read, and probably a really neat way to add further depth to your EE major. </p>
<p>You should go to Wash U’s engineering website because it has information of current research opportunities, which are abundantly available and encouraged for undergraduates:
[Washington</a> University : Research Opportunites](<a href=“http://ur.wustl.edu/searchResults.php?dep=97]Washington”>http://ur.wustl.edu/searchResults.php?dep=97)
[Current</a> Undergraduate Research Projects](<a href=“http://ese.wustl.edu/Research/Pages/CurrentUndergraduateResearchProjects.aspx]Current”>http://ese.wustl.edu/Research/Pages/CurrentUndergraduateResearchProjects.aspx)
[Research</a> Laboratories](<a href=“http://ese.wustl.edu/Research/Pages/ResearchLaboratories.aspx]Research”>http://ese.wustl.edu/Research/Pages/ResearchLaboratories.aspx)</p>
<p>The IEEE student group built a dance floor that is a key part of the all-school dance party called Vertigo. It’s a computer controlled multi-colored LED dance floor; I don’t quite understand how it works as I’m not an Engineer but it’s really cool to see.</p>
<p>Bump - any current electrical engineering students?</p>
<p>im going to be an EE major too, bump this!</p>
<p>same bump :)</p>
<p>Bump one more try…</p>