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spacewrinkle
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Hi!
I'm about to take my senior year in high school, and I was originally planning on taking electrical engineering plus some extra classes in physics. I like to work with my hands and to create things, so engineering is sort of a no-brainer for me, but it's also very important for me to understand modern physics, ie quantum mechanics and relativity, with all the hairy mathematics and whatnot. I haven't seen an EE curriculum that involves any of those.
The thing is, the university I'm applying to compresses 5 years worth of engineering into 4 years without summer breaks (which I'm fine with, since I spend a good chunk of my summers learning anyway), and the pace is very fast, according to the people who've been there. I'm afraid that I might graduate without a good enough understanding of either, no matter how motivated I am.
As for the career I want to get into, I really, really want to work on something space related.
What are your thoughts? Thank you!
I'm about to take my senior year in high school, and I was originally planning on taking electrical engineering plus some extra classes in physics. I like to work with my hands and to create things, so engineering is sort of a no-brainer for me, but it's also very important for me to understand modern physics, ie quantum mechanics and relativity, with all the hairy mathematics and whatnot. I haven't seen an EE curriculum that involves any of those.
The thing is, the university I'm applying to compresses 5 years worth of engineering into 4 years without summer breaks (which I'm fine with, since I spend a good chunk of my summers learning anyway), and the pace is very fast, according to the people who've been there. I'm afraid that I might graduate without a good enough understanding of either, no matter how motivated I am.
As for the career I want to get into, I really, really want to work on something space related.
What are your thoughts? Thank you!