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Originally Posted by Doodlebug
I remember when I was in university it seemed pretty clear that EE's were at the top of hierachy.
Was always good for sh*ts and giggles to watch the mechanical and chemical types sound off for #2 bragging rights though.....
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That's interesting to know. I always thought all other Engineers kind of viewed themselves as superior to the others. I guess I truly am at the top of the heap then. I never knew everyone else thinks I am as well.
All kidding aside, I think it all depends on what discipline is the most difficult to get into at the time. I remember a few years before I went into my second year, Electrical was the most difficult to get into. Back in the late 90's, everything high tech and computer related was seen as the future, so all the super nerds wanted to get into Electrical or Computer Engineering. Then the dot-com bubble happened and the oil and gas industry picked up here in Alberta, so all the smartest Engineers wanted to go into Chemical, Petroleum and Mechanical Engineering. When I was accepted in Electrical, I had a pretty crappy GPA, but was basically thrown in there because nobody wanted to be an Electrical Engineer. At the time the thought was the workload was too hard and the prospects of finding a job after were pretty low. So during my time at UofC, most of the Electrical Engineers were actually pretty fun to hang out with since they weren't the typical anti-social nerds.