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I enjoyed my experience here. I found it theory heavy with a few labs. I supplemented my learnings in class with club projects which gave me the skills to land an internship and jobs. It focuses heavily on signal processing,…
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I’ve really enjoyed my experience here as an electrical engineering major. Personally I chose electrical engineering because I love software and physics — also really interested in computer chips and embedded software. Really…
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Fun as hell. Simulations rock. Electronics are fun. Anyone can learn. Lots and lots of creative problem solving. People are generally nice. Teamwork required. Opens up many fields. It’s a little broad so a portion of ppl go to…
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I enjoyed my experience here. I found it theory heavy with a few labs. I supplemented my learnings in class with club projects which gave me the skills to land an internship and jobs. It focuses heavily on signal processing, waves/RF/photonics, and analog circuitry.
I’ve really enjoyed my experience here as an electrical engineering major. Personally I chose electrical engineering because I love software and physics — also really interested in computer chips and embedded software. Really hard major, so make sure you are ready to handle the math and physics.
Fun as hell. Simulations rock. Electronics are fun. Anyone can learn. Lots and lots of creative problem solving. People are generally nice. Teamwork required. Opens up many fields. It’s a little broad so a portion of ppl go to grad school but on the job training is equally important.
I would recommend this to people who like math and physics and who enjoy creating electronics based projects
Its mathematically intensive and quite physics heavy I would recommend it to people with a strong aptitude to creating things involving electronics
Learn node voltage analysis, thevenin and Norton equivalent, ohms law, matlab, and basic code 😛
Electrical engineering at ucla is very rewarding and there is many programs and clubs that can help prepare you during undergrad and post-grad. Personally I am in various clubs at UCLA for my professional and social development and also intend to keep a high focus on academics. Electrical engineering is an extremely hard major but the skills you learn are very versatile.
In my first year experience in undergrad, Electrical Engineering has been very difficult. But there is strong community and opportunity to grow as an engineer. Additionally, there are many resources to help with challenging aspects of physics, math, and computer science. Ultimately, the weeder classes are very concept heavy and have little involvement in what you will actually do as an engineer.
Great for making money, quite challenging in my first 2 weeks but that’s only because I was never taught the basics of my math class in high school. Overall great major.
Fun major but better is the people that you meet through the classes and clubs.
It’s fun as hell. I love circuits and design work requires creativity. Even simulations are fun. All intellectually stimulating. EEs at ucla are awesome.
I think its pretty math heavy but it opens your eyes to a lot in terms of how the world works.
I LOVE EE. it's so fun to work with other engineers and is very fulfilling. You can do just about anything with an EE degree
Having good study habits is a must here UCLA is a tough school with a rigorous program.
Ive really enjoyed electrical engineering its opened my eyes a lot.
It combines so many fields making it very fun and rewarding!
Electrical engineering has taught me a lot about thinking logically and methods of approaching problems that may arise in any situation.
I love electrical engineering its been very fun and eye opening.
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