So I was going to

So I was going to do an update once the details of changing my major were complete, but it's been dragging on and probably won't be official till at least Friday.

Either way, I am changing my major from Computer Engineering to Electrical Engineering. At Northwestern, the two majors are not extremely different. In fact, at the moment I have not taken a class that is specific to one over the other, which is why it is a great time to switch.

I was looking over the computer engineering "specializations" (like a "track") and the options were:
1) Computer Performance (lame)
2) VLSI Design (decent)
3) Embedded Systems (I'd probably do this and VLSI)
4) Software (absolutely fucking no way ... I don't care how good I am at programming)

Then I looked at the EE specializations:
1) Circuits and Electronics (the only reason I was computer engineering)
2) Solid State Engineering (fuck no, I hate chemistry and all derivations of it)
3) Electromagnetics and Photonics (kinda cool)
4) Systems (awesome)
a) Digital Signal Processing (I like this stuff)
b) Communications Systems (definitely cool)
c) Control (This fascinates me a lot)

So basically, 1, 4a, 4b, and 4c are all specializations I would want from EE, while in the CE department I would probably just do track 3. In other words, in CE I could decide on one specialization and would scrounge for a second, and in the EE department there are at least four that I would love to do but unfortunately could only really pull of two of them, realistically.

Anyway, I've filled out half of the necessary form (my CE advisor has signed it) and now I just have to get my new EE advisor to sign it and then turn it in.

Yeah, so, good times.

john.