![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
General Discussion (Everything Else) Discuss anything that doesn't belong in any other forums here. |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
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! |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
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. |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
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 |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
![]() 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. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
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] |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
|
#8
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
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. |
#10
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
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.
|
#11
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
This is the longest thread I have ever seen without a fight. ![]() |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
That is because you kno"W" "W"ho has not posted....... ![]() |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
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 |
#14
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
Y'all need to start calling it UL Lafayette not just UL
![]() 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 |
#15
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
![]() |
#16
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
We were winners in DII! All about the money, we beat Bama once!
|
#17
|
|||
|
|||
![]() |
#18
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
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. |
#19
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
Served.....
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
#20
|
||||
|
||||
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|