Petroleum Engineering Internships for 2011

gstein
Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:00:54 +0000

ucla011:

After seeing my S1 and many of his classmates struggling through obtaining internship even in popular CSE in Junior and Senior, my hearts go out to all of them. I cannot help but wonder what about the less popular major.



While PetE may be less popular than CSE, there is one thing you haven’t accounted for: Rankings. When compared to other schools, CSE at A&M isn’t a top 20 ranked program, while PetE at A&M is usually THE top ranked program (see USNWR). You can begin the argument that “Rankings don’t mean anything”, blah blah blah, but in reality they do. When PetE companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips go to hire, they are going directly for A&M graduates. When CSE companies like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook go to hire, they don’t directly go for A&M graduates.