<p>I’ve recently been accepted into several schools:
UT Austin: Petroleum Engineer Major
(This was my second choice, right after business)
Texas A&M: Engineering Major
(This is my safety school; not really looking towards this school)
Tulane University (No idea what major I’m doing. I’m leaning towards business)
(Got Honors program and $24,000/year scholarship)
I’m also waiting on admission decisions from Berkeley and NYU.</p>
<p>Here’s my question: Which school would suit me best?
Most of my friends will be going to UT, but I hear the class sizes are ridiculous. Also, I didn’t get my preferred business major.
Does anyone have any info on Tulane? I didn’t think it was that great since the app took me 10 minutes (including the essay), but then I heard about it being the “ivy league of the south.” The scholarship is also very attractive to me.</p>
<p>I don’t think Tulane is the Ivy of the south, but it’s solid. In fact, you may want to go for Tulane – $24k/year is pretty darn good, and it has the academic programming you’re looking for.</p>
<p>Did you look at NYU-Stern as part of NYU? Northeastern?</p>
<p>I think I applied to the NYU stern school of business, since I heard it’s a very nice business school. But I also hear it’s freezing up there D:</p>
<p>It’s really not – just buy a nice jacket, and wear layers. I live near the City (i.e. NYC) and we get by just fine – wearing layers, driving carefully (and avoiding rear-wheel drive cars), and staying inside during much of the winter works.</p>
<p>Seriously though, are you in-state for UT Austin?
If you want to do any engineering, UT is a great choice. Do you have a strong interest in petroleum engineering? If so, it is currently quite lucrative.</p>
<p>No guarantees what the future will be like 4 years from now, but with oil over $100/barrel, petroleum engineers are making bank. The Wall Street Journal quoted average starting salaries of PetroE grads (from Texas Tech) at $110k with signing bonuses.</p>