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What should I do to help prepare myself for studying Electrical Engineering?

I'm a senior in high school set to graduate in May. I've been in honors classes since middle school and only took the ACT one time, but I made a 27 on it.I'm looking to go to the University of South Alabama (long story short I'm ready to go back home) to try to get a degree in electrical engineering. I don't know as much about it as I would like, but it seems to be an exciting field that falls within my academic strengths. I will have Calculus 1 and physics done by the end of the year, but I never got the chance to take so much as a Shop class.I would appreciate any pointers as to the kind of things I need to study up on in my spare time to be better prepared for college; I am extremely competitive and hate to look a fool in front of anybody, especially around some pretentious rich kids. If at all possible, I'd like to just use materials on the internet, as even working full-time after school yields few results when you earn minimum wage and your parents aren't doing a whole lot better. Thanks in advance you guys.

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  • 8 years ago

    try look up for maths - common engineering subjects:

    - Ordinary Differential Equations

    - Vector Calculus

    # skills in differentiation & integration

    (the subjects' name may be different since I'm not studying in America)

    Source(s): I'm doing degree in Chemical Engineering
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    8 years ago

    Well, I'd like you to learn computer languages like C and C++ or to learn basic circuit theory if you have some spare time.

    http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-c...

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Study your math

    Read up on basic electronics - wikipedia is a good source

    Source(s): I am a Director of Engineering
  • 8 years ago

    taking shop would not help much for EE.

    if you could start learning how to read schematics, you would be way ahead of the game

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