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I am currently a high school senior and intend to study engineering in college next year. I am currently considering 3 schools: Purdue, Penn State, and Illinois. All three are excellent schools with solid engineering programs, and all have different benefits and drawbacks. I was admitted to the...

It is a calculus-based course, and I have taken AP Calc AB. The course has five units: electrostatics conductors, capacitors, dielectrics electric circuits magnetic fields electromagnetism This is the official course description pdf. Page 18 is a little more specific as to what each unit...

What are some of the hardest concepts to learn in AP E&M? I am going to prepare for the exam with my previous physics teacher. I am currently a senior enrolled in AP Calc BC, and I already took AP Mechanics.

I might be interested in researching nuclear fusion reactors after college. What majors or double majors would be best suited for this career path? Physics, nuclear engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc?

Purdue was 9th in electrical engineering and 8th in mechanical engineering. I figure that I would't go to Purdue for a graduate robotics degree, but it would be a good option for undergrad. As for Penn State, I have been to the campus and it is very nice, I think they are top 30 or 35 in the...

Well, Carnegie Mellon is close to where I live. It is an outstanding robotics school, but it also has a top music school and robotics team. All of the students there are highly competitive, and I would not nearly be one of the smartest students there. It would provide many challenges that I...

Okay, I understand that there is not actually anything that makes a single individual stand out among everyone else, and I will just do my best in high school, pursue my interests, and hope for the best when I apply for college.

Yeah, I only spend about and hour on all of my classes but AP History, which takes a ton of time for studying. I am typically much faster at math and science because I can hold my attention on it longer and am more motivated for it. Although that's not really the point and I get that I could not...

I have considered mechatronics, but would this me too narrow? I think that I would be missing out on other things in EE and ME, and it would be harder to find a job.

I agree that I don't get a lot of sleep, but I am able to have a decent life through sports and other extra curricular activities. The competitions and clubs that I want to join are not only for my career but also for my personal enjoyment. The one thing that is mostly for college admission that...

Okay, 20 hours is clearly unrealistic (I thought is seemed a little low because I already study longer in high school). I will likely try to limit it to 2 majors and a minor or just 2 majors, but what would be optimal for becoming a robotics or machine learning engineer? I know robotics and/or...

Thank you. Would it be better for me to apply to Penn State or Purdue, which are great schools but are more affordable and leave Carnegie Mellon for graduate school? Or would there still be more significant opportunities that I would be missing from CMU in undergrad because they are the top...

Lets say that it takes 20 hours of studying per major per week in college (https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2011/11/23/study-reveals-engineering-majors-spend-significantly-more-time-studying/37387767/), if I were to have 3 majors that would be 60 hours/week (4 extra hours than work week...

The most important thing I've learned in cross country and track was that hard work makes a big difference when I saw my mile time drop 50 seconds after only a few months. For science, its more complicated. So far, I have not had a whole lot of exposure to chemistry in school, and I have...

I am currently a sophomore in high school and will have taken 7 science and 7 math courses (including AP Physics, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Programming in Java, AP Statistics) by the time I graduate. I am on the cross country team, indoor and outdoor track teams, orchestra...