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Electrical engineer vs. electrical engineer technician

Electrical engineer vs. electrical engineer technician

Electrical engineer vs. electrical engineer technician

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I know that I am supposed to be an engineer to post on this forum, but I don't know a better place to find an answer to my question so please help me if you don't mind. I would really like to be an electrical engineer but I have a couple obstacles which narrow down my school choices. I went to school a couple times for different subjects and I messed up my gpa at the two different schools I can choose to attend for engineering. If I go to the school that offers a regular engineering degree, my gpa will be a lot worse than my gpa at the school for an engineering technician degree. Does it really matter in the long run which of the degrees I pursue? I plan on going on to graduate school for engineering and I plan on taking the tests to become a certified engineer. If anybody has an answer to my question or any advice, I'd appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

RE: Electrical engineer vs. electrical engineer technician

If you want to be an engineer, get an EE degree.  You can go to a school and take all of the pre-engineering courses and then transfer to a 4 year university to get your degree.  You essentially get to reset your GPA after you transfer.

RE: Electrical engineer vs. electrical engineer technician

It sounds like an EE degree would serve you much better for what you want to do.  If you're sure you want to go to grad school, then look at the requirements for entry.  I don't know where you're located, but the technician degree might not meet the requirements for grad school, besides it being in a different direction than where you ultimately want to get to.

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