<p>1) general consensus is that EE is one of the harder majors within eng.</p>
<p>2) general consensus also tells us that JHU is perhaps one of the most rigorous schools in america in terms of both academics and gpa-wise.</p>
<p>so if your friend pulled off 4.0 from EE in JHU, your friend IS indeed a genius. </p>
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<p>if you came to believe that EE is somehow a backdoor to an engineering degree, you are completely misguided.</p>