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Originally Posted by K9Unit 1. Is there anyone doing a double major within the engineering department (like EE and Comp Sci) or is that too difficult? How about also majoring in an L&S department?
2. Are there usually pre-determined cutoffs for grades or are they curved to fit a certain distribution?
3. What percentage approx. of undergrads are invovled in serious research with a prof and how easy is it obtain one?
4. In your experience how do employers view a UCLA engineering degree? I've heard from my dad that several EE majors have been jobless since June, (anectodal evidence) but that doesn't sound right.
and finally 5. Since I'm from NorCal is it worth it to attend the Open House on 4/9? Any new info that can't be found online?
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1. I've never heard of anyone double-majoring in two engineering majors -- it is forbidden by the HSSEAS OASA. I know one prodigy, though, who double-majored in Computer Science and Business Economics and now works at Microsoft.
2. There are no pre-determined cutoffs for grades; the classes are mostly curved to a B- median. For example, a 90% can be an A in EE 1 but a 60% can be an A in EE 2.
3. Approximately 5%. It's difficult to get in though, because the high-profile research (mostly Electrical Engineering) require being an upperclassman with a 3.50 GPA. All I had to do to get involved with research, luckily, was e-mail a graduate student in my major and ask him to hook me up with some research that's within the scope of my knowledge.
4. It's hard to answer this question explicitly because I can't exactly go up and ask employers, but I can say that UCLA Engineers are sought after by all the big-name defense contractors and consulting firms in Southern California. One of the interesting things I noticed at career fairs is that some employers actually know the engineering faculty by name.