MIT or Stanford for EE

StanEE
Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:46:59 +0000

I am a Stanford undergrad majoring in EE. Personally, I really like the EE major here at Stanford. There are only a 100 undergrads who are declared EE majors so that creates a nice intimate feel. Also, given the huge grad student population (over 900 grad students in EE), there is a huge variety of graduate level courses that are open for undergrads as well.

While MIT may have more research opportunities, I feel that it is definitely possible for any Stanford undergrad to get involved in research. Every summer, the Stanford EE department sponsors the REU (Research Experiences for Undergrads) program in which the department pays 50 undergrads to do research over the summer with faculty and grad students. Also, it is possible to do research over the school year for credits.