Master's degree to work in robotics

teriwtt
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:05:15 +0000

Four years ago, CC was awesome in helping me guide a friend and her son as he looked for engineering programs in the midwest. He did end up at a good school and is graduating next May. Back then, he thought he wanted to work in gun design, but now has changed his interest to robotics. His mom does not really spend any time on the computer (is working full time and going to school herself), so last week I got a call from her (we don’t see each other very often any more, so the call was a surprise), saying her son was so impressed with how I guided them in the process of finding his program for undergraduate, that he was wondering if I might tap my resources to help him find a graduate program that will help him land a job in robotics. The two of them are coming over tomorrow, and I am at a loss as to where to start. So I’m guessing what I need help from at this point is asking the right kinds of questions to help direct the search, such as is there a geographic limitation, what were your grades like as an undergrad, do you prefer public over private to save money, etc.

What other kinds of questions should I ask them tomorrow so that I can come back here and provide information that might help members make suggestions for programs.

I absolutely do not mind a bit helping them out again; in fact, I was so flattered that he even remembered that I was the person who guided him four years ago; I haven’t seen this kid in four years. I know the mom because D2 and her daughter were in the same high school class, and the mom and I became friends then.

I do think he needs to take a stake in the search process, and will when asked to handle certain tasks. I am suspecting because it’s summer and he’s home without a full-time job, he is wanting to work on some of this now, instead of waiting until he gets back to school for the fall semester, but that means he doesn’t have easy access to professors on his campus right now.

Would starting to study for the GRE be a constructive thing for him to start doing this summer also?