Hello,
I want to return to college to study Electrical Engineering, EE. I
graduated
from Kent State University back in 1987, a non-prestigious college, with a
Bachelor of Science/Software Programming and Design. My academic
performance
was poor though, 2.9GPA. However, I feel that now I am more mature and
well
grounded and that I will be academically successful. However, what I feel
is
irrelevant because I need to convince the college admission board of this.
How do I convince them of this? Also, if by chance I am accepted, I am
concerned that I have been out of school for about 20 years. So, can
anyone
please recommend books or other resources that I can use to get my English
skills up to par? Also, I would like to brush up on my trig, calculus, and
linear algebra so I would appreciate references to review materials for
these subjects as well. I have never taken Statistics or Physics before
either and I would like sources to get a basic introduction.
I think that I will have to enroll as an undergrad because I have been out
of school a very long time and I don't possess an undergraduate degree in
EE. However, again if accepted, I plan to continue on and get a MSEE
because
my goal is to go into research. I was interested in the application of EE
to
medical technology, more specifically, 'Biomedical Electronic
Engineering'.
However, I'm not sure if that is exactly the area that I would like to
enter. What exactly does a Biomedical Electronic Engineer do?
Alternatively,
I was also considering specializing in either Bionics, Human Machine
Interface, maybe Nano Technology or somehow work with geneticists to help
solve problems; using EE of course - but nothing that uses animals as
subjects because I have a profound love for them!
I live in the state of Illinois/USA and I have no desire to move to
another
state in order to attend school, consequently, I was considering either
Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering or perhaps
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Engineering.
I would be greatly indebted to anyone that can offer any advice and/or
resources so that I may achieve my goals. Oh yes, I should add my 7 years
of
work experience as a Software Developer and currently I am designing and
writing software for cell phones using JavaME, previously J2ME, and 'NET'
web services using C#.
Please be honest with me; I'm an adult and I can handle it.
Well, that is all that I can think of so now I will close and I apologize
for the longevity of this posting but I had an awful lot to say.
Sincerely,
Ms.ERamsey
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