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Thinking about switching from PETE to ME
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:58 pm
Anyone here also done the same thing? The way oil prices are going, I'd like to have a career that couldn't be at back because of wars in foreign countries. ME gives more career flexibility. Am I right in this line of thinking? Am I also right for assuming that a decent gpa in ME would set me up for more desirable locations for my first job?
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Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:58 pm to 337Tiger19
Do it
Srsly
Srsly
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:59 pm to 337Tiger19
Do it. Petroleum will run out but mechanicals are forever
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:59 pm to 337Tiger19
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Thinking about switching from PETE to ME
If ya scared, then just say ya scared!
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:01 pm to 337Tiger19
Go for it man
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:02 pm to 337Tiger19
quote:Depends on what you mean by desirable locations, but yeah. Do it.
Am I also right for assuming that a decent gpa in ME would set me up for more desirable locations for my first job?
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:02 pm to 337Tiger19
The PETE field is definitely getting flooded with new grads so a change would work in your favor. The discipline to switch to depends on your interest.
If your wanting to work in plants, go chemical eng. You can work in chemical or oil in gas field with it.
If your wanting to work in plants, go chemical eng. You can work in chemical or oil in gas field with it.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:03 pm to OneMoreTime
Like maybe NOLA or Houston as opposed to possibly spending weeks-months at a time in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:11 pm to 337Tiger19
Not a bad idea..
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:13 pm to 337Tiger19
ME>>PE at this point imo
Way more jobs available and less competitive Id imagine
Way more jobs available and less competitive Id imagine
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:24 pm to 337Tiger19
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This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:26 pm to 337Tiger19
Go bioengineering. Stop chasing the present and take a shortcut to the future. 
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:30 pm to 337Tiger19
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Like maybe NOLA or Houston as opposed to possibly spending weeks-months at a time in Saudi Arabia.
Houston is definitely the petroleum hub. I don't know anyone I graduated with who went to Saudi Arabia, except for the Saudi Arabian students.
Honestly, the way prices are going, and considering how popular the major has become, you tried to get in at a bad time. The safe option would be to switch to mechanical, and take petroleum classes as your electives. That way you could still possibly get a petroleum engineering job but you wouldn't be pigeonholed to the oilfield.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:30 pm to 337Tiger19
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Like maybe NOLA or Houston as opposed to possibly spending weeks-months at a time in Saudi Arabia.
You must be a freshman if this what you think your future career path is in PETE.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:32 pm to biglego
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Petroleum will run out
No
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:33 pm to 337Tiger19
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This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:39 pm to 337Tiger19
quote:Yeah, if your gpa is high enough and you aren't a tard in interviews, you'll be able to get a good job in either of those places.
Like maybe NOLA or Houston
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:43 pm to OneMoreTime
NOLA is really sparse on petroleum engineering jobs these days.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:43 pm to 337Tiger19
I actually was very interested in pete and still find the oilfield fascinating...however, I just couldn't stomach the insecurity of the discipline and switched to ME...
damn glad I did, because within a few years after I graduated, the job market went from 100% placement of graduates to serious consideration of eliminating the PetE major at LSU...
damn glad I switched to ME and have never regretted it for a minute....
damn glad I did, because within a few years after I graduated, the job market went from 100% placement of graduates to serious consideration of eliminating the PetE major at LSU...
damn glad I switched to ME and have never regretted it for a minute....
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:54 pm to 337Tiger19
I'm a Pete, graduated 2009. They are both great majors, don't think you would regret the switch.
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