Transfer Chance from WVU, Rejected Last Year

BIGeastBEAST
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:31:23 +0000

I graduated from WVU, and I won’t deny that there is a strong party element there.

However, it’s a big school with lots of different people, not all partiers. I believe Stahlnecker (SP?) was a quiet dorm, if I remember correctly it was the honors dorm or something like that.

What exactly do you want to do after graduation?

Right now, WVU students (specifically engineers) are being recruited to work in the BOOMING natural gas/Marcellus Shale industry that will be the life blood of the PA/WV economy for the next few decades.

I can assure you that WVU alumni are heavily involved in this industry, both on the WV and PA side. Also, for whatever reason, this Oil & Gas industry just “feels” more WVU than it does other competing schools in the area such as Pitt (not knocking Pitt at all) and even CMU. I’m not saying WVU is better than those schools, just that the culture in these companies is a bit WV…pick up trucks, open land, men in the field, ect.

You have the Texas oil man culture, and the WV/Rural PA natural gas culture…kinda similiar attitude.

To be fair, I must also mention PSU, who has really taken the lead in this Marcellus Shale development. But then again, WVU and PSU have a few things in common.

Remember…this is OIL AND GAS. Which means big money. In fact, it’s one of the last big money industries left around. So before you transfer to UVA, think twice. A WVU engineering student graduating in the next few years is in a very good position when it comes to landing a good paying job in a very good industry.

Futurecollegemom, if you think this is something your son would be interested in let me know and I can give you some information. I worked in the field, then left to “pursue my dream”, now I’m fighting to get back in.