<p>I am wondering where I should go. I have a opportunity to stay in state for University of Washington and study Mechanical Engineering, or go out of state to University of Kansas for Petroleum Engineering.</p>
<p>Career wise I am interested in petroleum engineering. I want to work in the industry as either drilling or reservoir engineer, or facilities. I am interested in all the areas. But as well process engineering has gotten my attention.</p>
<p>Anyway, does KU even have a good Petro program? I know UW has recognition and all that, but does KU provide any of that as well in industry?</p>
<p>KU actually gives decent scholarships based on ACT & GPA even for OOS. 28 ACT and 3.5 GPA qualifies an OOS student for $9,300 renewable scholarship if application is submitted by November 1.
[Costs</a> and Scholarships - KU Affordability](<a href=“http://affordability.ku.edu/cs/]Costs”>http://affordability.ku.edu/cs/)</p>
<p>KU has a pretty solid engineering program in all disciplines with good job opportunities and resources to help you (this is for engineering in general - not sure about petro specifically). However, most employers in this region consider K-State the better engineering school of the two. Not sure if K-State has petroleum engineering though.</p>
<p>Yep, I have long heard it said that K-State is the best STEM school in Kansas.</p>
<p>In any event, why would a Washington resident pass up on UW Engineering to attend Kansas U or K-State? I’ve got issues with education at UW, but no one doubts the high quality of engineering at Montlake.</p>
<p>I received my Ph.D. (Medical Chemistry) from University of Kansas followed by a Postdoctoral appointment at the University of Washington and am a J-Hawk tried and true. Hoever, neither Kansas nor Kansas State can come close to the University of Washington in most engineering fields.</p>
<p>I’m only considering KU since I can do Petroleum Engineering there, which I prefer. I hardly was offered any aid there so far, have no word on scholarships there yet.</p>
<p>For UW I can do Mechanical, I wanted Chemical, but couldn’t land it. And aid wise, it will only be costing me 5k this year due to grants and scholarships I’ve been offered.</p>
<p>I hope you’ve considered all the pros and cons of taking an extra year to graduate. One of the advantages is that the extra year will give you an opportunity for an additional Co-op or REU job.</p>
<p>It might not actually take another year, depending on how pre-reqs overlap (this like basic sciences and gen-ed requirements). Most people don’t actually start taking core courses until after freshman year. You should definitely talk to an engineering adviser at UW and see if you can structure a curriculum that makes progress towards both degrees.</p>
<p>Edit: I just realized you might be a transfer with relevant coursework already completed. I would still advise you to talk to an adviser. Who knows, it might work out.</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t indicate that. I am a transfer for this fall. I have to choose in the next week where to go.</p>
<p>Chemical doesn’t admit until spring, the problem is that if I choose that route at UW I will loose some scholarships that require me to complete in 4 years(too many excess credits), and financial aid will run dry. </p>
<p>I also know I’d rather do the facilities and reservoir jobs out there available to a petroleum engineer, but I’ve been told time after time, that I have an amazing opportunity to go to UW over KU, and at that, at a very cheap price.</p>
<p>But can Mechanical Engineers get the jobs I want? I want to drill for oil, and be involved in the fracking(in the ground to get oil) parts, and want to be able to make the call on which equipment is best and see where to find oil, those are the most interesting to me.</p>
<p>UW, which scholarships and grants will only cost me about 6k/year for the next two years, so 12k total.
KU will cost around 55k for both years.(estimate)</p>
<p>Wow… 6k/yr seems very reasonable. If you had to stay an extra semester or two to get Chem-E, would it still be at that rate? It might be worth it.</p>
<p>I would have to stay the extra year, I spoke to the adviser and the financial aid office. The only problem would be I would potentially lose financial aid for the final year and have to pay full cost.</p>
<p>If ME can lead me to the jobs I am hoping to get into, I would choose that.</p>
<p>Also, there’s no guarantee that you would be admitted to the ChemE major the second time around at UW if you were not admitted the first time. Average GPA of admits was 3.7 this year, with rising trend each year.</p>
<p>I didn’t get to apply as a transfer, they only admit during spring and I couldn’t apply during that quarter. </p>
<p>ME is arguably just as hard to get admission into. I spoke with the CHEME adviser and he stated I’d have an above average chance of getting admitted into the program, if I chose to spend the extra time(year) and money</p>
<p>I ended up going with UW. Thanks for the help everyone. I just couldn’t turn down the offer and the fact that KU would’ve cost me about 4x as much.</p>
<p>I just hope I didn’t ruin my chances at getting into the industry/jobs I want.</p>
<p>Great choice! You’ll be fine. I see you’re looking at chemical engineering. Did you know that Shell has a plant in Anacortes, Washington? I live in Louisiana, and after gushing about my wonderful trip to Washington State, I found that many of my friends had actually been there to the plant in Anacortes, a town that I had actually taken a whale watching cruise out of. Good luck and enjoy the beauty of your surroudings!</p>