I’m a current HS Junior and I’m really torn up about whether I want to major in EE or pure physics. I love physics and mathematics, as well as electronics, but I’m really not too into digital electronics - I focus on the pure analog. With the assumption that of all engineering majors, EE with be the closest to physics (most ideal, most theoretical, etc), as well as the fact that I just don’t really care about career prospects, which is a better fit for me?
There are some schools which offer an engineering physics major. You will be taking plenty of upper level engineering, mathematics, and physics courses. The upper level engineering courses you take will be dependent on your career goals, so if you want to do an EE focus, you will take upper level EE courses. That major will get you coursework in all three areas.
Answer this: do you want to focus more on the theory, or on the application? If the former, go physics, if the latter, go engineering. You will be able to “tweak” either major in either direction, but if you can answer that question then you can reliably choose a starting point.
This is not necessarily a correct assumption. Any of the traditional engineering disciplines can be highly theoretical. Mechanical and electrical engineering are probably most directly related to physics at the undergraduate level. Of course, at the undergraduate level, neither will be as pure/theoretical as a physics major.