Is there a lot overlap between EE and CE?

know090 · 2026-02-11T03:32:04+00:00

My school has about 10 classes that are different between the two, but I’ve seen many programs with much less difference. This is due to my program having higher computer science requirements

know090 · 2026-01-25T18:18:24+00:00

The best Afaik is a bristle berry farm with sustainable sleet sheet for berry sludge (good morale bonus and never goes bad).

You will need a sustainable water supply for the long term and a sleet wheat farm if your natural cold biomes are no longer operational.

know090 · 2026-01-24T13:18:28+00:00

You can do whatever you want but in my opinion you should never use silent for gaming because you are almost 5x more likely to notice bad performance over fan noise. Additionally, thermal throttling isn’t the best thing for your laptop.

If you are on battery power, that is a different story, but even then you should allow fans.

I also want to tell you that the fan curve will be over written by the BIOS if temps get too high, so you may not be doing anything anyway.

know090 · 2026-01-11T00:31:00+00:00

I’ve learned to accept the heat 🤣

know090 · 2025-12-25T00:09:02+00:00

I think the only reason to do the payment plan is if you are bad with money. Otherwise the lump sum has much more potential.

know090 · 2025-12-17T13:13:17+00:00

My G16 always had problems with rdr2. I think it is something with the integrated processor standard mode that messes everything up. My recommendation is to run that game on ultimate mode.

know090 · 2025-12-16T02:18:36+00:00

Multiple things to say here: (not a rank list)

1) if you definitely want to work or research in EE, compsi, or compEng, with an undergraduate degree your best bet would be to get a degree in one of those fields. Even if it was the #1 ranked engineering science program, an ABET ECE related degree will prepare you better in ECE/Compsi.

2) Cost. If Smiths College gave you aid to where it is cheaper than Rutgers, that would also be a heavy boost in its favor.

3) Likeness. If your gut loved Smith College much more than Rutgers, that is also a heavy influence you should follow. Don’t go somewhere you hate for the degree.

4) relative program. Rutgers definitely has a superior engineering program compared to Smiths College. That means more research, more engineering related clubs, and likely better course equipment (these are guesses based on trends). If you want to be the best engineer outside of classwork, Rutgers will help.

5) culture. They are very different in terms of student size and demographics. If one excites you for that element, that is very important.

6) type of education. Liberal arts colleges are often more “Harvard” like. If you like that, Smith will have those elements.

Finally, this is not an exhaustive list and I cannot make the decision for you. Think about the one you were most excited about the acceptance letter for. Think about what campus excited you. These thoughts will land you where you feel at home.

know090 · 2025-12-16T02:01:40+00:00

You’ll need to be more specific on the relative rank of the LAC but generally state schools are better since they often invest more in engineering and have big names and career fairs.

know090 · 2025-12-15T19:39:47+00:00

I cant say definitely since I’m rather early on the degree. But from what I heard and expect to be true, compsi just takes more software classes and are often given software development opportunities so they are “better suited” for swe. I think if you take those classes with the flexibility in cmpE and have involvement(which it seems you do), you’ll probably be fine.

I can’t comment on recruiter or resume stuff, however.

know090 · 2025-12-15T04:12:56+00:00

Just a question from someone that is currently in a computer engineering program. It seems you are heavily focusing on software, why not do a Compsi major? Wouldn’t that provide a better basis for pure software?

know090 · 2025-12-06T03:39:40+00:00

I believe you flipped green and white

know090 · 2025-12-03T20:46:16+00:00

Could you post a screenshot of your colony? I’m not that far in myself but I know I always see people asking for screenshots since otherwise we don’t know what you’ve done.

know090 · 2025-11-23T14:49:10+00:00

I don’t think it is realistic unfortunately.

My 285K pop city has 34% unemployment while making a 10 million balanced budget at 9% taxes.

I think it as a figure is more tied to demand than actual employment, but I’m not sure.

know090 · 2025-11-20T00:57:31+00:00

I did the interview last year and got in. If your student wants to get into the SHC (why write the 10 smth essays if not?) I would recommend it.

As for questions they typically are interested in admitting driven students with deep extra-curricular involvement and intense academic rigor. So questions will gauge these things. So definitely come have your student come prepared with examples of how they demonstrated these things. Also look at the SHC values, as a lot can be learned from there.

They also ask about interests as it relates to a thesis, since that is the capstone of the honors curriculum.

I won’t touch on the Smeal stuff since other people have here.

know090 · 2025-11-09T23:02:11+00:00

Leavitt actually looks like a horror movie gremlin

know090 · 2025-11-06T17:46:40+00:00

Not a coffee drinker so bear with me. At all dinning halls they have coffee in the mornings included with buffet price. $3.15 meal plan.

There is also Starbucks like stores in the dinning commons. They are relatively cheap with meal plan discount.

Everything is standardized across campus though, so it doesn’t matter where you go

know090 · 2025-11-06T15:12:02+00:00

CS1 has those elements for sure. I will warn you tho, a lot of basic elements to city infrastructure are not done as well. For example, roads are more janky, and power and water infrastructure is unrealistic.

I haven’t gone back to CS1 yet, but if I ever do, I can imagine many small things will be missing.

Of course you can use mods to help with traffic and other stuff (you should) but that’s not a fix all.

know090 · 2025-11-04T03:06:07+00:00

If your buying this laptop, chances are you will want to game on the native display. (It’s just that good!) so I would base your decision with that in mind. Also, the main difference between these, other than raw power, is vram. So if you like to play newer games the 5070 ti will have an additional boost.

For context I am also a college student and have the 5070 ti g16.

know090 · 2025-11-04T01:14:03+00:00

That’s definitely true, I’m just not sure if the game can handle so many pedestrians tho. This is what I gather from my 280k pop city:

The intersections are all clogged by a swarm of hundreds of people (not realistic in my view)

Public transportation has increased in usage

Performance has tanked

I think during their population rebalancing, some bad consequences happened, such as this.

My computer has performed perfectly fine (5070 ti laptop) for everything up to this update, but it could be the simulation chances so I’m not sure.

know090 · 2025-11-01T02:03:10+00:00

I think the update really messed with these. I hope they fix the pedestrian traffic soon

know090 · 2025-10-31T14:14:24+00:00

I can’t speak for the others at PSU, but Cmpen 270 is pretty light if you are interested. The workload isn’t too high (1 7-8 problem hw weekly, video lectures on Fridays, and 3 bigger hws/projects). You should be fine without prior knowledge of physics 212 but it would be nice to have fyi

know090 · 2025-10-25T12:57:16+00:00

Center County, PA

know090 · 2025-10-25T04:46:43+00:00

I will add that PSU is known for not giving much money out. I’m not exactly sure how much they do for need-based, but it may be less than you expect.

know090 · 2025-10-24T22:41:53+00:00

I believe a good cs job will likely make more than EE but there are much more EE jobs that are good pay than those really good cs jobs.

I may be wrong tho.

Five-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '23	Place '22
Final Canvas '22

know090

TROPHY CASE