On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Sean Breheny<shb7@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hi Herbert,
>
> This sounds like what was called "Engineering/Applied Physics" at
> Cornell. When I went there, I was trying to decide between EE and EAP.
> I eventually came to the conclusion that the only advantage of EAP was
> for those who were definitely going to grad school. With a little
> work, one could get just as comprehensive an education in EE. In the
> end, I did go to grad school, even though I majored in EE and not EAP.
> I don't think it would have made a difference in my case. One
> disadvantage of EAP was that there were more required non-EE courses,
> so fewer slots for electives within EE.

I know what you mean. I am forced to take useless courses like history
in my life sciences program.
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