My best friend got his BSMET. From what i understand, an MET would be a drafter/technician. I guess an example would be an MET would design and draft things in CAD based on an ME's vision. I believe career advancement and salary wise, MET's are lower than ME's.
what school you went to? what field? congrats man i hope to land a job that young
I'm not familiar enough to give any advise on that. My school only offered civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and then engr technology programs. Nobody in my region offers automotive. That being said, I chose mechanical because I dreamed of working for General Motors and I personally wouldn't do automotive even if it was offered here. Once again, I can't advise you on the outlook for automotive but I PERSONALLY would stick to something less specific. You can definitely work in the auto industry with as an electrical or mechanical, but i'd assume it'd be just a tad tougher working in other industries with automotive. Do your research, try to find some people with automotive degrees to give some real advise and mentor you, look at the current job market, try to find growth predictions, talk to your potential college dean about it... Follow your heart.
That's definitely tough, school isn't cheap and nobody wants to be in school forever. I think you can have a great career with bsmet, it just may be a little harder initially. I'm sure you'd like the path of least resistance.. So here's what I'd say. Find out if your state or a close by state allows people with bsmet to take the FE/PE, each state is different. http://ppi2pass.com/faqs/qualifying-to-take-the-licensing-exams
got a bs in mechanical @ Southern University and A&M, small hbcu in Louisiana. I stayed in state because of TOPS, our scholarship program. Chose SU over the LSU tigers because i think the engr program is better, a few of our teachers are at both schools and they say the same. Smaller class sizes (25ish in engr courses), better labs/facilities, we're just not as big as LSU obviously. You'll be good, keep >3.0 and co-op!! I can't emphasize that enough.
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Good luck man. I'm waiting on notification too. They cashed my check so that has to mean something hahaApplied for the April 2014 PE, hopefully I get approved and get an oppurtunity to take the test this April.
I graduated in June 2011 and started work about a week after. Still at the same company, time flies once you are done with school.
Yea i am. I didn't send in any postcards. I figured if they cashed my check then they got it haha.You too bro.
Are you really located in Sacramento? I am and the board is literally done the street from my house.
I received the self addressed postcard which confirmed my application is under review recently.
FE is the Fundamental Exam (Engineer-in-Training as it was previously called). For many engineers, this is the first step to taking the PE. Usually, the FE will be taken while in your last year or so in school because it covers many of the fundamental classes (Math, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, fluids, science, etc) you took early on in your college career. Some people wait until after graduating to take the FE exam. Depending on what you want to do, it is typically best to have the EIT certificate before graduation as many employers like to see that on resume's.
