Any UL grads?

[Finfeatherfur]

Brayden, let me throw this out there to you. ULL is great and so is the town, along the lines of what everyone has said here, it has pretty much been covered. Sure traffic is a mess, but what town isn't and besides, at ULL - you don't need to drive for much anyway! I attended both ULL and McNeese, and ULL was better since they had more to offer (classes, recreation, culture, etc.).

Now, what you want to pursue for a career needs to be looked at also. I have no regrets in my life, but after going to school for 3 years and working as a paramedic for 13, I now find myself in the oil/gas industry. To see what 22 y/o petroleum engineers are bringing in makes me sick to my stomach. Sure the medical field is great, especially nursing, but if I had to do it all over again - PE would be the ticket. I laugh to see what my brother-n-law spent in loans and college expenses to become a M.D. (general practice at that) compared to what he is making. He will work for 10 years to pay it off, making what I make in the office. These PE's are making double and unless they design a "flux capacitor" (sp?) that makes the use of hydrocarbon energy disappear, then we will need more than ever. With your grades/mentality/personality - the sky is the limit. ULL has one of the best PE programs around and big money jobs are waiting.

If you would like, let's set up a day when you can come to Lafayette, meet some of the guys that work for us and we can take you around the campus. I would also like to introduce you to the director of the PE school here at ULL so you can meet some of the students to see what they are working on and some of the things you can expect. Let me know, invitation is open!

[Josh C]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

Brayden, let me throw this out there to you. ULL is great and so is the town, along the lines of what everyone has said here, it has pretty much been covered. Sure traffic is a mess, but what town isn't and besides, at ULL - you don't need to drive for much anyway! I attended both ULL and McNeese, and ULL was better since they had more to offer (classes, recreation, culture, etc.).

Now, what you want to pursue for a career needs to be looked at also. I have no regrets in my life, but after going to school for 3 years and working as a paramedic for 13, I now find myself in the oil/gas industry. To see what 22 y/o petroleum engineers are bringing in makes me sick to my stomach. Sure the medical field is great, especially nursing, but if I had to do it all over again - PE would be the ticket. I laugh to see what my brother-n-law spent in loans and college expenses to become a M.D. (general practice at that) compared to what he is making. He will work for 10 years to pay it off, making what I make in the office. These PE's are making double and unless they design a "flux capacitor" (sp?) that makes the use of hydrocarbon energy disappear, then we will need more than ever. With your grades/mentality/personality - the sky is the limit. ULL has one of the best PE programs around and big money jobs are waiting.

If you would like, let's set up a day when you can come to Lafayette, meet some of the guys that work for us and we can take you around the campus. I would also like to introduce you to the director of the PE school here at ULL so you can meet some of the students to see what they are working on and some of the things you can expect. Let me know, invitation is open!

Fool, I would have to agree with FFF on some of what he has to say. I'm a Petroleum Engineer grad, but from LSU. When I graduated, I was turned down for some interviews because I went to LSU and not aTm or OU. The oilfield is a very tight knit community and there is loads of money to be made if you work hard and have a personality.

I remember when I started college, my Dad told me in 10 yrs you will be able to name your price and place you want to work as Petroleum Engineers are a dying breed and we will always need oil and gas. Being out of school for 9 yrs now, I can say he is correct. I work in Lafayette for a small impendent company and can say it was the best decision I have every made.

When I graduated there were 5 engineers in my class and three were going back overseas which left three working in the USA.

[ckinchen]

This is a joke but....

After reading this thread you ULL folks can NEVER make fun of any LSU fans for being homers ever again. ULL > Harvard

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

This is a joke but....

After reading this thread you ULL folks can NEVER make fun of any LSU fans for being homers ever again. ULL > Harvard

If your wanting to pursue anything oilfield related....ULL is the ticket. All the majors know this and they recruit at ULL. I was wined and dined by Haliburton and offered a job. Baker Hughes offered me as well among others...and this all before I graduated. I came into a job in Sulphur and it fit my plans at that time so I came back.

Their engineering programs while i was attending were top notch.

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

If your wanting to pursue anything oilfield related....ULL is the ticket. All the majors know this and they recruit at ULL. I was wined and dined by Haliburton and offered a job. Baker Hughes offered me as well among others...and this all before I graduated. I came into a job in Sulphur and it fit my plans at that time so I came back.

Their engineering programs while i was attending were top notch.

Do you believe that you would not have been wined and dined by Halliburton or Baker Hughes had you gone to LSU, aTm or any other four year school for that matter? You graduated into an oilfield related major with oil over $100 per barrel. Anyone with a degree that is even remotely related to the oil field right now can get a job it is a hot field. Do you think aTm graduates are having a hard time finding a job right now?

When I graduated in 2000, I had 14 job offers and I stopped taking interviews. Does that mean I would not have had the 14 offers at LSU or Rice or even ULL? Actually had I gone to a better University I bet I would have had even more offers.

ULL as a good school I think is a given. Good school, beautiful campus and women. Great school? Not outside of west Louisiana by most people. Sorry but I think most people still see the state as Tulane, then LSU and then the other tier. In that other tier you find ULL, MSU, SLU, etc... ULL I think is the top notch school in the third tier and there is nothing wrong with that.

You cannot compare ULL to a tier one school. That tier one school cost money and if your goal is to get a good job close to home in most majors that ULL is a fine choice and you will do really well.

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[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

Do you believe that you would not have been wined and dined by Halliburton or Baker Hughes had you gone to LSU, aTm or any other four year school for that matter? You graduated into an oilfield related major with oil over $100 per barrel. Anyone with a degree that is even remotely related to the oil field right now can get a job it is a hot field. Do you think aTm graduates are having a hard time finding a job right now?

When I graduated in 2000, I had 14 job offers and I stopped taking interviews. Does that mean I would not have had the 14 offers at LSU or Rice or even ULL? Actually had I gone to a better University I bet I would have had even more offers.

ULL as a good school I think is a given. Good school, beautiful campus and women. Great school? Not outside of west Louisiana by most people. Sorry but I think most people still see the state as Tulane, then LSU and then the other tier. In that other tier you find ULL, MSU, SLU, etc... ULL I think is the top notch school in the third tier and there is nothing wrong with that.

You cannot compare ULL to a tier one school. That tier one school cost money and if your goal is to get a good job close to home in most majors that ULL is a fine choice and you will do really well.

[SIZE=3] [/SIZE]

This is a great topic! And very interesting thread. With your question given in the above writing, let me tell you about "Oscar". Oscar, or Big O as I call him is a young man from Venezuela that had a degree in petroleum engineering from Oklahoma, and had enrolled in ULL for his masters in Petroleum Engineering. When my boss met Big O, he was waiting tables in Agave Resturant in Lafayette. Big O appleid to many companies in OK prior to graduating with honors, but nobody would give him a chance so he decided to enroll for his masters. My boss met him and after several visits and discussions over a couple weeks, he gave Big O a card and told him to call. That was 1.5 years ago. Big O is now the lead engineer on some amazing new developments in technology and he was in my office last week. To see what this "kid" is doing up there in PA on some fracs we call "spiders" is truly a crazy sight to see! He is awesome!!! All because he couldn't find a job in OK and came to Lafayette!!

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

This is a great topic! And very interesting thread. With your question given in the above writing, let me tell you about "Oscar". Oscar, or Big O as I call him is a young man from Venezuela that had a degree in petroleum engineering from Oklahoma, and had enrolled in ULL for his masters in Petroleum Engineering. When my boss met Big O, he was waiting tables in Agave Resturant in Lafayette. Big O appleid to many companies in OK prior to graduating with honors, but nobody would give him a chance so he decided to enroll for his masters. My boss met him and after several visits and discussions over a couple weeks, he gave Big O a card and told him to call. That was 1.5 years ago. Big O is now the lead engineer on some amazing new developments in technology and he was in my office last week. To see what this "kid" is doing up there in PA on some fracs we call "spiders" is truly a crazy sight to see! He is awesome!!! All because he couldn't find a job in OK and came to Lafayette!!

Oscar met someone that helped him, not necessarily related to rather he went to school at Harvard, OU or ULL. Good story, I am glad Oscar is doing well.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

If your wanting to pursue anything oilfield related....ULL is the ticket. All the majors know this and they recruit at ULL. I was wined and dined by Haliburton and offered a job. Baker Hughes offered me as well among others...and this all before I graduated. I came into a job in Sulphur and it fit my plans at that time so I came back.

Their engineering programs while i was attending were top notch.

Baker Hughes and Haliburton wine and dined Mcneese engineers while I was there as well. I also got wine and dined by citgo too.

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

Baker Hughes and Haliburton wine and dined Mcneese engineers while I was there as well. I also got wine and dined by citgo too.

Oil and Gas Oil > $100 - Southern University engineers probably got the same treatment.

Supply and demand drives this. There are limited people with a skill set neccessary for oil and gas and demand is at an all time high.

You guys are in the right field, good choice.

[Finfeatherfur]

Easy.........just trying to help a kid out! Besides, I like to stir the pot, so I wear my McNeese colors when they play ULL.

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

Easy.........just trying to help a kid out! Besides, I like to stir the pot, so I wear my McNeese colors when they play ULL.

I know you do, me too....

This is the longest thread I have ever seen without a fight.

[all star rod]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

I know you do, me too....

This is the longest thread I have ever seen without a fight.

That is because you kno"W" "W"ho has not posted.......

[YellowMouth7]

UL was a great school, I love Lafayette and would not want to live anywhere else.......PM me Fool I have heard some good things about you and would love to put you on some fish.......and oh yea the girls are not bad here either :-)

TB

[Duck Butter]

Y'all need to start calling it UL Lafayette not just UL UL Monroe grad here!

Fool, do NOT choose a college due to women, hunting, or fishing. I failed my first 2 years at La Tech due to duck hunting. I would take that back if I could. You will get an entire month off in December/January to hunt and every weekend for that matter. Its just 4 years of your life, and probably the most important 4 years for that matter. There is plenty of time to hunt/fish. Choose the best college for what you want to do, try and network with people and make sure to get an internship when you get closer to graduating.

Lafayette is chock full of good looking women though

[Mako19]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Y'all need to start calling it UL Lafayette not just UL UL Monroe grad here!

Y'all need to drop back down to DII!

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Mako19

Y'all need to drop back down to DII!

We were winners in DII! All about the money, we beat Bama once!

[barbarian]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

UL Monroe grad here!

PM sent

[Mako19]

I spent six years of my life attending UL. I graduated in Electrical Engineering in 2010.

Everything that has been said about the women is an understatement. There is no comparison to the nightlife of Lafayette and any other city in the state, with the exception of New Orleans.

The tuition is very reasonable, one of the lowest in the country. Lafayette is not the cheapest place to stay, but if you are a college student and not trying to impress anyone you can rent a decent place for a reasonable price. Just about every department at UL is highly respected in the professional field and the amount of job opportunities in Lafayette are endless.

Just so no one calls me a Homer, I have to admit that parking on campus blows. At the end of every semester before I could schedule for the next semester I would have to go pay all of my parking tickets. They have built two new parking towers since then which should help.

Also, the amount of construction going on on campus right now is unbelievable! I drove through campus last week and was amazed. There are new buildings popping up everywhere.

One thing that no one has mentioned yet is the atmosphere on campus. UL has been voted as one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation for the last several years. The century Oak trees that line St. Mary st. are some of my best memories of walking through campus. The swamp is a cool place to go sit by and have lunch. There are brim, bass, gators, and turtles in the swamp. One simple warning: once you live in Lafayette you will never want to move away.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Served.....

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

Served.....

What was served? Who won that game anyway?