Disclaimer: I'm not a uni student, I actually am thinking of doing engineering + computer science at Monash next year too
and I'm also not gonna give you a conclusive answer but I hope this gets you thinking about ur personal choices
If this is in terms of ordering your subject preferences, I say put the accelerated pathway first since it has a higher ATAR requirement (my understanding is that they look at ur first preference first and so it will be easier for you to reject the higher atar one if you change your mind)
Else, for the accelerated pathway:
- A scholarship is a scholarship. I feel like reducing your costs will allow you to use the leftover money for other passions that could fuel your elective studies (eg. intro to comp sci FIT2085)
- If you are someone who organises time well, the more time you have will be beneficial to you. Especially in the first year of studies since the uni lifestyle is quite different from the high school experience
- Surely a masters degree will get you to more places than a bachelor degree. It would at least be a good addition to your CV when you are in more professional stage in your career
- Engineering, from my perspective, is something that highly values experience so if you can get industry experience a lot quicker that would be a booster
Else, for the double degree:
- I chose to do a double degree because I am really bad at managing time, I know I wouldn't take my elective seriously from experience (doing UMEP maths this year gave me soooo many free periods I wasted all of them)
- A job in tech is something that seems to be highly sought after. Take my aunt for example, she's returning to study IT from a fashion design career for the job prospects so maybe comp science will allow that flexibility
- From ur post, I'm guessing electrical engineering is the final goal so maybe it would be good to already start specialising in it in the double bachelor degree
- U might be locking yourself into engineering by choosing the accelerated pathway, u are still in high school (ha, ironic coming from me) and so I think opening up your options is the best decision
Like all things, as much as jobs are important, it probably is mostly dependent on you as a person. What you are like with time/whether engineering is ur passion/your financial position/what you want to do next year/the freedom you want next year. Honestly, COVID has made me not worry too much about my decisions because we all have to be flexible no matter what we choose. That wasn't reassuring in the slightest but I hope I got you thinking about it. Actually, you kinda encouraged me to do more research about engineering and question my own choices so I guess we all are in the same boat