<p>I am just wondering, is it true that few people are applaying for electrical engineering because it is hard, and that is easy to get into college if you are applaying for EE.</p>
<p>depends on which college you are applying to I guess. I am from Cali. and want to major in that area. I will be applying to every UC.</p>
<p>well i was looking at other posts and i have rarely seen EE as a major.</p>
<p>I think EE is a fairly popular major, it is definately more populare than civil engineering and chemical engineering. I am sure it depends on the school.</p>
<p>No, in fact at many public schools where they differentiate admissions by major, it is harder to get into Engineering.</p>
<p>I read in a book that EE & CS are the most popular. Not sure what they were going by though but I think that other engineering degrees are gaining popularity and perhaps EE is looking less so.</p>
<p>I think presently EE is still popular, but it's not as popular as it used to be. I think CE/CS or ME will be the most popular eventually. I think at even schools where you apply to a college, you apply to engineering in general, not a seperate section for each major within the college that's within the college</p>
<p>EE is still very popular, along with ME. they are still the more traditional engineering paths to take.</p>
<p>I'm majoring in EE because it is a very broad field, and I hope that it can increase my job search field even wider than it would be if I did a more specialized engineering major.</p>
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I am just wondering, is it true that few people are applaying for electrical engineering because it is hard, and that is easy to get into college if you are applaying for EE.
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<p>I take it when you say EE, you are talking about all of EECS. It that is so, is absolutely NOT true that few people are applying EECS. In fact, as stated above, EECS usually has the most students of any engineering discipline. </p>
<p>Look at all the degrees granted by Berkeley. Notice how Berkeley grants more EECS degrees than degrees in any other engineering discipline. Heck, in 2003, there were almost twice as many EECS BS degrees conferred than ME BS degrees conferred (313 vs. 157). And this was during the dotcom bust which obviously depressed the number of people interested in doing EECS. </p>
<p>Nor is this peculiar only to Berkeley. At MIT, EECS has more students than does any other department.</p>
<p>"EECS is the largest department at MIT with roughly one quarter of all the students. "</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/primer.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/primer.html</a></p>
<p>It is also certainly not easy to get into EECS, in fact, for those schools that run admissions by major (like Berkeley), EECS is arguably the MOST difficult way to get into Berkeley. I would redirect you to the Berkeley section of CC where this subject has been discussed before. MIT does not admit by major, but as stated above, EECS is the most popular major. Clearly, the difficulty is not deterring too many people.</p>
<p>At Carnegie Mellon, you generally apply to a school (CIT for engineering or SCS for CS), but it is possible to accepted to CIT and waitlisted or rejected for an EE major, indicating that EE is more competitive.</p>
<p>EE is usually one of the most competetive to get into..i can't wait</p>
<p>depends on which school. ucsd its hard to get into the EE major cause its impacted... and just down the freeway at san diego state its easy to get into EE cause its not impacted.</p>
<p>oh and yes, EE is very hard. i know a lot of people that dropped the major.</p>
<p>Will people with a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering still be in high demand in say 4 or 5 years?</p>
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Will people with a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering still be in high demand in say 4 or 5 years?
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<p>you bet. electricity and technology and all that stuff is here to stay. think about it. computers and all these electronic gadgets are sweeping across the world like a tsunami.</p>