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Originally Posted by yuilife Hey Flopsy I had a question a while back. Is it very likely to graduate in 4 years for electrical engineering in LA? Cause i was thinking of going to grad school afterwards. But if ucla is too competitive to graduate in 4 years, is it better to go to a normal UC like davis or sd and graduate in 4 years and then go for grad school or just go straight up for UCLA for undergrad and grad? |
To be honest, no -- it is not very likely to graduate in four years from UCLA Electrical Engineering. Approximately half of EE undergraduates here graduate in four years -- the rest in five. When you've got ~200 units to satisfy in four years, you'd have to complete ~50 units per year, which is ~17 units per quarter, every quarter. This isn't feasible given that you won't always be able to enroll in those necessary ~17 units, so you'd probably have to supplement your regular academic-year courses with at least ~20 units worth of AP Calculus/Physics/Chemistry/English/GE credit and/or ~20 units worth of Summer Sessions major-requirement credit on the side. Depending on if you specialize in a field, there are some EE/EECE/BME courses that are so tough that it's not feasible to take two/three of them at once, which hampers things more... At UCSD and UCD the EE undergraduate curriculum is somewhat less rigorous, so you'll be able to take fewer mandatory courses/more electives and thus graduate on time more easily. However, you can always postpone grad school by one/two/more years, regardless of whether you can graduate in four years or not. Two of my friends are doing that so they can get work experience first and then pay their way through grad school. Most grad schools do look more favorably on UCLA EE than UCSD/UCD EE for undergrad though.
