Importance of ECs vs class load

glassesarechic
Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:17:38 +0000

Course rigor is far more important, and depth in ECs is vastly preferable to breadth.

Still, without somewhat significant ECs, admission to top schools–despite class rigor–is unlikely. It might be worth your while to look into math and science competitions to flesh out your application. And see if you can’t win a few Robotics awards.