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<li><p>Some problems include there not being any petroleum engineering schools in my state and they don't give grant money for second bachelors. I don't know how I could scrounge enough aid money for out of state and housing, even with something like work-study but possibly with ROTC (in which case I would assume there would be requirement to serve in the Army Corp of Engineers in a field not related to petroleum engineering?). I've already checked on ULL and TAM and both are pretty difficult to establish residence in. Does anybody know if any of any of the petroleum engineering schools have state or school policies that allow relatively easily establishing resident status?</p></li>
<li><p>About 1.5 semesters of my credits may transfer over to the program at University of Louisiana Lafayette. With regard to the actual classes, did anybody feel they needed to remember a great deal from General Chemistry or General Physics for their upper Petroleum Engineering classes? I'm fine with them anyway but I know that you will definitely have to do a lot of calculus which I've practically all but forgotten, even though I did well in it taking it up to Multivariable Calc. I think a cheaper alternative would be to take as much of University of Louisiana Lafayette <a href="http://petroleum.louisiana.edu/bs.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://petroleum.louisiana.edu/bs.pdf</a>) and Texas A&M's curriculum (<a href="http://www.pe.tamu.edu/Current-Students/Catalogs/PETE_curriculum_133.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.pe.tamu.edu/Current-Students/Catalogs/PETE_curriculum_133.pdf</a>) while reviewing Calc and taking classes that I haven't already taken like Geology and even engineering classes like Thermodynamics at local schools. This seems a lot easier with University of Lousiana Lafayette's curriculum. Unfortunately, I don't think any schools in New Jersey are going to be offering classes like Drilling Fluids.</p></li>
<li><p>I've heard of Master's programs for people in unrelated fields for other Engineering Programs, and, while this would offer more money, I would imagine they don't accept nonengineering students even if they offered a bridging program.</p></li>
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<p>Regarding #6, I don’t have very much personal experience in industry so I can’t argue with the validity of ageism in engineering, but concerning unemployment: think about other majors at your school. English, Math, Art, Journalism, Biology, etc. and think about how many of those majors are almost synonymous with unemployment or low wages. Engineering is never considered among those. With all fields, you’re going to find horror stories of someone who got laid off or fired and warns everyone on the evils of their profession and not to ever pursue it. Whether it’s their fault or just a fluke, things like that occasionally happen. What you should do is ignore these horror stories and look at the facts.</p>
<p>From BLS.gov:
“Overall job opportunities in engineering are expected to be good, and, indeed, prospects will be excellent in certain specialties. In addition to openings from job growth, many openings will be created by the need to replace current engineers who retire; transfer to management, sales, or other occupations; or leave engineering for other reasons.”</p>
<p>Would you rather trust Joe Engineer or the Bureau of Labor Statistics? </p>
<p>Just make sure you do you homework and make sure that whatever niche you’d like to enter will be viable in the future. Things to think about: Oil companies are making record profits but will that last? Is the oil industry declining? Can the skills you learn as a PetE be transferred to another field?</p>
<p>Math majors often find well paying opportunities in finance or actuarial jobs.</p>
<p>Engineering is subject to ups and downs of its industry even though, in general, job and career prospects are better than, for example, biology and humanities. For example, civil engineering graduates in the last few years have not had a good time in the job market.</p>
<p>1) have you checked to see if scholarships allow you to be considered a resident? I had a roommate that was from a different state and was considered a resident due to his scholarship status</p>
<p>2) Yes and No… It is not needed, but it makes things so much easier. The thing about engr in general is that you have equations to work from and most of the time it is plug and chug… but a good grounding is needed in the basics to “set-up” and “understand” a lot of problems. That being said, i’ll repeat it is not needed…</p>
<p>3) Most engineering masters programs require either a degree in engineering, physics, or math</p>
<p>4) Never heard of age discrimination in engineering. And while you are older than the avg undergrad it isn’t by much… For reference, I went to school with plenty of ppl that were 35+</p>
<p>5) This can happen pretty much any career you take… I was told early on… you are only worth what the company is willing to pay you… if you can be replaced by someone cheaper/younger and they can do similar work, then you have no job security! Keep that in mind, you have to constantly be gaining new skills and creating more value no matter what job you are doing.</p>
<p>Third, thanks to everybody else for their replies.</p>
<p>" 1) have you checked to see if scholarships allow you to be considered a resident? I had a roommate that was from a different state and was considered a resident due to his scholarship status"</p>
<p>Yeah, I was wondering about that. Any schools that have an instate yearly cost of attendance of up to 12,500 and have out of state tuition scholarships or waivers would be great.</p>
<p>2) What are the chances of working for a company (really, any company) near Houston, TX? I know internships are important here. Would be great if I could find anybody who went to ULL.</p>
<p>hi guys i want to get admission for bsc petroleum engineering in canada… can anyone tell me about any cheap university in canada where i can work and afford my living and study expense
please do help me with your answers … i am from pakistan</p>