Help me with my major - Confused! (EE or CS)

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<p>Hey Guys,</p>

<p>My senior year in high school is starting in a month, and I'm trying to get as prepared as I can for the college I want to apply to, but I'm slightly confused on my major and minor.</p>

<p>My problem is that I'm in a deadlock; I'm not sure whether to pick Electrical Engineering as a major and a minor in Computer Science, or a major in Computer Science and a minor in some business class. My other choice is a major in Computer Science and a minor in Electrical Engineering.</p>

<p>Before you help me decide, let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm an avid programmer, and I love to program for games and make my own software. I have a lot of experience in programming, but none in electronics. In the future, I'd like a stable job at first, then maybe move up and start something myself. I'm not sure what would be best for me and my future. I just don't want something that I like doing, but I also want to make sure that it'll help me have a stable lifestyle.</p>

<p>Let me know what you all think.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>CS is very very wide. EE probably would have to stick with the engineering field. CS you can do a lot with it. Take CS if you really enjoy programming, because you just keep your eyes on the screen all time (if you decide to become a software engineer).</p>

<p>Take computer engineering if you can’t decide between CS and EE. It consists of CS and EE courses. </p>

<p>A similar discussion about CS/CPE is here
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/967673-can-cpe-become-software-engineer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/967673-can-cpe-become-software-engineer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I wouldn’t do minor in EE. If it is your choice, just do CpE. It’s more complete. You can’t become an EE for sure. But you can still become a Software engineer. Your title with CpE is computer engineer.</p>

<p>read that post.</p>

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<p>Right, but if I got for EE, what kind of jobs would I be able to get? Would I still be able to get programming jobs?</p>

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<p>I was an EE major and have a programming job. I am sure that if I could get one, considering my overall lack of interest in programming and limited programming experience upon graduation, you could most definitely get one.</p>

<p>EEs can get tons of jobs… I couldn’t even begin to list all the jobs EEs can get. If it has electronics, chances are an EE was involved in it somewhere.</p>

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<p>Integrated circuit board design, logic, circuit design, microchip, communication (TVs, cable…), media accessories, medical devices, battery (more chemical engineering of course), and as massive as system design (like transits system, the CERN project, etc). </p>

<p>Like PurdueEE said, “if it has electronics, chances are an EE was involved in it somewhere”.</p>