<p>So I just discovered another way to go to school, which is the Air Force National Guard. Anyone know anything about this? From what I’ve read, you sign a 6-year commitment and work weekends, and Deployment is Optional as opposed to Army National Guard. There’s other details, but in return you get to stay in your state and they pay for the tuition of any public school. This would allow me to go to a lot more Petroleum Engineering schools, only meaning I’d have to stay in that state for a few yeas after graduating to work, which is pretty standard anyways for Petroleum usually. </p>
<p>This puts LSU back on the board potentially. Oh and by the way, the head of the Petroleum Engineering department at LSU says there’s a ton of kids applying into their program too, but he expects the vast majority to either switch from disinterest or get weeded out by the class-load. If I do my homework on school choice, I feel I can find the right school to land me a career in the industry. Right now, the choices are LSU (with Air National Guard), or New Mexico Tech or UL-Lafeyette whom I looked into both of them and verified I can afford them just off federal loans. Those schools are smaller and offer a lot of financial incentives. Anyone have any opinion on the Air National Guard route, or in picking a big school vs. a small school for studying PetE?</p>