My son just finished his first year as a double major ECE / CS at Duke. He loves it! Please let me know if you have any questions.
This thread of ours from last year has some info on his impressions of the Duke engineering program. Scroll to the end to the update I did after his first semester.
Congrats on two great options!!
It’s getting down to the wire and my son is leaning towards Duke for CS / Electrical Engineering. With his permission, I am posting here in case there’s something we missed. We have visited all four campuses.
A bit about him: He lives and breathes engineering, computer science, math, and his FIRST robotics team. He is the consummate tinkerer…always choosing to build and create rather than watch TV, be lazy, etc. He prefers cool weather over hot. He also appreciates sports, fantasy football, etc. He’s very easy going, enjoys small groups of close friends, and is not a partier.
Cost: We are full pay and OOS for GT and Michigan. We did get some aid from Duke and Brown. Of the four schools, GT is the cheapest option.
Duke ($8,000 more per year than GT):
Pros:
He loves their CS / ECE double major option, as well as their robotics certificate and machine learning concentration. Overall, the program seems flexible with the ability to pursue multiple areas of interest.
A “smallish” priva…
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