u/HylianPrince08

I will be a college student next year majoring in engineering, and I need help deciding which config is better to get. Price level isn't an issue, but I'm just wondering if it's worth spending extra for the 2tb ssd model. I don't really want to upgrade the storage later on my own, but I would if I had to. I'll be using it for school and gaming. All the specs are the same besides ssd size.

MCQ: ~ 25-30 correct. Being a bit conservative here.

FRQ 1: 5/10
FRQ 2: 8/12
FRQ 3: 8/10
FRQ 4: 6/8

My FRQ was lowkey easy but I managed to fumble by making simple mistakes across the frq and overall not being very locked in. Looking back I made silly errors that kinda snowballed.

MCQ: ~ 25-30 correct. Being a bit conservative here.

FRQ 1: 5/10
FRQ 2: 8/12
FRQ 3: 8/10
FRQ 4: 6/8

My FRQ was lowkey easy but I managed to fumble by making simple mistakes across the frq and overall not being very locked in. Looking back I made silly errors that kinda snowballed.

From the research I have done, this major seems to be a mix of aerospace/mechanical engineering and computer science, making it a generalist type of major. My parents are concerned that if I pursue this major, I won’t be able to land any technical roles and will have trouble getting a job because it’s a newish major, only offered at UT for undergrad, and doesn’t really provide all the core foundations in engineering like a mechanical or chemical engineering degree would.

If I major in computational engineering, how easy would it be to pivot to mechanical/aerospace/Machine Learning? Does it build solid foundations in engineering, and would I be able to take electives that would essentially transform it into a mechanical engineering degree? If not, would I be able to easily switch majors to something like mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering?

I was an auto to UT who did not get his major (ECE) when applying. I was given undeclared liberal arts. I joined the computational engineering waitlist (thought it would be a good fit since I was a director of school’s rocketry club and led the rocketry simulation aspect of things) and I somehow got off today. Before this I was committed to Texas A&M electrical engineering full ride brown scholars, and now I’m not sure what to do.

I absolutely love everything about UT. Austin is so hype, being in the Darrel royal stadium looks so hype, I have friends going there, top notch engineering. The only downside is that computational engineering I feel may be a bit niche, and I wanted to go into semiconductors which is probably more accessible with an electrical and computer engineering degree. If I came to UT, I would most likely transfer to ECE (heard the process is easier since changing majors within cockrell can be done in a single semester rather than waiting a full year). And I might genuinely stay in computational engineering if like it. I love math and simulations, and this seems very adjacent. I do still aspire to go into tech though. And i may decide to go to grad school and pursue ECE then. Would do so even if I go to A&M.

I am in state so we could easily cover the cost at UT and it has been my dream school, but the offer from A&M is genuinely great and I can’t go wrong with it even though UT is a bit more prestigious. With everything said, what should I do? I have till may 13th to make a decision.

Thanks for y’all’s input!!!!

Update: Decided to stick with TAMU Brown Scholars EE because Computational engineering is too niche and an Electrical engineering major is far superior for hardware, which I want to go into. Also the full ride gives me more flexibility.

So I stupidly entered my birthdate in LinkedIn (I’m 17), and it got locked because my area supposedly doesn’t let minors use LinkedIn. How can I log back in or work around this? I’m a high school senior and wanted to curate my profile over the summer, but I don’t turn 18 till the very end of summer before I start college.

I need to finalize my college decision today. I have a full ride at Texas A&M for electrical engineering (Texas resident) and got into ECE at UIUC (elite program) out of state as well. Parents can full pay UIUC (won’t have debt) but the cost looks really steep so I’m wondering if it’s worth it. My total cost of attendance says ~70k a year in the financial aid portal, but I’m wondering if that’s actually the case since there are other variable costs factored in. Can anyone share some insight?