Michigan State University

Pretty sad that you can get in with a 17 or 18 on your ACT, though I was waitlisted my first semester. If you graduate high school and can read you should do fine.

3rd Year Male -- Class 2014

Useful Schoolwork: D+, Education Quality: F

I get good grades in ECE classes simply by doing the work and studying for exams. I was expecting an electrical engineering curriculum to be much more challenging. Some classes can be 4.0ed merely with rote memorization of practice exams or homework problems. The department does not particularly encourage a deep sense of understanding. Conversely, there are some very challenging courses throughout. You can quickly and accurately gauge another student's intelligence by asking for his (and I say 'his' because there are maybe 20 males for each female in the program) grade in ECE320. The department is ABET-accredited, and there are some quite excellent professors.After three years in the program, I'm not quite sure that I'd be ready and/or qualified for a full-time position, and I don't think another year will change that feeling. I somewhat wish I'd had the 'rip-your-hair-out' EE experience one gets at, say, UMich, for its rigor and emphasis on understanding, but I do not regret enrolling in MSU's EE program. The overall atmosphere of the university pretty much mitigates the issues I discussed above.

4th Year Male -- Class 2012

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Scholastic Success: D+

Beautiful campus. You really get out what you put into it. If you really want a good education, you can get it her. If you really just want an easy degree, it's not too hard to make your path easy. Don't just go there for a degree though. Everyone really gets chances to be special through organizations or research with faculty. Truly the greatest research U in the nation and the leader of land grant institutions. Go there and make your degree great!

3rd Year Male -- Class 2012

Scholastic Success: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B