Help! Can't decide between UW or Cal Poly SLO for electrical engineering

ucbalumnus
Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:21:30 +0000

At CPSLO, you are directly admitted to the major, but changing major is not guaranteed. See Changing Majors Within the College of Engineering - Engineering Student Services - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Which UW?

At Washington, you enter as engineering undeclared and must apply for competitive admission to major. EE appears to be only minimally competitive: Placement data | UW College of Engineering

At Wisconsin, you need to maintain a college GPA that has to be above a threshold higher than 2.0 to stay in the engineering major. For EE, it is 2.8 technical and 2.5 overall: https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GPA-Requirements-2026-2027.pdf

At Wyoming, there does not seem to be any barrier to entering or changing to an engineering major.