Would you let your DS study mining engineering?
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Anonymous
| DS is looking at Colorado School of Mines |
Anonymous
| They have the highest placement and starting salaries. Also, the school is diversifyng into other energy sources |
Anonymous
| Lol. |
Anonymous
| "Let"? He's an adult. Cut the apron strings, land the helicopter. |
Anonymous
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Mining Engineering? I’d be concerned. It is t a 21st century job.
Colorado School oF Mines is excellent in a number of different engineering fields. I would definitely let a kid at least look at it. — TJ Parent. |
Anonymous
| (First, his choice, obviously.) Second, why not. Third, Mines offers a lot more than just mining engineering https://www.mines.edu/academics/ |
Anonymous
“TJ parent” supposed to mean something?? |
Anonymous
| Of course! |
Anonymous
That I spend wwwwwaayyyyyy to much time around parents and teachers and counselors obsessed with engineering programs. School of Mines has a great reputation. |
Anonymous
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CSM is a national top-100 engineering, resources, and economics school. It's a solid program with a solid label. Quit panicking.
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Anonymous
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It is a great school with regular engineering majors. Feels like a liberal arts college. Sure, they are stupendous at mining engineering, but it isn’t a one-major place. |
Anonymous
| I would encourage my kid to study what they want -- as long as there is a path to a career. But, I would suggest taking a strong look at VT, which also has some strong programs. And one of the top geology Septs in the country |
Anonymous
| West Virginia University also has a mining engineering major. |
Anonymous
| It's a great school with a great reputation + it's in Golden which is quite nice-- proximity to Denver, mountains, nice, quaint downtown, etc. Any connections you DS makes in college, will be useful because he will probably want to stay on in Colorado. |
Anonymous
| While there will be jobs, I don't think they will be in the DC area. |