Final decisions went out by this week for most schools. Who else is going to UT-Austin next year? Anyone else in College of Engineering? I'm doing Petro E and want to also major in Econ.
My bestfriend is going to UT to study engineering. I however, am going to Grove City College in PA to study mechanical engineering. It is a very small school that ranks high and gives all their students laptops.
I'll be in UT law... ... my cousin is in Engerineering... he keeps switching between electrical and mechanical. But I've got some advice about petroleum engineering: Don't do it! My uncle (the same cousin's father) has a master's in petroleum engineering from UT... and things were going grand until the market went bad a few years ago. It's just a bad field to be in right now, according to him. He's managed to stay in work... but he's making much less than he was 5 years ago.
I guess there is a chance I may still be going to UT Austin.. but at this point I think I'm going to go to Vanderbilt.... unless when I visit it i totally change my mind or something...
I'm going to Emory. Anybody else goin there? I almost forgot. The only reason I picked Emory was because I wanted to ride them thangs like every day.
I might look there next year. How selective is it? So what major are you considering? I heard it has a pretty good business program.
Yeah, I've thought a lot about this. Does your uncle not want to move outside of the U.S.? Also, I was looking at employment statistics for ppl graduating from the College of Engineering from UT, and they don't look that much diffrent than other engineering fields. UT Engr. degrees granted during 2000-2001: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/about/granted.cfm UT Engr. employment survey during 2000-2001: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/ecac/student/perm_salary.htm Also, during the last 10 years, the dept. of Petro E has had the highest placement ratio and highest starting salaries of all departments in the College of Engr. Nomar, it was my first choice at one point until I changed my mind and decided I wanted to stay away from liberal arts (I also really started hating all undergrad business programs, which is what I was planing to do at Emory). I was going to apply to Emory College, but after talking to some ppl that went to Emory, I decided to drop that idea and applied for Oxford College of Emory. Anyways, one of my friends is going to Emory (not Oxford) next year, along with a few other people in my school; I hope you guys enjoy it. Johnny, it is not very hard to get into. From what I've seen of people that got in this year, as long as you have a decent SAT (1300+), and decent class rank (whatever that is at your school) with a lot of AP and honors classes throughout high school you have a good chance of getting in. If you REALLY want to go there and don't think you can get in, look at Oxford College of Emory, the school I was talking about above... www.oxford.emory.edu . It is 77% female and has a very high acceptance rate. It is a very small two year school w/ 800 ppl total, and after the second year, as long as you have a 2.0 GPA, you go on to Emory College. The Cat, I always thought you were in your late teens or early 20s.
Actually, Emory is pretty highly selective. I know lots of smart dudes at my school that didn't get in. Also... how do I apply for individual colleges at Emory University? I want to do something involving sports somehow... maybe sports administration or something. Any ideas?
Should you really base what you major in on the current employment/market status? I have an old friend at Emory. He wasn't always the smartest guy, but he was very involved at school and took lots of AP classes. I know a lot of guys in Plan II at UT in the same situation. I know some really smart people who got in and some who didn't. I also know some not so smart people who got in and some who didn't. I've found it goes that way with a lot of schools. Especially now with the top 10% rule. Colleges in Texas are flooded with applications so for many people, getting into a program is partially a matter of chance (note I said partially, not completely or mostly). My brother just got into the College of Architechture at U of H, which is fairly selective. He's a real hard worker and has wonderful study habits (better than I ever did) but his grades aren't the best. But he met with the people and submitted work and showed them through his grades (which actually went up throughout high school and senior year-the only kid I know to never suffer from senioritis) that he could do it. So there's a lot of things colleges consider. Although it's a little late and I'm sure most people don't need it, my advice would be to go somewhere where you can be happy. I don't deny that UT is a good school, but I didn't go there because I knew it wasn't for me. I wouldn't go to a school just because my friends were there or the sports teams were good. I would choose a school that suited me. A lot of people will be happy most places they go because if they've never been to college, they don't know much difference from one to the next. It'll be what you make of it. With so many people getting graduate degrees now, where you get your undergrad is not always that important. The important thing is going and doing well and getting experience, IMO. Good luck to everyone entering college or law school (or any other school) next year!
