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    Computer vs. Electrical Engineering

    Why not just get an EE and do a minor in Comp Sci? Your job prospects will be a function of how far you are willing to relocate or where you currently live.
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    Computer vs. Electrical Engineering

    You should really check the specific program at the schools you are looking at. My daughter went through this decision. First, you probably don't have to decide until your Junior year. And even then you could change your mind and maybe probably only have to add a semester.. So don't...
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    Women in Engineering - advice from a dad

    My daughter did not get any specific grants or aid due to her gender. She was not accept to her school or the EE program based on gender. She had a statistically perfect verbal SAT score. and her math score was a little lower, but not much ( her high school math program catered to state...
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    Women in Engineering - advice from a dad

    Overall the experience made her strong, though her second year she really had a hard time of it. Her university actually records the lectures and my daughter and I would listen to the comments and she would make fun of them. ( I thought early on she was taking them out of context or being too...
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    Women in Engineering - advice from a dad

    It is not gender specific? If you can bluntly divide all engineers in the same two categories; why even bother mentioning gender?
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    Women in Engineering - advice from a dad

    Thanks and she worked very hard.
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    Women in Engineering - advice from a dad

    My daughter graduates next week. Major in EE, minor in Physics and Econ. Here are my observations as a parent of a daughter who was only 1 of 4 EE females at her school. My daughter's school is proud of how they encourage females in engineering, but they should be ashamed of it...
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