Wow... if I could reset the clock the BSME/MSME 5-year program w/ the motorsports minor would be so awesome. Stupid W&M didn't have engineering and when I started college in fall of '99 it was the middle of the .com boom so if you didn't do business/computers you were a moron. People graduating in '99 were making $70-$100k+ a year right out of school

EDIT: To all you recent grads... how's the job market? Are you finding yourself fairly well insulated in this down period? Pay good?

Any issues with the fact that we as a nation are moving further into a service sector economy? I.e will engineering positions follow the mfg to China/India?

 

The business calc and engineering calc at ODU are two seaprate classes, so you will probably have to re-take if you can't test out.

 

No worries... I haven't taken a math class since spring '00 so it'll be needed.

 

While I can't speak for MET, I can speak for the CpET program.

I had no issues getting a full job offer from Anheuser Busch as an engineer for the brewery (interned there as well from ODU career fair) and IBM.

I was put up with students/grads from NC State, UNC, VT, UVA, etc. When I was at AB I was the only one offered a full time position from the group that worked there (around 20 total interns over the summer)

I now work with IBM full time.

 

I was under the impression METs are being hired more than ever. I could be wrong?

The motorsports engineering minor is kind of cool, but its nothing spectacular. You take an aero, ICE, vehicle dynamics, and race car performance class. The aero class was the only one i really got anything out of. The ICE class wasn't too practical IMO when i took it (mustangcrzy can vouch) but its now taught by a better aerospace professor (Dr Ash). The material taught in vehicle dynamics and Race car performance is real basic stuff out of Carol Smith's and Milliken's book. I felt it lacked real suspension, drive train, and chassis material.

Job market is pretty good. You can expect around atleast 58k-ish for ME and MET degrees in the Hampton Roads if your like manufacturing things, boats, and nuclear power plants.

 

It took me 6, almost 7 months to find a job. and the job I did get, the pay isn't great, but its a job. And its close to home. I interveiwed 7 times at Northrop Grumman in Newport News, with no offers, its all good, I did NOT want to work out there anyway, but sad to say, thats where the better money is from what I've seen. but there is a lot out there, ya just gotta find it, and hope the company has a good HR department. some places never returned calls or anything

 

I am currently working on my BSME and Physics Degree at VCU. The program really isn't that bad. I feel like you will learn alot at VCU and it seems like out of all the schools that offer it, they seem to be the best. The program started in the 90's so it still can use some work but we do alot of technical stuff. You only need one thermo course because the other is the more detailed statistical based thermo class but you can do "technical electives" if you want more in depth knowledge in thermo. I think your calc class should transfer cause we just have general calc I believe.

You end up taking Mechanical Systems Design, CAE Design, Thermal Systems Design, plus your two Senior Design courses. So you will learn how to calculate and design

Your best bet is to take a trip to the schools and see what they offer. I know most of the students that graduate get jobs with Boeing and the other engineering companies around Richmond. Virginia kind of sucks in the engineering department. We have Lockheed, Northrup, NASA, etc but it seems like other states have alot more. So hope this helps a little.

 

I'm 28 and have a house... I'm not making trips anywhere... it's ODU or nothing.

 

I hope you're joking. 7 times? I never interviewed

And also the money... there's better money else where from what I've been hearing.

 

yup 7 times. 7 - 1 hour drives, to wait 2 hours to find a parking spot, to waste a hour and a half interveiwing. then waisting 6 fucking weeks for them to reply saying I didn't get an offer. fuck that place.