WUH Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 44 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: My information is anecdotal and two years old. The support my daughter received from SLU was very limited to non-existent. She did get an engineering job at one of the world's largest car manufacturers, so it all worked out. Congratulations to your daughter! That is great. The automotive may be rather volatile and (sadly) China-led in the long term, but I am sure it is a good place to start a career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 1 hour ago, WUH said: Congratulations to your daughter! That is great. The automotive may be rather volatile and (sadly) China-led in the long term, but I am sure it is a good place to start a career. China is done in 7 years. They won't lead anything besides human rights violations. They won't have the workers. Industries are already shifting to avoid the collapse. But we'll be fine here in the USA. CenHudDude and SLU_Lax like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 50 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: China is done in 7 years. They won't lead anything besides human rights violations. They won't have the workers. Industries are already shifting to avoid the collapse. But we'll be fine here in the USA. From your lips to your preferred deity's ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcbill Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 At one time SLU had one of the, if not the most prominent name, in the aerospace industry in Parks College. Then the academics dropped the name for no apparent reason hamstringing any new grad looking for work in the industry. A self-inflicted wound with no upside. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Rose-Hulman is a small engineering school yet has twice as many students and at least four times the full-time staff as the Parks College at SLU does. The engineering-focused schools were created with job placement at tech companies in mind. There are some things that certain schools do better than better others. If you want a career in aviation or aerospace engineering, I think Parks is a good solution. Other than that you're rolling the dice. But I would say something similar for the majority of universities where engineering is not a primary focus. There are so many engineering schools designed with the end goal in mind I don't know why anybody would go to a liberal arts/medicine/business-focused school instead. Unless you're one of those kinds of students that can successfully merge a liberal arts training with STEM skills. But those kind of people are in short supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 On 9/27/2024 at 4:29 PM, kcbill said: At one time SLU had one of the, if not the most prominent name, in the aerospace industry in Parks College. Then the academics dropped the name for no apparent reason hamstringing any new grad looking for work in the industry. A self-inflicted wound with no upside. The Oliver Parks Department of Aviation Science is still a part of the School of Science and Engineering. However, Park College was always, and the current department still is, an aviation school. It would not make sense to name our entire engineering school after an aviation college we absorbed. If anything, they should name our engineering school after McDonnell Douglas which is truly still a "prominent name" in the aerospace industry. Right now, the Oliver Parks Department of Aviation is located in McDonnell Douglas Hall on campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WUH Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 On 9/27/2024 at 3:37 PM, TheA_Bomb said: China is done in 7 years. They won't lead anything besides human rights violations. They won't have the workers. Industries are already shifting to avoid the collapse. But we'll be fine here in the USA. China is hurting and things will only continue to get worse. But they are big and corrupt enough to leverage a few key industries and manufacture elsewhere in Asia if necessary. I hope you are right, but I fear you are wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Everything is made up and the points don't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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