re: Construction Management Degree question..

My roommate who went out to tigerland basically every night and failed a couple of his classes ended with getting a construction management degree. Never saw him do homework.

I'd put it at a 4. As many others said, the hardest required classes are physics 2, accounting, and business calc.

Tell your kid to put in just a bit of effort getting thru those 3 classes, graduate with a 3.0 or better, and do internships summer after sophomore and junior years.

Starting pay at my company is 73,500 for cm grads. They can be making 100k in 2 years. a good PM is making 120-140 with bonus. Supers get paid more but it usually takes a little longer.

CM grad here, I'd say a 4. Calculus, Physics 1, physics 2 are the hardest classes. Just make a C in those and you'll be fine. There are some other classes that more of a pain in the arse rather than hard. I don't think it's hard to get into, I'm actually not sure if you can get rejected from it. If so, I've never heard of it happening.

Anyways, keep a 3.0ish GPA, and get some summer internships and you can end up doing very well for yourself. The hardest part is probably figuring out what career path you want to take, Project Management, Superintendent, Estimator, etc. and also what field to into, Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Subcontractor side, etc.

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What’s the point of being a PE if you’re gonna work as a gc?

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Because chit needs to be stamped sometimes for the permit office (nazis) or other jackasses.

How many classes in bank fraud are required?

If you can minor in getting meth heads to work for you that would be a beneficial skill set since all the Mexicans will be gone.

Went back after working in operations for a few years and got this as a second bachelors. Making excellent money now living in the Houston area. Best thing I ever did.