Engineering Majors at UC’s - How to be competitive

[ucbalumnus]

@aunt_bea

My son (computer software engineer) was also was very strong in written language skills. I found out later, through his counselor (my work colleague), that the college “readers” were blown away by how well he could write.
My husband and I were shocked at how much emphasis, these colleges placed, on being able to communicate effectively in an essay, as well as, in person.

Considering the horrible (internal) documentation that I see all the time in the computer industry, good writing skills will be highly useful in engineering and computing, although reading fictional literature and writing analysis of it certainly differs in some ways (which could include level of interest) compared to reading and writing technical documentation.

[aunt_bea]

@ucbalumnus

although reading fictional literature and writing analysis of it certainly differs in some ways (which could include level of interest) compared to reading and writing technical documentation.

I think early exposure to fictional literature and analysis, built their skills such that they could write effectively, as they developed and matured their written language skills.