G's first college acceptance!!

[Datawiz]

Purdue! :hurray:

She's going to likely get admitted to every one she applies to, so scholarship money is going to talk, and BS...well, you know, but Purdue is extremely strong in automotive mechanical engineering. :yesnod:

[Jeff '79]

:dance: Congrats! :hurray:

Any money?

[Bill]

For an engineering degree, you can't do much better that the Boilermakers. Congrats to your daughter!

:party:

[Datawiz]

:dance: Congrats! :hurray:

Any money?

Purdue has automatic scholarships for incoming freshman based on merit, but I'm reading on their site now...she's eligible for $12-16K per year. Has to apply by Feb. 1st.

Purdue University :: Freshman Scholarships (http://www.admissions.purdue.edu/costsandfinaid/freshman.php)

[DAB]

little free advice:

find some local engineering firms, ask if she can visit them for a day or week, to observe the actual business of engineering. what they show on the ads is not what really happens all the time. some work is dreadfully boring.

[ZipZap]

Great News! Friend's son just started there this semester.:seasix:

[CertInsaneC5]

Purdue grad here. She could do worse. They still to this day have an outstanding program. :seasix:

:waiting: For the other letters. :cert:

[C5SilverBullet]

Didn't Jason get his engineering degree from Purdon't?

http://www.chicagonow.com/under-the-golden-dome/files/2011/07/purdont.png

[jda67gta]

Early admissions and scholarship offers contain "hidden" stipulations. Ensure you confirm in writing exact dates, requirements, etc., especially for acceptances from schools she is really interested in attending.

Congratulations!

[VITE1]

Congratulations. Make sure she minors I. Business. Once most ME get to their mid 30s they max out income potential unless they can manage others.

[boracayjohnny]

:cool1: Good on GWIZ.

[CertInsaneC5]

Congratulations. Make sure she minors I. Business. Once most ME get to their mid 30s they max out income potential unless they can manage others.


Big time deal here! So true. :cert:

[Ruffy]

http://www.perduefarms.com/uploadedImages/Corporate/Our_Company/Perdue_Farms/Perdue%20Brand%20Image.jpg

[DAB]

Congratulations. Make sure she minors I. Business. Once most ME get to their mid 30s they max out income potential unless they can manage others.

learned that the hard way. i didn't want to manage anyone, wasn't good at it, would not enjoy it. laid off from that company....at 30.

[mrvette]

learned that the hard way. i didn't want to manage anyone, wasn't good at it, would not enjoy it. laid off from that company....at 30.

And went Fed.gov NBS?? after that?? if memory serves??? NBS is now NIST.....I forgot.....the place with the nuclear plant on site the Monkey Co. liberals dunno about...???

:rofl:

[VITE1]

learned that the hard way. i didn't want to manage anyone, wasn't good at it, would not enjoy it. laid off from that company....at 30.

I saw it my whole career. EE and ME always have a job but never rise above the new guys too much unless they move up to management.

[CertInsaneC5]

I saw it my whole career. EE and ME always have a job but never rise above the new guys too much unless they move up to management.


:iagree: Had to play catchup after the fact. It paid off. :cert:

[DAB]

I saw it my whole career. EE and ME always have a job but never rise above the new guys too much unless they move up to management.

:skep:

I went unemployed more than once for extended periods. 6-18 months.

Be prepared to move. A lot.

[NEED-A-VETTE]

:cheers:

[Mirroredshades]

Have you looked at Clemson? They have a good formula sae if I recall correctly.

If you get serious about NCSU let me know.

:seasix:

[Datawiz]

Have you looked at Clemson? They have a good formula sae if I recall correctly.

If you get serious about NCSU let me know.

:seasix:

We visited Clemson, and she did not like it. FSAE team was very unprofessional and even late to the appointment.

[RedLS1GTO]

Another Boilermaker here. Congrats! Best decision I ever made was heading to West Lafayette. Great campus, great... everything (except maybe football these days).

FSAE is good, but I'm sure you guys have done enough research to know about the single most awesome college tradition ever...

Purdue Grand Prix Foundation | The Greatest Spectacle in College Racing (http://www.purduegrandprix.org/)

[GentleBen]

:hurray: Outstanding. I am sure that whatever college she selects to attend will be very happy with her presence. :hurray:

[Datawiz]

Congratulations. Make sure she minors I. Business. Once most ME get to their mid 30s they max out income potential unless they can manage others.

She's definitely a leader and would do just fine in management. :yesnod: Having said that, she'll always want to have her hands dirty. I could see her on the Corvette development team. :yesnod:

[The Cripp]

:cert:

[Datawiz]

I'm sad to hear that. :slap:

I'll be sure to send them an email letting them know what kind of top-notch talent they'll be missing out on if they keep up this kind of crap. :kick:

They weren't just late...they forgot. :sadangel:

[Datawiz]

A
Purdue Grand Prix Foundation | The Greatest Spectacle in College Racing (http://www.purduegrandprix.org/)

Their website isn't to informative. Can you please expand on what this is?

Thanks,

Craig

Purdue Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Craig]

FSAE is good, but I'm sure you guys have done enough research to know about the single most awesome college tradition ever...


...I don't know about that...

Southern Tech Bathtub Racing - YouTube

Southern Tech Bathtub Racing

[RedLS1GTO]

Their website isn't to informative. Can you please expand on what this is?

Thanks,

Craig

Purdue Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Grand_Prix)

Lots of schools have football, basketball, and whatever.

Purdue's biggest event of each school year is... RACING. Grand Prix week is a blast whether you're driving or not. Unfortunately as a broke ass college kid donating plasma for beer money, I was never able to pull the funds together to get out there. As silly as it sounds, that honestly might be the biggest regret I have. I priced it out so many times... wanted to every year. At the time the $$ it would have taken just seemed like a fortune.

[Datawiz]

Lots of schools have football, basketball, and whatever.

Purdue's biggest event of each school year is... RACING. Grand Prix week is a blast whether you're driving or not. Unfortunately as a broke ass college kid donating plasma for beer money, I was never able to pull the funds together to get out there. As silly as it sounds, that honestly might be the biggest regret I have. I priced it out so many times... wanted to every year. At the time the $$ it would have taken just seemed like a fortune.

Do you remember how much it might have been back then? When was back then?

:cert:

[RedLS1GTO]

Do you remember how much it might have been back then? When was back then?

:cert:

I graduated in '04.

It was going to be a couple thousand to start from scratch and actually build something that would qualify.... seemed like a fortune at the time. It's basically a sprint kart with a cage. Most of the groups/frats/etc have either enough money or karts that can be used from year to year. There are also the "ringers" that are pretty obviously kart racers outside of the Grand Prix that are able to either build or modify something to spec.

The best answer I can give would be to call Fox Valley Karts in Lafayette. It's been a decade, but they always had a pretty good list of everything you would need.

Fox Valley Kart, Leader in the Karting Industry since 1976 (http://www.foxvalleykart.com/)
765-742-0935

[Datawiz]

I graduated in '04.

It was going to be a couple thousand to start from scratch and actually build something that would qualify.... seemed like a fortune at the time. It's basically a sprint kart with a cage. Most of the groups/frats/etc have either enough money or karts that can be used from year to year. There are also the "ringers" that are pretty obviously kart racers outside of the Grand Prix that are able to either build or modify something to spec.

The best answer I can give would be to call Fox Valley Karts in Lafayette. It's been a decade, but they always had a pretty good list of everything you would need.

Fox Valley Kart, Leader in the Karting Industry since 1976 (http://www.foxvalleykart.com/)
765-742-0935

Thanks for the head's up. For a kid who's done the STEM Solar Go Kart for 3 years, this would be a perfect segue for her into college. Obviously, Dad's gonna make sure she has the best sponsors and equipment. :D

This might be enough for Purdue to leapfrog the others in terms of interest for her. :yesnod:

[RedLS1GTO]

This might be enough for Purdue to leapfrog the others in terms of interest for her. :yesnod:

As I said earlier... even with the Grand Prix aside, hands down the best decision I ever made.

Have you visited the campus yet?

[Datawiz]

As I said earlier... even with the Grand Prix aside, hands down the best decision I ever made.

Have you visited the campus yet?

Not yet, but it's definitely on the list. :yesnod:

[Stangkiller]

:hurray: That's exciting Craig! Congrats to the both of you!

i really enjoyed SAE at UCF :yesnod:

[RedLS1GTO]

Not yet, but it's definitely on the list. :yesnod:

Lots of good things happening on campus with new buildings, facilities, etc.

BTW, I just re-read the original post. I was also Mechanical Engineering-Automotive (Design).

I don't know if/what has changed over the last decade, but it was a FANTASTIC program that has served me very well even though I have never actually worked in the automotive industry. I ended up taking a significant number of Aero Eng classes along with the ME. Since there is a lot of wiggle room in the curriculum, I threw a lot of industrial design and even art classes in as well. It was nice to be able to tailor a program to essentially be exactly what I wanted it to be.

I've used it to design parts that I know people here use every day in GE appliances and am currently using it to design things that go BOOM for our soldiers.

As a big bonus, and unknown to me at the time, I also learned a hell of a lot about how to build and set up a race car. Suspension and chassis geometry, how to build strong, safe parts/systems... I even got quite a bit of aero knowledge. It's amazing when things work exactly as you plan them to work rather than just taking a guess. :)

[Milton Fox]

Take a page out of Ed Welburns life and send him a letter at GM. He did it when he was 7 years old. I am sure hundreds (even thousands) do the same thing now, but she should stand out to him. :seasix:

http://gmauthority.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/GM-Ed-Welburn-C7-Design-Interview-629x340.jpg

Mrs Fox's neice is a Sophmore there now and loves it!

[tjfontaine]

Former Mechanical Engineer here Craig ... I was not fortunate enough to go to a top school - there are some great ones out there, Purdue certainly near the top for Engineers.