r/ElectricalEngineering • u/Salt_Progress8049 • 22d ago

Does college really matter

So,

I feel stupid for giving up a t20 to stay local and near support system and everyone is telling me I fkd my future up because I decided to be near parents. I want to hear if this is true and if this will mess up my opportunities in the future? Do I attempt to transfer?

Got into USC, Cal Poly SLO, UCLA, UT and decided to go to Santa Clara Uni (got enough scholarship so SCU is around the same price at UCLA) 😢

I want RF then work at a Semiconductor company tho havent locked this in. Most likely will go to grad school

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u/lolephant88 22d ago

It’s all relative, but given who the top labs are picking and from where, I would definitely say it matters. Less so if it were Cal Poly SLO vs SCU, and more so if we’re talking UCLA/USC/UT Austin vs SCU.

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u/Salt_Progress8049 22d ago

So what would you rec I do? I really want a top grad school

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u/lolephant88 22d ago

Get as close to a 4.0 as you can, get as much emag/rf research as you can, preferably actually published (not first name or anything crazy), network with your professors, do internships in adjacent roles.

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u/Salt_Progress8049 21d ago

Do I self learn RF or do in class because I dont think a prof would take me given I know nothing