re: Looking at maybe transferring into the LSU mechanical engineering program

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My experience is that LSU ME is a meat grinder.

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you either come out an engineer, or come out with a CM degree......

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Keith Alan Gonthier

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Did not know his middle name , but definitely the best professor/teacher I ever had. Tough....no doubt about it. But if you paid attention (which wasn't hard since he basically yelled the whole lecture with enthusiasm), then you have everything you need to pass. And when the whole class was struggling, he'd hold extra class hours in the evening. He changed how I approached school and that's what got me through.

It's amazing how well organized his lecture was for such difficult topics that could easily get sidetracked with questions. But he basically knew how the questions would come and was planned for it. I don't want to take his tests again, but I'd certainly voluntarily go listen to him speak on a topic.

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If I could really pick my dream occupation, it would be with NASA

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I have an undergrad ME degree from LSU. I work in fluid hydraulics.

I had a job offer from an aerospace company, a defense contractor and a position at the NASA Michoud facility when they were building the external tanks.

An ME degree is versatile and the LSU program is competitive. I've worked with engineers from many locations, including international institutions. I have noticed no particular program that conclusively produces higher quality candidates.

Have many friends who went through the ME program at LSU and TAMU doing well for themselves. Also know some
ME guys who went to ULL, LA Tech, UT Dallas, and UH who have done well.

I was managing 3 projects a year out of college

Georgia Tech

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Believe you, but more often than not I see CM grads making more than engineers. I make more than almost all my engineer friends and my job ain't that hard cher

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CM grads tend to top out very early in their careers.

Oh and working 50-60 hours just to make the same amount.

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at a private engineering firm?

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Probably at a plant or small contracting firm.

lsu is a target school for recruiting into the oil industry for obvious reasons:pete---chem---me (facilities) ...yes i left geosciences off on purpose.... good mba program for in state or near by recruiting..

vet ....yes but any vet school... there are less vet schools in the nation than states in the union ( i think)

My daughter is in the program now. She worked an internship last semester that told her if she knew hydraulics and pneumatics she would get hired quickly in her chosen field (robotics). However, she said LSU does not have classes that are specifically for the technical side of those fields.
She also said that being in the working world (she has had various internships) the majority of almost all her classes have been from the 1000 ft. level and she recommended that all ME students intern any way they can. She is taking an extra year to graduate because of it.
She has worked for/with several different graduates from other schools and almost all said that certain jobs will use School/GPA to weed people out of the hiring process, but they all consider work experience as a key. They did not look down on LSU's program, because they had not had experience with any other LSU graduates. Outside of O&G, most LSU grads stay in the LA/TX area. She has worked in Fla and TN. Her internship in Fla was mostly with grads from Mid Western Colleges.