Check placement rates before committing to OSU

osuprof
Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:41:54 +0000

@buzzlightyear3:

I am sorry to hear about your son’s experience with the school. I think it is true at Ohio State has a lot of students, and it cannot work proactively to create opportunities for all of them. Among all big 10 schools’ engineering programs, OSU has the worst student to faculty ratio!.

One thing to consider would be branching to a different field: Aeronautical is a hit or miss major because it is very specialized and has a small number of employers. Consider taking a few computer science classes, where the market is very hot, and see if he can land something in that area (may be getting a minor formally?). My experience is that engineering majors from good school turn out very well in the software field with a small amount of formal education, because of their strong analytical bent and the abillity to pay attention to details. My two cents worth … I hope he is successful soon.