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Vanderbilt University

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R & D Aerospace Engineer
University : Vanderbilt University ( 1981 )
Major : Mechanical Engineering
Still in Field? :Yes
Effort Level : 3/5 (Gets things done)
Gender : Male

Jobs held since college:
1. Oil Field Assistant Driller
2. Assistant Diiller On Oil Rig
3. Sales Engineer
4. Project Estimator
5. Aerospace Pricing Analyst
6. R & D Aerospace Engineer


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    Applying to Vanderbilt and graduating from there in 1981 was the best thing I ever did. I think I was perhaps the poorest undergraduate to ever graduate from a so called "rich kid's school". I was from a small town in Texas and competing against the young people with mostly better prep backgrounds was very challenging but it could be done. To me the Engineering school was a tough academic marathon but if you can survive it you will do well the rest of your life. The counter-intuitive thing about going to a school that costs $50 K a year now and about $ 10 K a year when I attended in the late 1970's is that the folks at Vandy will find a way to keep you in school whether by an R.A. position, ROTC scholarship or funding from the scholarship slush fund.

    They weed people out in the application process so everyone who gets in can make it if they apply themselves.
    90 % of the students are good people and friendly and easy to talk to. Like any place you have a few arrogant jerks who will try to put you down but that gets you ready for the real world. The level of competition was very intense and during my first year I wasn't sure if I was going to make it. However by observing the better prepared students and working with them I managed to pick up the subtle skills needed to make decent grades my last two years when I felt like I could beat the better prepared students at the academic game. If you are faint-hearted type of person don't go there but if you want a great challenge and boost to your early career go there have fun and learn a lot. It has a great social scene and the best looking coed's in the SEC bar none.

    Go Commodores !!!
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