<p>Is anyone here currently in this undergrad major or has done it before?
I would like to know how it is, it seems really interesting and Texas is one of the best places to go for it.</p>
<p>If you like working with rocks and memorizing various types of rocks, go for it. I , particularly, find it boring</p>
<p>IDK too much about Petro but from what I know, UT is ranked #1 in the nation (for obvious reasons). It’s tough as hell just like all the other engineering majors so good luck if you pursue it.</p>
<p>well its probably more than just memorizing rocks if it is the highest paid engineering major (not why I want to do it though)</p>
<p>It is the highest paid engineering major because it deals with the oil industry which is doing pretty gosh darn good right now: no more no less. It has nothing to do with being more difficult than the other fields. However I would caution you that things can take a downturn in that area just as fast as they can get good. I would not see it as being a very stable field to pursue because oil prices can be volatile and there are a TON of people just like you majoring PetE which is going to eventually flood the job market. You won’t have a problem getting a job I don’t think, but it is just worth considering. </p>
<p>And it is definitely going to be more than memorizing rocks, not saying that rocks won’t be very important in your geology classes.</p>
<p>aGGie makes a very good point. There were a bunch of kids in PetE when I was in school in the early 80s. I just remember a lot of girls who looked like they were in sororities (not that there’s anything wrong with that…). Then oil prices fell by half in 1986, and they were kind of stuck. I was SO glad I hadn’t majored in that.</p>
<p>i heard its a pretty rough life and wont be worth it unless its something you are pretty passionate about and you love doing it</p>
<p>yeah, you will most certainly have to prove yourself out in the field working in oil fields and on platforms. Definitely not an easy life, especially if you don’t enjoy being away from home.</p>
<p>i believe Texas Tech has a good petroleum engineering program too</p>
<p>The top 3 schools in the country for PE are consistently UT, A&M and OU. The order changes from time to time, but they are always the top 3</p>
<p>How exactly is the life? Is it random like you are
working for a few months and then at home for a few
weeks or what? I would go psycho working at a 9 to 5 pace for the rest of my life so I would actually enjoy a more “nomadic” life</p>
<p>i think you wont be home 6-8 months a year maybe less maybe more</p>
<p>Do you know anyone inthe field and what their take on it is?</p>
<p>No but on a show on the discovery channel (im pregnant and …) this womans husband was in this field an he was rarely home, they had a nice house though</p>
<p>rofl (10 char)</p>
<p>hmmm woman or nice house…? (just kidding!)
ill do more research on it, thats kind of link investment banking and medicine in some ways though. When yous start off, you work like 14-20 hours a day but once you get higher positions, you work less (in terms of working hours and not the quality of the work).</p>
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That’s assuming that you do move up which is never a certainty.</p>
<p>salary wise this career is worth it,</p>
<p>It’s never a certainty but it is achieved by good and hard work, which is something I will put in</p>
<p>apparently this field has a high mortality rate, and the life expectancy is low</p>