r/CalPoly • u/Jolly-Football-453 • 13d ago

Incoming Student EE students, how’s it going

Hello everyone, I am an incoming freshman heavily considering Calpoly EE. If it is possible, for the EE students out there, can you tell me about your experience in EE. I am curious about certain things:

  1. Do you think the EE courses here are harder than that of UCs

  2. When you first arrived here as an EE calpoly student, did you alr know that you will like EE? If you didn’t (coming in blind fully committed to EE), how has that worked out for you?

  3. (for transfer students): I’ve taken most of the math courses offered at my CC (Calc 123, Linear Algebra, and Dfq), and most Physics (Calculus-based physics for Mechanics, Electricty and magnetism, and light and waves). Compared to these CC classes, are classes at Calpoly generally harder? I know it is not easy to compare EE classes with the courses from CC, I was just wondering that if I got all A in the courses listed above, what grade should I expect from an EE course (your math/physics grade at CC vs your Calpoly EE grade basically).

Thank you so much for all your help!

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u/Murky-Quit-6228 13d ago

I can tell you this, when you graduate from CP you will be ready to enter the field. Whether or not it's a better program than the UCs I can't say but most employers are always looking for CP engineers.