<p>Worry about college before grad school. So many things change in your life, especially in college, that planning on grad school before even taking your first undergrad class is almost laughable. Many people who always dreamed of grad school end up deciding not to go and many people who never thought of it just up and decide to go one day during their senior year. If you get to the end of your sophomore year and you still are interested in grad school, that is when you should start thinking about really working for it. Before that, just work to make sure you are staying afloat and that you are in the right major.</p>
<p>Well I am actually in my 4th semester of college (end of sophomore year), but a senior in high school, long story. And I know that most engineers decide not to get their masters or doctorate, but after 2 years of college and reality, I know that I want and need a degree further than undergrad. People can’t get very far without a masters degree nowadays. But anyways I will wait until I visit Georgia Tech and compare the deals to decide.</p>
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<p>In civil, yes, but not necessarily in aerospace.</p>
<p>Probably 80% of the engineers that I work with at my employer (airplane maker in Seattle) are hired in the company prior to a masters degree. I know of very few positions, at my employer or other ones (outside academica) that require a masters degree.</p>
<p>How does the ERAU aerospace engineering program compare to GT?</p>
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<p>It seems that Embry-Riddle has a different sort of culture than GT. They’re all about aerospace sciences and engineering, and from what I’ve heard, it’s a more personal learning environment than GT, where there’s a high bar and if you happen to come up short, then too damn bad. I can only say this from a classmate I know who’s going to Embry-Riddle (he’s done his research, visited, talked to alumns, etc.), so take it with a grain of salt.</p>
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The schools are not comparable. They’re on two completely different levels.</p>
<p>Could you please expand on that a little? I am not really looking to compare anything other than the AE program at each school.</p>
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<p>Georgia Tech is a large, top 5 engineering school, with a top 5 Aerospace program. It has an annual $30 million research budget in the AE department, attracts the top employers from around the world, has world-expert faculty, and is one of the most preeminent Aerospace schools for academics and research in the world.</p>
<p>ERAU is a small school without a research program that attracts some local employers, including NASA. It is the top ranked non-PhD AE program in the country because of how it classifies its programs (Aeronautical Science and Aerospace Engineering sharing resources) and because of a lack of non-PhD AE programs.</p>