I will be attending UC Davis for Electrical Engineering soon, and want to attend Texas A&M for grad school. I wonder if, as a student transferring from Davis to A&M, I would have to take more casses to compensate for the discrepancy, as opposed to a student who attended undergrad Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M (same school.) How big is the discrepancy usually?
To clarify - are you talking about transferring from Davis to A&M, or going to grad school at A&M after finishing your bachelors at Davis (which you are just starting)? If this is the case, don’t worry about it. Engineering programs are tightly accredited, so you’d be prepared for EE grad school elsewhere. If that’s even what you end up doing. It does seem a bit naive to have a particular grad school picked out before you’ve even started undergrad; a lot changes in 4 years.
I’m talking about the latter (going to Davis First.) Of course, things can change in 4 years. But what attracts me to A&M is their stellar networking and proximity to one of the United State’s most dynamic economies, pro-business atmosphere, low taxes, and affordable real estate in Houston. As a Republican and Baptist, Houston’s relative conservatism is also a big asset, as is the weather (hot and humid, with hurricanes and mosquitoes).
Of course, the young hipsters of the world would rather trade places, going to Davis and living in super-expensive, liberal, Silicon Valley. Being the ultimate anti-hipster, Houston (and the South in general–Dallas, Atlanta, Raleigh, Orlando, Huntsville) attract me far more. So I’m not solely considering A&M; I’ll look at UT Austin, Clemson, NCSU Raleigh, U of Florida, Rice, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, GA Tech… any decent school in The South.
I wouldn’t exactly say Davis is in Silicon Valley, perhaps the Central Valley… Anyway, any ABET accredited undergraduate engineering degree is acceptable for graduate school. Good luck!