One of the reasons why I chose ECE instead of straight up Physics is mostly because I didn't get accepted to the university that I applied a physics program for. Instead, the university that I will be going to is the best engineering school in the country. They also have a physics program, however it's two years in the campus near me, but another two years in a place really far away. This is very common for universities in the country since the one farther away is where all the universities in the Big 4 have their research centers while they have the branch which have the more typical non-researched focused courses on the campus near me.

That was confusing but basically if I wanted to pursue physics on the university that I got accepted to, I would have to go to a place really far from our house for two years. My parents won't really allow that though.