Some good info in here. I know UCF has a wonderful photonics devision. I was told that the three main places for photonics/lasers in the US are UCF in FL and a college each in Nevada and New York. [Don't know which schools though sorry!] Personally I'm beginning my freshman year and Indian River 'Community' College [Starting 4 year programs] and I'll be there for two years working on a transfer degree in engineering to move onto UCF with guaranteed acceptance. Keep in mind if you're looking at the EET field that the beginning of it is a lot of math a science! I have 2.5 years of math for my transfer degree and I've already taken half a year while in HS. Best of luck to you though!