Engineers: Georgia Tech vs Kennesaw State (Southern Poly)

[rumrunner55]

You all, thanks for the replies. My kid (daughter) is a math whiz (loves calculus), and has met the academic requirements for both colleges. She has been accepted to KSU, and we should get the results from GT any day.

The part that concerns me is that she is NOT hands on. She had thought about getting a math major and teaching, but the thought of 150 high school kids and their parents is not as appealing as it once was. So she was encouraged to think about engineering. So we are investigating what she would like to do for a job with that degree.

Most engineers these days are not hands-on at all and sit behind a desk and draw on a computer The most hands-on they get is labs in school that just teach application of the math and physics. Most of the mechanical engineers I know just run production lines as managers…please don’t let her be a teacher the BS they have to deal with isn’t worth it at all…my wife is one

 

[Hayata]

You all, thanks for the replies. My kid (daughter) is a math whiz (loves calculus), and has met the academic requirements for both colleges. She has been accepted to KSU, and we should get the results from GT any day.

The part that concerns me is that she is NOT hands on. She had thought about getting a math major and teaching, but the thought of 150 high school kids and their parents is not as appealing as it once was. So she was encouraged to think about engineering. So we are investigating what she would like to do for a job with that degree.

Loves calculus?

Has she thought about becoming an actuary? They deal with numbers day in day out from what I understand. And very well compensated.

Salary – Be An Actuary

www.beanactuary.org

 

[87KJH]

Actuaries, quantitative analyst, data scientists and statistical jobs have excellent salaries.
Big Data is big business these days.

Unless things have changed recently, the course requirements for the first two years of college for math, engineering, and many computer science majors are very similar. She will have some time to see what other career paths may be of interest.

 

[reklawd]

The Hustler’s MBA – Tynan.com

 

[reklawd]

Actuaries, quantitative analyst, data scientists and statistical jobs have excellent salaries.
Big Data is big business these days.

Unless things have changed recently, the course requirements for the first two years of college for math, engineering, and many computer science majors are very similar. She will have some time to see what other career paths may be of interest.

My neighbor is an Actuary - her dad taught actuarial science and Penn State. She has passed the top actuary test. Super smart.

Funny story, I always did ****ty with grades. Figured out the school I wanted to go to was trying to grow its actuarial science program, so I applied as one and got in, and then switch my major to Finace after the first semester.

 

[DADI03]

The architecture firm my aunt used to work for put tech grads at the bottom of the pile and ksu at the top. They came in to intitled and demanding and often produced less work.

 

[roundhouse]

You all, thanks for the replies. My kid (daughter) is a math whiz (loves calculus), and has met the academic requirements for both colleges. She has been accepted to KSU, and we should get the results from GT any day.

The part that concerns me is that she is NOT hands on. She had thought about getting a math major and teaching, but the thought of 150 high school kids and their parents is not as appealing as it once was. So she was encouraged to think about engineering. So we are investigating what she would like to do for a job with that degree.

Mrs roundhouse loved math and got a scholarship to a private college in Mississippi and majored in mathematics , with a minor in education and a minor in piano .
And got her masters degree in mathematics at another school.

She was recruited at college by the armed forces to be a civilian instructor at a particular base,
Did that for a few years while teaching part time at night at a nearby college .

She is now a specialized accountant dealing with real estate and it’s a very good field . The demand for real estate property accountants is huge .

I certainly wouldn’t want to be a teacher at a public school but teaching at a college is very different .

 

[gh1950]

The part that concerns me is that she is NOT hands on. She had thought about getting a math major and teaching, but the thought of 150 high school kids and their parents is not as appealing as it once was. So she was encouraged to think about engineering. So we are investigating what she would like to do for a job with that degree.

I had to work on a project, and I was really surprised that the big market for math majors is brokerage houses and banks. Modern investments at the highest levels is all done by computers, working around the clock, around the world. The brokerage houses hire pure theoretical engineers and math people to work out the formulas and validate them. I was really surprised that an "egghead" whose normal career path would be as an academic making maybe mid-five figures, has no problem hooking up with J.P. Morgan or Citi Bank for six figures. Citibank was hiring the heck out of astrophysicists. No business courses required.

 

[roundhouse]

A good accountant can earn $100-$125k a couple years out of school .
Emphasis on Good .

 

[Shmelton]

What career does he want to pursue? I went to Tech to be an Architect. Two yrs later I dropped out, and went to work in the electrical field. I’ve been selling electrical supplies for the last 20 yrs, and don’t regret in the least not finishing. I make great money, have a great job, and work my own hours.

Tech is a hard school. I made a 5 on my AP Calc exam, and it was like I never to Calc the day I started my Calc 1 class. I studied day, and night to stay afloat for the 2 yrs I was there. It wasn’t worth all of the effort I was putting into it to me. Then I figured out Architecture wasn’t all engineering, there was a lot of froo froo **** involved that I didn’t like. Point being, if he isn’t sure what he wants to do, get him in a school that he can enjoy along with the learning. Then after he finishes his core he can transfer to tech if he wants to be an engineer. There are several schools out there that have programs set up for transferring to Tech specifically later down the rd.


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