You will never have. 4.0 overall GPA in college…because you already have a term that is less,than 4.0. That is simple arithmetic.
You are paying out of state tuition to attend Penn State main campus, right? The tuition alone there is $31,346.
Behrend tuition alone is $22,344.
That is a $9000 difference in just tuition.
A list of ultra low cost OOS colleges
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try to get a 4.0 GPA in my soph year. I know it’s gonna be hard, but it’s the least I can do to help myself and my family from this situation. I don’t really know where that’ll take me but that’s honestly the only thing I can think of that I can do to heOp
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Returning to PSU for soph year is crazy since the OOS cost is so high. You may try to get a 4.0, but it’s very doubtful…since soph year eng’g can have classes where students are just happy to get a C in.
SD School of Mines has LOW OOS tuition…only $14,500 per year! Less than HALF the cost of PSU
^ great suggestion. Call them now to see if they’d still have spots.
kind of an off topic question. If I do decide to transfer to a lower reputable university compared to Penn State, the chances of getting employed to a better firm will be lower as well, correct?
So if I did transfer to a lower reputable university, what should I do there to achieve the same level of success that I would have gotten if I went to Penn State?
^actually, no they won’t be. Depends on the resources and what you do with them.
If you attend Behrend, you still have access to the Penn State career fairs - and those will really help.
But they’re not magic: what matters is establishing a good connection with professors, joining on a research project (accepting to do grunt work till you’ve been deemed able to be entrusted with more, and earning your place), getting consistent good grades, being involved in 1-2 activities (Engineering Honors society, community service, intramural sport team, choir/music/art, political group, crafts, oncampus programming… anything), working with career center to prepare for internship application and sending applications early (that means in Ocober-November for the summer).
South Dakota School of Mines has very prestigious employers recruiting there, as does UWaterloo in Canada. Both would likely cost half of what Penn State costs.
Beginning Engineers get paid the same no matter where they graduate, provided the place is accredited by ABET. After that, how they progress in their careers is up to them.
BUT you are an international student. This means that you have a certain amount of CPT for experience and part-time jobs while you are in college, and a certain amount of OPT after you finish college. When that OPT expires, it is almost certain that you will NOT be able to get an H1B visa and stay here. It is very nearly 100% certain that you will need to leave the US when your OPT expires. Your plan for your life needs to include what you will be doing when your OPT runs out. Where will you look for work then?
^ Canada. They love to “poach” the engineers we’ve educated who are then stranded in the H1B morass.
If Canada is the goal, wouldn’t it make more sense to just transfer there now and complete the whole degree there?
@MYOS1634 could you please elaborate on what you’re saying? thank you.
Your employment will depend on the vagaries of h1b laws (will they be restituted to the people they were meant for or will they keep being used by offspring companies?) and on what YOU do with the resources at your college.
Finally, some colleges may not be as big of a brznd as Penn State but they may well have lots of employers recruiting.
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Absolutely not! Employers don’t care as long as the eng’g program is accredited. They do NOT pay different salaries based on schools.
Your bigger issue could be is that it sounds like you’re not a citizen. THAT is what will be an issue…not the school.
Leave PSU…you can’t afford it.
Contact SD Mines. Even if you’re past the deadline, they may still accept you for Fall. Call today!