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Hi, I've been lurking around the forums unregistered for a while now and it's been very helpful, I just recently registered for specific advice.
I'm a first year student at the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. I'm taking a computer and communication engineering BSc, and due to some recent revelations I decided I don't want to go on living in Egypt anymore and would like to do a Master's degree somewhere else at a good university, even hoping for MIT (I would settle for any respected university, but there aren't many that offer need-blind financial aid, without which it would be almost impossible for me to get any degrees at all). I checked out the http://www.eecs.mit.edu/grad/areas.html" at MIT and I was very disappointed to find that according to any "undergraduate preparations" on the site, I'm not prepared at all. They did mention however, in area I, that "There is absolutely no dishonor in taking MIT undergraduate courses to bolster your undergraduate background. This is very common in the Area". But this doesn't make any sense to me, because why would MIT admit someone who's under-qualified from the first place?!
I'm going to list the courses in my programme in the hope that someone would tell me about somewhere good at which I would qualify for graduate studies. And also if I have any change at getting accepted at MIT or one of the top universities if I maintain a GPA of around 3.9... I'm particularly concerned because they just started this program this year, so there aren't any graduates I could ask or anything.
First year:
Math I (differential calculus)
Mechanics I (statics)
Engineering Graphics
General Chemistry
Physics I
English
Math II (integral calculus)
Mechanics II (dynamics)
Production Engineering
Physics II (E&M)
Human Rights
Second Year:
Math III (more calculus)
Programming I
Modern Physics
Electrical Circuits
Probability and Statistics
Discrete Structures for Computing
Technical Writing
Math IV (more calculus)
Programming II
Electrical Circuits II
Digital Logic Circuits I
Data Structures
Engineering Economics
Third Year:
Analysis and Design of Algorithms
Signals and Systems
Electronic Circuit Analysis
Digital Logic Circuits II
Computer Organization
Project Management
Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Systems Programming
Operating Systems
Computer Architecture
Humanities
Forth Year:
Analog Communication Theory
Microprocessors Systems
Database Systems
Computer Networks
Law and Engineering Ethics
Multimedia Systems
Embedded Systems
Digital Communications
Humanities
3 electives
Fifth Year:
Communication Systems
Net-Centric Computing
Computer and Network Security
Performance Evaluation
2 Humanities
4 electives
Senior Project
As you can see it's lacking any Linear Algebra courses and lacking in Mathematics/Physics in general. I have no idea which courses are offered for the electives. I'm sorry this was too long, but I really need to know if this is a good degree or not so that I could transfer elsewhere before it's too late. Thanks for reading.
I'm a first year student at the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. I'm taking a computer and communication engineering BSc, and due to some recent revelations I decided I don't want to go on living in Egypt anymore and would like to do a Master's degree somewhere else at a good university, even hoping for MIT (I would settle for any respected university, but there aren't many that offer need-blind financial aid, without which it would be almost impossible for me to get any degrees at all). I checked out the http://www.eecs.mit.edu/grad/areas.html" at MIT and I was very disappointed to find that according to any "undergraduate preparations" on the site, I'm not prepared at all. They did mention however, in area I, that "There is absolutely no dishonor in taking MIT undergraduate courses to bolster your undergraduate background. This is very common in the Area". But this doesn't make any sense to me, because why would MIT admit someone who's under-qualified from the first place?!
I'm going to list the courses in my programme in the hope that someone would tell me about somewhere good at which I would qualify for graduate studies. And also if I have any change at getting accepted at MIT or one of the top universities if I maintain a GPA of around 3.9... I'm particularly concerned because they just started this program this year, so there aren't any graduates I could ask or anything.
First year:
Math I (differential calculus)
Mechanics I (statics)
Engineering Graphics
General Chemistry
Physics I
English
Math II (integral calculus)
Mechanics II (dynamics)
Production Engineering
Physics II (E&M)
Human Rights
Second Year:
Math III (more calculus)
Programming I
Modern Physics
Electrical Circuits
Probability and Statistics
Discrete Structures for Computing
Technical Writing
Math IV (more calculus)
Programming II
Electrical Circuits II
Digital Logic Circuits I
Data Structures
Engineering Economics
Third Year:
Analysis and Design of Algorithms
Signals and Systems
Electronic Circuit Analysis
Digital Logic Circuits II
Computer Organization
Project Management
Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Systems Programming
Operating Systems
Computer Architecture
Humanities
Forth Year:
Analog Communication Theory
Microprocessors Systems
Database Systems
Computer Networks
Law and Engineering Ethics
Multimedia Systems
Embedded Systems
Digital Communications
Humanities
3 electives
Fifth Year:
Communication Systems
Net-Centric Computing
Computer and Network Security
Performance Evaluation
2 Humanities
4 electives
Senior Project
As you can see it's lacking any Linear Algebra courses and lacking in Mathematics/Physics in general. I have no idea which courses are offered for the electives. I'm sorry this was too long, but I really need to know if this is a good degree or not so that I could transfer elsewhere before it's too late. Thanks for reading.
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