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I am currently in my second year at Purdue University going for my Bachelors in Electrical Engineer.

This is the classic discussion between which is "better" than the other. Honestly, I think you should go to the major/school that best suits you. If you like advanced math and its applications then engineering is your gig. It is often said that technology students are more hands on oriented than engineering students. This is somewhat true and somewhat false. I have heard that some ME students could not identify nuts and bolts from each other, and that technology students can not apply anything. Obviously these are two extremes and most students fall somewhere in the middle of knowing everything and not knowing anything.

I would say that if you want to be on the cutting edge of new developments and such, that engineering would be the route to go. It gives you a very strong fundamental background and application ability to do such things.