What students report
Review sample
- Sophomore133%
- Junior267%
What stands out
- Less difficult. Difficulty is 0.3 points lower than the same major at other schools.
Student voice
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Representative perspectives
honestly the most true thing i can say about comp eng is nobody's coming to hand you anything. i started a frc team from scratch in richmond and we hit top 20 in the world. i built a neural network in minecraft redstone because i…
Careers & next steps
I love computer engineering because of how broad the field is and my ability to specialize in what I want while gaining the relevant experience to do so
Enjoyment & fit
I love computer engineering due to it equipping me with everything I need to pursue the specializations I want
Careers & next steps
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- Career outlook
- 4.4
- Enjoyment
- 4.0
- Recommend
- 92%
- Career outlook
- 4.1
- Enjoyment
- 4.1
- Recommend
- 97%
- Career outlook
- 4.2
- Enjoyment
- 4.2
- Recommend
- 90%
- Career outlook
- 4.3
- Enjoyment
- 4.2
- Recommend
- 96%
- Career outlook
- 4.0
- Enjoyment
- 4.1
- Recommend
- 96%
- Career outlook
- 4.2
- Enjoyment
- 4.3
- Recommend
- 96%
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Student reviews
3 reviews
honestly the most true thing i can say about comp eng is nobody's coming to hand you anything. i started a frc team from scratch in richmond and we hit top 20 in the world. i built a neural network in minecraft redstone because i wanted to actually understand backprop, not import it. yann lecun commented on it. that wasn't luck — i just decided the thing was worth building. comp eng at penn state has been less about classes and more about what you do at 2am when nobody's grading you. the externship building rag pipelines. the autonomous off-road research in ros2. flying to cmu and yale on weekends to win hackathons with people i met three hours before submission. handsforhearts.health came out of one of those weekends and now it might be a real thing. the degree is the floor, not the ceiling. the people getting the calls back are all building something visible. ship things. post about it. cold dm people. the worst that happens is somebody says no.
Switched from Computer Science
I love computer engineering because of how broad the field is and my ability to specialize in what I want while gaining the relevant experience to do so
I love computer engineering due to it equipping me with everything I need to pursue the specializations I want
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