<p>is abet important?
I get the admission from both ucsd and oregon state university as a transfer student majoring in environmental engineering.
ucsd is not ABET-accredited, but osu is. </p>
<p>I saw someone post a similar topic on here abt this time last year. And some reply that it's important for job hunting with ABET accredited prog.
How abt if I am planna go grad-school?</p>
<p>As far as I know, environmental engineering is normally associated with civil. I know for sure from a long-time family friend (a chief engineering in civil with a PE and Ph.D) as well as forum posts here that being accredited is very important, so it would be a good idea to keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Although I can’t say for sure if that will affect your running in the event that you’d like to pursue a graduate degree. From what I know, going to grad school is a good idea in this discipline so whatever the effects are from not getting an ABET accredited degree as far as going to grad school are important to keep in mind.</p>
<p>w/out abet, at least for california, if you have 3 years of civil engineering related work experience you can sit in for the EIT. which is a prereq for taking the P.E. exam.</p>
<p>all said and done, it’s best to get an ABET degree, that way u can take the EIT exam in your junior or senior year when the material is still fresh in your mind.</p>
<p>if u want to go into environmental, why would u even consider going to UCSD, i dont think they even offer any civil stuff outside of structural engineering</p>
<p>reply#3
mostly the reason is that I change my major,I don’t have a good preperation on my major class, I bet if I am not holding 3.9, UCSD wouldn’t even bother to get me in</p>
<p>after all, there are not much EnvE programs out there and ucsd generally have not-bad reputation in engineering programs, </p>
<p>does anyone have some words on Oregon State U then?</p>
<p>Most environmental engineering programs are actually concentrations within civil engineering. However, UCSD only offers structural engineering (not civil engineering) so you won’t be learning any of that there.</p>