| ??? 07/12/05 16:57 Modified: 07/12/05 17:11 Read: times |
#97163 - My Personal Experience Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Not to sound like one of the HORRIBLE commercials that play between episodes of Jerry Springer, but...
I actually attended DeVry, which is quite similar in academic style to ITT. They offer a 3 year (3 semesters per year) B.S EET degree which I have found to have worked out quite well in my career. As a side note, I knew plenty of students that came to the US specifically to attend. The Dallas, TX campus is probably the best bet for 8051 based study. The professor that teaches 8051 and systems architecture, Muhummad Mazidi (sp?), has written a few textbooks on the 8051 (available on amazon) and he was deffinatly the one that opened my eyes to 8-bit embedded design. Do a search on amazon and you will see that he is very active in the 8051pic area. Deffinatly a good reason to attend! A couple specific notes that I would pass along: - DeVry turned out to be fairly expensive. Expect to pay in the realm of 30k+ (loans aside). These are very business conscious institutions. - As Joseph mentioned, you will have to earn your prestige. The name of the University won't get you any work. - The curriculum covers the entire base of a typical EE program (AC, DC, physics, digital, embedded8051, RF, etc). The 8051 coverage is a small fraction of the overall curriculum. - The school's class scheduling is TOP NOTCH. Typical semester schedules are blocked into the morning (IE: 8AM-1PM). This offers a really good chance to work for a company and get some real-world experience in 8051 while attending. - Knowing that your interests are in 8051embedded, you will be better off than most. With that desire, you can really self-tailor your college experience. - After graduation, I felt a little like I didn't have as much to offer as someone who graduated from a 4-yr. However, I landed good EE jobs with ease and I think this has a lot to do with my acquired desireinterests developed for 8051pic during school. The earlier you figure out what you want to do, the better. I haven't attended ITT, but from the research I did prior to going to school it seemed that the program offered from ITT was more at a technician level than a designer. I'm not sure if this is still the case, but it deffinatly was in 1997. I, too, am not affiliated with Devry. Just some information. Tomas |
