I thought that I would update this post with something I wrote on Whirlpool (also after the advisory day). Hope this helps other students enrolling.
"On Advisory day, I got the option to talk to some of the lecturers teaching electrical at unsw at the advisory day, and was told that around 25% of its students currently undertake the BE ME degree. They were quite honest with how it won't really affect your job prospects on the long run because most employers won't know the difference between the BE ME and the normal BE degree. They told that it was more an opportunity to broaden your field/get access to more electives/more flexibility than you get with your standard undergraduate degree.
They also told me, that the best way to be employable as a graduate engineer is to do as much work experience as you can along with trying to get the best marks possible, especially if you want a chance at the bigger companies. I found this info really helpful, especially about the honesty between the two degrees. It would be awesome to hear people's advice on this
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Also bonus piece of info, it's cheaper to do a EE masters this way as you will get undergraduate fees which are way less than master fees during your masters year."
