<p>Well, I'll be going to Penn State for aerospace engineering and I was looking to speak with some current aerospace engineers or some students in the 3rd/4th year of an aerospace engineering major. My screen name is ol c0nfusion lo or you can contact me by pm, it would be appreciated. Thanks, guys</p>
<p>They rock!!!! long live aero Engineering</p>
<p>=) I agree!!</p>
<p>Does aerospace engineering have a good future? I really wanna do that kind of stuff.</p>
<p>is aerospace engineering limited to gov't jobs?</p>
<p>No, there are many civilian companies as well as government (NASA, etc) and it encompasses many fields of study and areas. There is a future to it. The two main tracks--aero (planes) or astro (spacecraft) are very different and most schools offer a choice of emphasis.</p>
<p>Try this link for more info and post questions and I can try to answer. (I'm a freshman in A.E.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iseek.org/sv/13000.jsp?id=100006%5B/url%5D">http://www.iseek.org/sv/13000.jsp?id=100006</a></p>
<p>Other than MIT, Embry-Riddle, University of Michigan, and the US Academies, which universities have excellent AE programs?</p>
<p>Purdue CMU UIUC?</p>
<p>RPI has a great aerospace program</p>
<p>aero is probably too specialized. my friend said that jobs for aero is scarce and mechE majors can do most aero jobs?</p>
<p>How is the job avalability if somebody does a dual major in Aero-MechE?</p>
<p>To be honest with you a dual major in Aero-MechE is pointless. There's way too much overlap. If fact industry often treats both of those degrees as the same. In the time it takes to do that you can have a Meng degree which is a much more powerful piece of paper.</p>
<p>I thought aerospace engineering was a more specific branch of mechanical engineering so double-majoring I agree would be pointless. I heard the aerospace engineering degree doesn't lead to great job prospects. It's a really limited field, which is why I thought doing something broader like MechE was more useful. Anyone care to agree/disagree?</p>
<p>I heard that people are saying that the difference between Aerospace Engineerings and MechE is that Aerospace E are engineers without a job. </p>
<p>Mainly large aircraft company (boeing, Lockheed), NASA and some car companies would hire Aerospace engineers I guess.</p>
<p>Is really the scope for AeroSpace Engineers very less?</p>
<p>Please answer.</p>
<p>oh lordy, I love this major but I'm failing calc! I want to still pursue this but the coursework will be a hassle. Is it?</p>
<p>its better to major in mechE because you could do Both mechE jobs and aeroE jobs but better.</p>
<p>Major in ME. When you get to your technical electives you can take an emphasis in Aerospace. Problem solved.</p>
<p>At RPI where I go, Aero-Mech-E is a DUAL major, NOT a DOUBLE major. The difference is that RPI has dual majors available when two majors have very similar curricula. Many people do it. Popular duals are Aero-Mech E, and ECSE. So I figured if I do Aero-Mech E, wouldn't my job chances be high since I have the mechanical in there also???</p>
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<p>This is stupid, a MechE major can't do an aerospace engineering job better than an AeroE major. Please think.</p>