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Sorry to bring up yet another topic about such hackneyed subject, but I've reached the point in my academic career where I need to start making some important decisions, and I could really use some advice.
I'm currently a 3rd year double major at Georgia Tech in electrical engineering and physics. I started out as a physics major and added on electrical engineering at the beginning of my 2nd year. The reason I did this was I was currently set to graduate in 3 years, my semesters were already pretty light compared to most other students (at least in the amount of work I needed to do), I wanted to take advantage of one my school's high ranked engineering programs, I was already very interested and EE, and I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do when I graduated.
So this brings me to my current problem at hand. After a year and a half of having a double major, I've decided that I'm going to go to grad school for physics, and I was wondering if I should drop my EE major and just focus on physics. I'm currently on track to complete both degrees in 5 years, but if I drop EE I'll probably graduate in 4 years and take several extra math and physics courses. I'm interested in the field of quantum computing/quantum information processing and plan on focusing on that in grad school. I've talked to several EE advisers who've said that those are some important fields in EE as well.
I'm not really sure if I should keep the major or drop it. I know I can benefit from the signal processing and semiconductor courses I'll be taking, but I don't know if it's worth staying the extra time and spending more money to get another degree. I'm also concerned about hurting my chances of getting into the graduate school of my choice. Because I am completing another major, I won't be able to take as many physics or math courses as I would like to. If I drop the major, I can take more math classes like abstract vector spaces and PDE's. I plan on applying to the top graduate programs in the country, and I'm trying make myself the best candidate as possible.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Should I keep the major and go the 5 years? Or do you think it'd be better to drop it and focus on my physics degree. Thanks in advance for any input guys!
I'm currently a 3rd year double major at Georgia Tech in electrical engineering and physics. I started out as a physics major and added on electrical engineering at the beginning of my 2nd year. The reason I did this was I was currently set to graduate in 3 years, my semesters were already pretty light compared to most other students (at least in the amount of work I needed to do), I wanted to take advantage of one my school's high ranked engineering programs, I was already very interested and EE, and I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do when I graduated.
So this brings me to my current problem at hand. After a year and a half of having a double major, I've decided that I'm going to go to grad school for physics, and I was wondering if I should drop my EE major and just focus on physics. I'm currently on track to complete both degrees in 5 years, but if I drop EE I'll probably graduate in 4 years and take several extra math and physics courses. I'm interested in the field of quantum computing/quantum information processing and plan on focusing on that in grad school. I've talked to several EE advisers who've said that those are some important fields in EE as well.
I'm not really sure if I should keep the major or drop it. I know I can benefit from the signal processing and semiconductor courses I'll be taking, but I don't know if it's worth staying the extra time and spending more money to get another degree. I'm also concerned about hurting my chances of getting into the graduate school of my choice. Because I am completing another major, I won't be able to take as many physics or math courses as I would like to. If I drop the major, I can take more math classes like abstract vector spaces and PDE's. I plan on applying to the top graduate programs in the country, and I'm trying make myself the best candidate as possible.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Should I keep the major and go the 5 years? Or do you think it'd be better to drop it and focus on my physics degree. Thanks in advance for any input guys!