<p>I am looking to transfer from my community college, to go to a 4-year institution for Petroleum Engineering. I have worked as a QC technician at an asphalt plant for the past 3 years full-time, while attending school part-time for the past 2 years (projected graduation is end of Spring 2014). I have maintained a 3.8 GPA in a Natural Sciences major, am a current member of PTK, and I have completed 42 credit hours. I recently quit my job to focus on school full-time, with an accelerated summer chemistry class coming up next week, and 18 credit load scheduled for Fall 2013 semester. I did not take SAT or ACT tests as I dropped out of high school (while in honors classes) and got my GED, but I read somewhere that if you have 30+ credit hours from a college then your high school transcript doesn't really matter (I am unsure of the validity of this statement if anyone knows further please let me know).</p>
<pre><code> There are 22 colleges that offer a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, and I am aiming for Penn State University. I am very curious as to what you guys think my chances are of being accepted in Spring 2014 or Fall 2014 at Penn State in particular, and if not Penn State, if I would be accepted as a transfer at any of these other colleges that offer the program.
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<p>List below:
Colorado School of Mines<br>
Illinois Institute of Technology<br>
Louisiana State Univ and Ag and Mech College<br>
Marietta College<br>
Montana Tech of the University of Montana<br>
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology<br>
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus<br>
Stanford University
Texas A & M University<br>
Texas Tech University<br>
University of Alaska Fairbanks<br>
University of Houston, University Park<br>
University of Kansas Main Campus<br>
University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>
University of Missouri, Rolla<br>
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus<br>
University of Southern California<br>
University of Texas at Austin
University of Tulsa
University of Wyoming<br>
Wayne State University
West Virginia University</p>
<p>You’ll get into University of Oklahoma. You might also qualify for a departmental scholarship or two. PM me if you want details about transferring into the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy (where OU’s PetE program is based)</p>
<p>I am very interested in the details, I sent you an email (I do not have enough posts yet to PM)</p>
<p>I replied back. For the record, you’ll get into University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Kansas, University of Louisiana - Lafayette (may be eligible for in state tuition), University of Wyoming, and West Virginia University. Are you a resident of a WUE state? If so, some of the schools on your list which offer WUE to transfers would likely give you the WUE rate.</p>
<p>I’m less familiar with the other’s transfer requirements, but since this is a chance me thread, I will say you have a very high probability of getting into LSU, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Tulsa, Montana Tech, and Wayne State. The other schools I either don’t know enough about, or know that they’re very difficult to get into (eg, Stanford and USC)</p>
<p>I’d recommend you look into University of North Dakota and South Dakota School of Mines. Although UND doesn’t have a PetE program, I’m almost positive its geological engineering graduates are working in the Bakken Shale. I believe the same is true of South Dakota School of Mines.</p>
<p>This is not the first time I have seen Petroleum Engineering associated with Illinois Institute of Technology. I am not sure where this information comes from but we do not have that degree. The list of Engineering degrees at the Bachelor’s level at IIT is </p>
<p>Aerospace Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Management
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>There are professional Masters degrees which might be more related to Petroleum Engineering but not at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>That being said, you are likely to be admitted as a transfer student at IIT if you were to apply and given that you are in PTK, you would be eligible for some kind of merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Finally, you are correct that the ACT and SAT are generally not relevant for transfer admission if you have over 30 credits.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you for the reply xraymancs, I’ll double check the lists I am referring to find the schools with Pet E bachelors programs. I think I might avoid the Masters route at this point in time.</p>