re: Rating Engineering/Science programs in LA

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LA Tech has a better rated engineering program than LSU you derp.

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No it doesn't.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised given the fact that this is an LSU website, but somehow it never ceases to amaze me that the nimrods here think that somehow LSU is the be-all-end-all of academic achievement in Louisiana.

What are you people basing these rankings on? Anything concrete you care to link up?

All of these schools are ABET accredited, so what is it you think you're getting at LSU that you aren't getting anywhere else? Is calculus and thermodynamics different at LSU?

Do you think the teachers are better? Speaking from my own personal experience, while I was at ULL my teacher for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials was Dr. Russel Hibbeler. He wrote the text books we used... the same text books the students at LSU used.

Does anyone commenting here on the relative rankings of engineering programs actually have a degree from one of these schools? How about a P.E. license?

I passed my FE without studying and my PE on my first sitting. Apparently some of that nonsense they taught at ULL was worth a damn after all.

Also, I'll just leave this here as a LINK

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A team of University of Louisiana at Lafayette engineering students placed second in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 5 robotics competition.

LeTourneau University of Longview, Texas, earned first place and LSU placed third. The competition was held Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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I have attended both LSU and UNO for engineering, and enjoy UNO more. Teachers are more qualified (pretty much every one teaches and consults, while doing research) and they have plenty of facilities to use. Plus, the average age of students is higher, so people have more life experiences to base things off of. Class size is smaller and teachers are more accessible. I think we do more labs than LSU ME. The only thing LSU has better as far as what I've seen is computers

Where are the rankings?

I don't think Louisiana really has a high ranked engineering right now at any school


But I also think ranking are pretty useless

I would not call reputation a nebulous concept. Talk to an A&M grad about whether they really think A&M's program is that much better than any other school. Most will admit it's probably not (I've asked). It's the reputation and connections that make A&M well known as an engineering school. I've worked with Georgia Tech grads. Good guys, but not anything that makes you realize they went to a top 10 engineering school. But GT has that reputation. It is completely what the rankings are about and what a lot of hiring (the most important thing) is ranked off of. I know LSU isn't ranked super high. I'm not here trying to justify how good it is by pimping my old professors. Mostly since I don't have experience with any others. Just know that if you leave Louisiana, you will come across many more LSU grads than ULL grads. That's not really about quality and more about quantity, but it speaks to the reputation.

And as far as getting my PE, I don't have a reason as I am no longer in engineering. If I ever took a job that needed it, I'd take a pay cut. I have thought about taking it as I'm not worried about passing. But then I realized the only reason I would use it is to sound like badass on the Internet and that's just silly. If you ever need a job with your PE though, give me a shout. I'll take how your professor wrote some text books into consideration. (Usually don't like to go all OT badass, but you seem like you deserve it)

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Then you either don't understand the concept of reputation, or the definition of the word nebulous

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Nebulous means ill defined. So you are saying a institution cannot have a good reputation?

In regards to your professor, I'm merely pointing out that you can lean on that one professor, while every school can do that. You only have experience at that school.

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I will of course admit that LSU grads are hired more often and, on average, payed more right out of school than ULL grads.

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And this is all that matters. I'm not even saying that LSU is a better school. But even you admit this. That is where the rankings come into play.

You throw around me requiring a tutor, and I'll throw around bullshite Billy-badass comments as well. I grow tired of people who throw their PE around like it makes them better. I'm not an engineer anymore, I have no use for it. But I have the same education as those who have it. I have done the same work as those who have it in my industry. It's great for them that they have it. But don't act as though you know more than me because you took a test. I just took a different career path. But let it be known that I have absolutely no doubt that I would pass the PE on my first sitting. Friends who know me and have passed it have told me if I took it I shouldn't worry, they know I wouldn't have a problem.