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Re: Is a Computer Science Degree worth it???

If you want to design computers, then go for computer science.
If you want to design more general electric/electronic circuits, go for EE
If you want to be a good programmer, take some programming classes. Computer Science is not programming.
Building robots is all those majors plus mechanical engineering, systems engineering, and even a little bit of several other fields. It's hard to be excellent at everything, so focus on one thing and be excellent at that.

Note that the first year of both CS and EE are almost identical, so no rush to declare a major. But, NOW is the time to learn what each of these majors really do in the world, along with several other majors - ideally from people who do them - and try to learn what it is that you really enjoy doing. You know, what you'd happily go without food or sleep for. Whatever that is, find out what THAT major is called, and do that.

(Ever notice some classes you really like, and you get a good grade? Then classes you despise, bad grade? Make a list of the classes you liked, note the grade, and decide if it was the teacher or the subject. All those that you liked, got good grades, and it wasn't necessarily the teacher - that's what you should consider for a career.)
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