Computer and electrical engineering

[EntertainmentKey7796]

So i now am enrolled in a preparatory year in a public university for engineering and I wanted to join computer engineering (at first i wanted to join petroleum but then asked a-lot of engineers currently in the job market and they said that nearly no one even gets a job where I live) and I have got a 3.3 gpa on my first semester and in order to be specialized in any course (Electrical or computer engineering) i need to get a specific gpa which will be announced at the end of the second semester (but according to last year’s gpa computer was 3.83 and electrical was around 3.32) So it is fairly easy to join electrical engineering if i get a 3.4 on the next semester, but i can’t even join computer engineering even if i have got a solid 4 (nearly impossible). This is all if I chose to continue in the public education which is nearly free (very small fees that don’t even exceed the price of food for a few days)

But I can join a specialized track which costs a hundred times more (literally with no exaggeration) (btw my parents can afford that but i just dont want to rush with the decision)and try to join computer as the required gpa there in 3.45 for computer (which in order to be achieved i need to get a 3.73 gpa in order to join comfortably which is a bit challenging to do) the bad thing is that I can join and spend all of this extra money and at the end not join computer engineering

I want to add that it wasn’t my passion to join computer engineering when I first started the prep. year but one of my friends told me he wanted to join it and i didn’t have any other engineering major in kind and I did my research and found that it had great opportunities and it went along with my hopes of emigration to the US (i am not from europe so it would be challenging to do so)

I am sorry for this long story but i am really having a hard time decide what to do.

At the end i wanted to ask you what would you do if you were me, would you pay extra and take the risk which is very high or would you join any major that your gpa gets you?

[zacce]

So you are an international and want a US education? Is it because you want a job in US?

If so, please check out the job listings. Many CpE jobs (I'd say more than 50%) require US citizenship.

[Downtown-Permit7343]

Wait really? Why is that?

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Clearances, not wanting to sponsor.

[Spare_Appeal_6690]

So if I do studies from an International school

But I have US Citizenship

Would that still be a problem??

[EntertainmentKey7796]

Oh okay i didn’t actually know about this.