<p>I'm a junior in highs school and I've been considering petroleum engineering since freshmen year. Which schools would you recommend, I live in California so I know i'll have go to out of state because my chances of getting into Stanford is probably really low. As I am getting ready to study for the SAT and PSAT right now, I'd like to know the average score for SAT and PSAT of students accepted into the colleges that you have recommended above. My current overall GPA is 3.54. Im taking APES, I am now thinking about APES and APES really contradicts Petroleum Engineers, so I guess that was a bad choice by me. Next year I will be a senior and what classes should I take? APs? regular classes? </p>
<p>My counclers always say that my school is well known throughout the US and that it will be likely to get accepted. Does a well known school have anything to do with the application process? Does it play any effect?</p>
<p>There are no ABET accredited Petroleum programs in CA, not even Stanford. </p>
<p>You are in a WICHE state which means you might be able to get a great deal via WUE. The WICHE schools that have PE programs are: Alaska Fairbanks, Montana Tech, New Mexico Tech, North Dakota and Wyoming. </p>
<p>Of those, I’d choose Wyoming. I’m an outdoorsy person and like schools that have lots of spirit. Laramie isn’t the prettiest but the campus is great and it’s close to the mountains. Tuition is cheap even full out of state. It gets cold, but not Fairbanks/ND cold.</p>
<p>My second choice would be New Mexico Tech. It has a good reputation, but it is very isolated.</p>
<p>Now, not to be harsh, but if you don’t yet know what WICHE/WUE are, Google it. </p>
<p>It’s not necessarily hard to get accepted by a university with a petroleum engineering program. The University of Wyoming has an acceptance rate of ~96% and the University of Kansas accepts ~93% of applicants. </p>
<p>ABET-accredited petroleum engineering majors can be found at these schools, many of which are not difficult to be admitted to:</p>
<p>Colorado School of Mines
Louisiana State University and A&M College
Marietta College
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Formerly Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Formerly Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
The University of Kansas (Formerly University of Kansas)
The University of Tulsa (Formerly University of Tulsa)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Formerly University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin
University of Wyoming
West Virginia University</p>
<p>If New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology still automatically admits with a 2.5 high school GPA, then it can be a safety for you if you can afford it (it is not that expensive).</p>
<p>Some schools may offer a petroleum engineering emphasis or suboption under a general engineering major. An example is CSU Bakersfield, whose new engineering major (which will seek ABET accreditation) has a petroleum suboption. CSU Bakersfield has no impaction other than for the nursing major, so baseline CSU eligibility will result in admission (if your CSU high school GPA is at least 3.0 and you have the a-g courses fulfilled, you are an automatic admit as a California resident).</p>
<p>eyemgh- those schools that you listed were part of the WICHE right? I looked it up and it didn’t contain any Texas schools, compared to Texas schools which one would be better, if we don’t consider the costs of college? </p>
<p>and everyone else thank you for your info.
But i don’t really understand what ABET is, can someone please explain it to me? </p>
<p>My guess is that A&M and UT would be the best. Others can verify. I’m not sure a 3.54 will get you into either of them though. That’s why I mentioned the WICHE schools. There are several strong programs that are cheap and have easy admissions.</p>
<p>Why petroleum just out of curiosity? </p>
<p>As a side note, Wyoming has the first, and only at this point, ABET accredited Energy Systems Engineering program.</p>
It’s the US accreditation program for engineering. An ABET program has a standardized curriculum meant to cover the basics for engineering. Basically, that just vouches for the quality of your program, which is important if you want to ever have a professional license, or even to find jobs at most companies.</p>
<p>Schools don’t choose to not get ABET accredited. If they aren’t ABET it’s because they weren’t up to the standard. The only people I’d say that are alright with a non-ABET accredited degree are those that plan to jump directly into finance. Otherwise, choose an accredited program. There’s no reason not to.</p>
<p>eyemgh Im into petroleum right now because some of my friends fathers tells me its a good field to get into so i looked more into it and i realized how people all over the world uses it, the world is trying to use less but fails because its a major part of all industries. Also when I learned in APES how crude oil is formed it fascinated me making me want to know how it actually gets up out of the ground and into our use. </p>
<p>does any one know other than reservoir drilling theres other kinds of jobs from this major too right? I cannot remember what they are at the moment.</p>