Also, tell who ever to stick with it if it is what they want and think they can do it. The first couple years are full of weed out classes like physics 1 and 2, calculus 1-4, and chemistry 1 and 2. The second half of the programs, I don't want to say get easier, but more interesting and manageable. Like I said earlier they become smaller classes and easier to build some type of relationships with the teacher.

:thumb: I agree. I also have an engineering degree. Sophomore year was brutal.

Glad to hear about U of L as my son starts there next month where he's pursuing a mechanical engineering degree. He elected not to go the 5 year with a masters route as he wants some summers off, that may change by next spring though.

Looking for some input on colleges that offer engineering. Here are my questions:

1. Are there just 3 engineering schools in Kentucky--Louisville, UK and WKU?

2. Any information on D3 engineering schools in the area? Surrounding states?

3. Have heard many people talk about Louisville's reputation as a great engineering school. Anyone familiar with UK's engineering program? (U.S. News and World Report lists UK's engineering at #94 and Louisville Engineering at #124.)

 

Thanks. :thumb:

It really depends on the actual engineering field you are interested in.

For instance my son in law is a mechaniacl engineer who now works for GE designing Jet Engines. He frist went to UL but his sophomore year was able to get into what he considered the best school for his field and that was Embry Riddle in Prescott AZ. HE had a couple of his best friends who were still going to UL for engineering and found that their course studies although UL is really a good school for engineering but it was not as challenging as Embry Riddle and as he found was not as difficult as Embry Riddle was.

 

So it really depends on what field of Engineering would be my guess.

Glad to hear about U of L as my son starts there next month where he's pursuing a mechanical engineering degree. He elected not to go the 5 year with a masters route as he wants some summers off, that may change by next spring though.

I wish him the best of luck. As far as the Masters route, there are companines that will pay for his masters if he gets on with them after he gets his degree. My Son in Law after graduating was hired by GE and they are now paying for his graduate school so he is getting his masters degree paid for by his employer and they will pay for all his graduate schooling. He can get a phd and have it all paid for by GE if he chooses to goes that route.

Glad to hear about U of L as my son starts there next month where he's pursuing a mechanical engineering degree. He elected not to go the 5 year with a masters route as he wants some summers off, that may change by next spring though.

 

Echoing Hellbird here. A good friend of mine wasn't even working for a company as big as GE and they just wanted him to have a deeper specialty apart from his engineering degree and they paid for his Masters. While the practice is certainly rarer than it used to be, engineering is one of those fields that employers will still do that sort of thing.

HB, Getslow, thanks for the info! God help me if he gets a Masters and beyond as he already thinks he knows more than me.

University of Evansville has a solid computer engineering major, from what my son and daughter-in-law tell me. Several of my son's fraternity brothers were CE majors.

 

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of Evansville