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<p>EE/CS double major: is it worth it? </p>

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<p>Well I just typed a really big paragraph and it was really good and well I wasn’t logged in so all my work was lost haha. Life sucks I guess. Well I guess in order to make it easier I will just break it up into questions only so it will be much easier to read.</p>

<li><p>I’m planning on attending UMass-Lowell in the spring, does anyone know anything about the electrical engineering and computer science departments there?</p></li>
<li><p>Is the double major worth it? The thing is with this option is that they condense it into 4yrs and I would miss out on some classes from each disipline along with electives. EE(ece application programming, eng. math, electromechanics, electromagnetics II, and lin feedback sys/disc sys) and from CS(comp. org and assembly languages, discrete structures II, comm. for sw developers, and foundations in comp. science). Would this double major hinder or help my job outlook when I get out of school.</p></li>
<li><p>I think I want to get into network engineering and evetually computer and network security so I figured this would give me a really good background for this field because for network engineering there is no real degrees as of right now.</p></li>
<li><p>They have a scholar intern program where you get to work during summer/winter breaks with different regional/national companies…the one which peaked my interests(Raytheon). This seems like a great alternative to doing a co-op which I’m kind of weary of extending my degree to 4yrs. So basically any input of this program or just whether an co-op is worth extending school to 5yrs instead of 4 with an internship.</p></li>
<li><p>I would like to stay in the Mass. area and well is this a good choice with all the schools in Mass. excluding MIT because I don’t believe I could get in there. I also got into Northeastern but it’s really expensive and I don’t really know if it is worth all that money especially since it will 5yrs also. Finally, how would my starting salary compare to people who went to bigger schools such as MIT, Northeastern, WPI, and GA Tech?</p></li>
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<p>if you want to get into robots and stuff then ee and cs is the way to go</p>

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<p>I you can't take all of the classes from each discpline then its not worth it. Espically discrete structures and comp assembly lanugages.</p>

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<p>EE and CS sounds like a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. Focus on one, do well, and enjoy college. I'd do EE, since it's already like two majors: CS and CE.</p>

<p>GPA is more important to job recruiters than how many majors you have. That said, previous experience (internships, research/lab work) is more important than GPA. </p>

<p>Your starting salary at the better schools will probably be a tad higher.</p>

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<p>I would say to choose one of the majors as your primary one. I knew a guy who did this double major. He is the smartest guy I ever met and he only lasted one semester trying to handle both. He ended up dropping EE. You may want to choose EE as your primary major and perhaps in minor in CS. You definitely don't need the whole major of CS to be a good programmer. I knew a bunch of non-CS majors who were excellent with CS. One of my CS profossers was totally self-taught. Never took a CS course in his life, or at least that is what he claimed. Also, with today's job market EE may carry more weight than CS.</p>