Sorry, this is a bit long, but looking for any recent experiences from people with DC studying electronic engineering.
DD has had a couple of years out post A levels (for non-Covid reasons she had a very difficult period over her final GCSE & A level years) but is now thinking to potentially apply for university for Sept 2022. She'd previously been considering a general engineering degree then specialising later but is thinking that she might actually be more interested in going directly towards Electronic engineering.
However, she's anxious that the majority of students in the subject are, in her words likely to be 'geeky types who have spent their entire teenage years building electronic kit in their bedrooms' and that she'll feel out of her depth & always be running to catch up. She says half the students being like that would be fine, but not if it's likely to be nearly all of them!
She has done some messing around with Arduinos / bits and pieces, but had a very bad time with an extracurricular project in college which left her feeling demoralised & really knocked her confidence, which isn't great at the best of times.
She's also really keen to make sure what ever route she goes down has plenty of hands on practical time, & I think she's right. She's been working on the family farm full time since leaving college and her mental health has been massively better for having that kind of structured practical work to do. As a side note she has a (diagnosed) ASD so should be eligible for DSA.
Her grades are solid but not spectacular, ABB with the A in maths, but looks to be fine for a decent selection of unis, her major weakness is always in putting things down on paper. (However she also has an A in English lit taken as a 1 year p/t student during lockdown really to prove to herself that she can do essay work if needed, so although it does involve a lot of blood sweat and tears she can get there!)