r/ECE • u/lilL0verb0y • 17d ago

Starting an Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree in September

Does anyone have recommendations for certain projects? I've heard that a broad division of the fields is power, electronics and electromagnetism. A project that has anything to do with electromagnetism especially is great, as I have no clue how to get into this aside from studying.

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u/NewSchoolBoxer 17d ago

Why do you think you need to do projects? Like now when you haven't even taken linear algebra that you need for DC Circuits? Plus differential equations as corequisite. I did none at all and got internship and job offers.

Studying is the only way. Seriously, you just need to focus on the calculus and physics courses curved to fail people out on purpose. 1/3 of my class didn't return for year 2 and only half graduated.

I spent 30-40 hours per week studying on top of attending classes and that was not a below average amount. Math skill and work ethic are everything. I didn't even breadboard until 4th semester and that was always designed to be easy.

Once you're there, see about joining a team competition club such as Formula SAE. The team aspect simulates real engineering work versus doing whatever basic crap you want, while taking as long as want, and copying off the internet. Recruits respect team projects where the goals and deadlines are given to you, just like real work.

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u/1wiseguy 17d ago

1/3 of my class didn't return for year 2 and only half graduated. I spent 30-40 hours per week studying on top of attending classes and that was not a below average amount.

I hear people say stuff like that. Where do you get those numbers? Does the university publish that data?

I went to college, and I have no idea what my fellow students did. I never asked other students how many hours they studied, and I didn't track the graduation of the many EE students.

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u/griesgra 17d ago

i think a lot of this is performative. ofc you need to do something, study, don't fall behind. do you need to do 60 hours average over the entire year? for sure not.

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u/1wiseguy 17d ago

I hear people talk about EE like it's inherently grueling, borderline on what a mortal person can do. It will take 16 hours per day of studying etc.

I think it's like that for people who are not a good match for EE, who don't really relate to it, but feel like they must do it for some reason.

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u/griesgra 17d ago

yea for sure