<p>Montana Tech seems like a good choice considering the future potential of the Bakken Formation (4 Billion Barrels) for US oil supply.</p>
<p>I have two students in the engineering department at UT Austin. Here are a few thoughts:</p>
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<li><p>Many financial aid recipients are surprised to see the aid package reduced by merit scholarships. Be sure you know how this will work at the colleges you are considering.</p></li>
<li><p>Different merit scholarships emphasize different qualifications in applicants. I found that engineering scholarships tend to be based on quantitative factors like SAT score, while university-wide scholarships generally looked at more qualitative factors such as leadership and service in distributing awards. It is hard to find institutional scholarships for much more than the amount of tuition at the better schools.</p></li>
<li><p>Texas is the only state I am aware of with an OOS tuition waiver for merit scholarship recipients, but there is a limit to the number of waivers that may be granted, so in state tuition is not guaranteed.</p></li>
<li><p>Absent personal connections it is really difficult to get a job offer from a company that does not recruit on campus. Get a list of companies recruiting at the career fairs for the colleges you are considering.</p></li>
<li><p>In this tight job market many companies are limiting hiring of full time engineers to the intern pool. The success of students in landing internships is a factor you should investigate at the colleges you are considering. Having a 4.0 GPA might get you to grad school but it might not be enough to get a job offer in this down economy.</p></li>
<li><p>The majors in the energy industry recruit in areas such as chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and geophysical engineering in addition to petroleum engineering.</p></li>
<li><p>Starting positions at the top of the salary scale (around six figures plus signing bonus here in Texas) in the energy industry involve an immense amount of competition. It is tough to even get an interview slot with a company like Exxon Mobil.</p></li>
<li><p>Just staying in the engineering program at the best schools may be difficult, as many programs weed out students who do not measure up in terms of intellectual capacity or work ethic. Employers may discount engineering programs that do not perform this weed-out function.</p></li>
<li><p>Look at cost of living when comparing starting salaries at colleges you are considering. Adjusting for cost of living makes a huge difference when comparing salaries in a low cost of living state like Texas to salaries on the East or West Coast.</p></li>
<li><p>If you have a specific location where you prefer to work, a less prestigious engineering program in this geographic area may be an option.</p></li>
<li><p>Once you have a job your college credentials are not particularly important any longer unless you have attended a school with an extremely loyal alumni network like Texas A&M.</p></li>
<li><p>A common misperception is that all of Texas is like West Texas with a desert climate. In fact, East Texas (including Houston) is humid with ample rainfall and forests exist just outside the urban area. The climate of the central Texas Hill Country (around Austin) is in between. It sure is hot everywhere in the state in the summer though.</p></li>
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<p>I am about 28 years-old guy currently studying Computer Science at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Originally from Africa but lives in NY. I have got admissions into Texas Tech, LSU, Uni Of Oklahoma, Uni of Tulsa, Marietta, Penn-state to Study Petroleum Engineering. I would like to play football too. I weight a little bit over 310 pounds. I could leg press 1000 pounds, Squat 500 pounds( I think I could definitely squat about 1000+ pound with professional training). Deadlift 500 pounds. Bench press 350( training to hit 500 pounds by August). A lot people say I look like a Football player but never play it before but was once recruited by A college in North Corolina.</p>
<p>My question is, which of the above schools would give me the best opportunity to play football and best employment opportunity with the NFL or the petroleum industry.</p>
<p>As regard financial aid, Marietta gave me about 35 grand( about 9 in Stafford loan and the rest scholar and grants) out of 38,000. Best offer so far but their football team is not division 1. Penn-State gave me 12grand in stafford and 10g in scholar and grant.( i still have to come up with about 22 grands from my pocket). Uni of Oklahoma gave me no scholar but just stafford loan. I have to come up with about 10g from my pocket. I have not yet got no financial aid package from LSU and TTU. Am also waiting on Admission decision from Stafford and Columbia</p>
<p>I am about 28 years-old guy currently studying Computer Science at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Originally from Africa but lives in NY. I have got admissions into Texas Tech, LSU, Uni Of Oklahoma, Uni of Tulsa, Marietta, Penn-state to Study Petroleum Engineering. I would like to play football too. I weight a little bit over 310 pounds. I could leg press 1000 pounds, Squat 500 pounds( I think I could definitely squat about 1000+ pound with professional training). Deadlift 500 pounds. Bench press 350( training to hit 500 pounds by August). A lot people say I look like a Football player but never play it before but was once recruited by A college in North Corolina.</p>
<p>My question is, which of the above schools would give me the best opportunity to play football and best employment opportunity with the NFL or the petroleum industry.</p>
<p>As regard financial aid, Marietta gave me about 35 grand( about 9 in Stafford loan and the rest scholar and grants) out of 38,000. Best offer so far but their football team is not division 1. Penn-State gave me 12grand in stafford and 10g in scholar and grant.( i still have to come up with about 22 grands from my pocket). Uni of Oklahoma gave me no scholar but just stafford loan. I have to come up with about 10g from my pocket. I have not yet got no financial aid package from LSU and TTU. Am also waiting on Admission decision from Stafford and Columbia</p>
<p>I visited Mines a few weeks ago for a ChemE information session, but I also learned a lot about the Petroleum engineering program also. </p>
<p>They gave me a fact sheet, and it said that petroleum graduates make (on average) $88,751!</p>
<p>I really liked Golden, Colorado (I’m from Idaho, so I like the outdoors), but I crossed CSM off my list because of the cost and student. However, since you’re looking at Petroleum, you don’t have as many options. </p>
<p>I will say that if were majoring in Petroleum engineering, I would definitely go to CSM. When I was there, recruiters from Exxon were asking me what year I was in, my GPA, and my experience. Even after I told them I was in high school, they still gave me a ton of information about getting an internship, co-op, or job at Exxon. </p>
<p>CSM has great recruiting.</p>
<p>Ask me any other questions about CSM! I still have a lot of information sheets from when I went there.</p>
<p>I don’t want to hijack this thread but in response to DontsayDie:</p>
<p>To be completely honest, I don’t think any school will seriously look at you for playing college ball. You’re 28, and you’ve never played before. You have to have serious talent to get recruited to play college ball, and get a scholarship doing it… At best, you could walk on and tryout to play on the practice squad at a larger institution, but even then you’re going to be competing against guys who have 15 years of experience on you. The NFL won’t even look at you because of your age. So my advice to you, would be to go to school and get a degree in something that you can make a good living at.</p>
<p>In response to the original poster:</p>
<p>Those are all good schools. Mines has strong recruitment from all of the majors and many of the smaller independents. However, you MUST, MUST get an internship during your 4 years wherever you go, because people without internship experience are basically treated like second class citizens during the hiring process.</p>
<p>Hi, I was accepted at Mines (Still laying out the plan with respect to financial stuff). I’d like to know what their petroleum graduates make (Range) and also, how much do they earn during an internship period.</p>
<p>Hi! I am an international student from India and have secured admission to the masters in Petroleum Engineering program of CSM for FALL-2011. But funding is not available for me as of now. I wanted to ask you whether the placement opportunities are equally good for international students and is it worth going without aid or funding? Also please forward all the information sheets you have about CSM to my email which is: <a href="mailto:adityas1989@gmail.com">adityas1989@gmail.com</a>. It will be a great help for me!! Thank you!!! </p>
<p>Aditya…</p>
<p>if u mean job placement @ CSM then,I’ll say absolutely YES. a lot of international Oil and Gas companies recruit at CSM. But since u r and international student, to be competitive and get the same opportunities (as American Citizens) then, u have to be an exceptional student ( not jus with good grades but make ur present be known within the petroleum engineering department and of course CSM). and dont worry about the assistantship for now if u do very well ur 1st. semester, assistantships will be jus @ the tip of ur finger. I know u will get one. dont push urself too hard.</p>
<p>Hi! 
I’m an international student currently studying at a CC hoping to transfer to tamu. does anyone has any advice on gpa or any stuff that can give me better chance on the petroleum engineering program? and will being a female lessen my chances?</p>
<p>Being a female will help your chances, there are quite a few international students in tamu’s pete department, and you need a very high GPA because A&M’s pete department is quite competitive.</p>
<p>I’m transferring from a community college next fall into a PE program (applying to UTA, A&M and I’ve got assured admission into Texas Tech, barring any unforeseen bad grades). What makes you say that being female helps get internships?</p>
<p>Don’t forget about some of the good schools up north… Penn State, WVU, Marietta</p>
<p>what is starting pay for petroleum engineer who has just completed his BSC and he does not have any experience ?</p>
<p>which one is better for me?
I want to do petroleum engineering
some one told me to do bachelors in mechanical then masters in petroleum
and other one said to do both in petroleum
I cannot afford high fees. In some countries education is free or cheap but there level of education is not up to the mark and they also don’t have BSC petroleum in there course
Kindly guide me</p>
<p>Texas A&M is ranked number one in the nation for petroleum engineering, Mines seconds, and UT third.</p>
<p>People make the mistake of thinking their university will be the greatest determining factor in their job placement. Know this, good networking skills, interviewing skills, family ties and communication skills go a long way in landing a good job in the oil industry.</p>
<p>In the last few years UT and A&M have flip-flopped in the #1 and #2. It just depends on which year you review, which report and who you talk to. CSM is a good school but I’ve never seen it listed above the Texas schools. We visited CSM this year. Golden is a cool little town. The program is excellent but it is a little small and about 70% male. They could be issues for some. If you are female then it probably sounds better!</p>
<p>Hello…im srikanth in 12th grade…i want to pursue petroleum engineering…i have applied to ut austin, texas a&m,oklohoma,texas tech,uni…houston nd colorado school of mines…i have gotten into texas tech…but my priority is to get into colorado school of mines…unfortunately i ddnt take sat seriously nd ended up gettin 1530…but im gud at academics nd have 3.7 gpa…i performed extremely well in 10th grade…also i have a variety of activities…services etc…i applied to mines when d admissions opened nd they wer initally in touch with me nd said they were impressed with my activities…nd then i did the remaining part…transcripts,sat scores,etc…i hope i can get into it…whts ur take nd they havent replied bck yet…reason to wrry…?..or will they give decision in february?..pls help thanks…</p>
<p>How is University of Houston’s program? I realize they aren’t accredited but how much does that matter?</p>
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