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From: Mike Hord [mailto:gaidinmd@HOTMAIL.COM]=20
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:13 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT]: CE or EE?

> > I probably spent $5000-$6000US on books and classes that were
>essentially
> > just repeated information from my high school education.  That irks
me.
> >
>
>
>Why do they do this.  Is it due to variance in educational standards or
>what?
>
>Ian

>My somewhat cynical view is that if they didn't force every student to
take
>3 English courses, the English department would shrink somewhat, and
all
>those poor folks who chose to major in English have to work somewhere!
>
>It may also be as you thought...I was quite surprised by the relative
>illiteracy of the people who were in my classes.  I wasn't given the
option
>of completely skipping these classes; you can test out of one or two,
but
>I think I probably took no less than 36 credit hours of 16-week courses
>which were in no way related to my major and had already been covered
>by high school.  Ick.

>Mike H.

I totally agree. I went got by Bachelors of Science in Electronics
Engineering Technology and had to take a bunch of silly electives. The
time could have been better spend on advanced math or more advanced
circuit analysis and design. Colleges in the US are out for money.=20


Charles

P.S Don't suggest EET for anyone, it is better to go for the EE Degree.=20

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