From MET to ME

silverbullet
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:19:56 +0000

I was under the impression that you were able to legally call yourself an engineer as long as you had an engineering position anywhere in the US, but i guess that isn’t true… but either way, MET grads are able to take the FE and continue to get a PE to become licensed.

wow, OVER 10k seems unfair compared to what i’ve seen. I guess it does depend where you go. I was told government contractors like NG and LM were best to get jobs in.

I’m an upperclassmen MET major so it would be too much of a waste to start over in ME IMO. I got into the MET program in the beginning because I wasn’t too sure what the difference was. I dont regret it though, because i like it. i feel the biggest advantage to this is that it is easier. That gives me and others the opportunity to study something else as well such as EET minor or something else that goes along with mechanical engineering. Its nice to be a jack of all trades.

I don’t know how far nmt6789 is in his major, but if your just a freshmen or even a soph and would like to change to ME, i think they should go for it if they really want to. If they are in my position, i feel it would be best to just finish it like I am.