Cal Poly Pomona 300 word essay

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>I have a general question about the essay they are requesting since they have -very- limited seats available for civil engineering. </p>

<p>Do they care about the structure of the essay, the syntax, the flow? Or do they just want the quick-and-dirty version of what they are asking for? </p>

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<li>Please tell us about your personal strengths, talents, qualities, accomplishments, interests, or life experiences, along with any other characteristics that would make you a successful civil engineer (maximum 300 words).</li>
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<p>^ that’s the prompt if it matters</p>

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<p>no one?..</p>

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<p>You do realize civil engineering field is not coming back anytime soon and you’ll be having a hard time when you graduate in the near future.
50% of cal poly civil graduates c/o 2010 could not find a job. </p>

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<p>But if you insist, the answer to your question is they care, but not too anal about it. As long they get your point, you’re ok.</p>

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<p>ouch i am interested in civil too…
Is it just because of the school/state, or its happening all over the country?</p>

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<p>Really? I thought it wasn’t as harshly hit as most other fields, and things are needed to be built all the time so I assumed it would be a pretty safe route to go. :(</p>

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all over the country. civil jobs are now in china and india. the only countries that are building.</p>

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why did u think so?
Residential RE is in deep doodoo. Lots of civil PE and surveyors with PLS who used to work for land development companies are now working at home depot.
Commercial RE? not looking too good either.
Public infrastructures? haven’t u heard the gov’t is in deep financial problems? if u can land a gov’t job it’ll be “relatively” secure, but nowadays even the old engineers working for municipalities are clinging to their job cuz their retirement has been decimated.
Utility? A little bit better, but same story. People are not retiring, so can’t hire new people… </p>

<p>According to BLS the number of employment for:
Civil engineers - 278,400
Mechanical engineers - 238,700
Electrical engineers - 157,800
Environmental engineers - 54,300</p>

<p>On the other hand, a search on indeed.com as of 11/22/11 found openings for:
CE - 10,000+
ME - 42,000+
EE - 45,000+
EnvE - 15,000+</p>