My son made Rutgers

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Hey , Frank ...congrats from the other side of the pond ...to you, mother and son and family .Will be in New York shortly..( late March).would love to meet up with you and others who might be available ...cigars and whiskEy on me !
Garry

Garry remind me early March that you are coming in and we will round up the posse for you. If you want a Cigar bar there is one by me.

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Great news Frank. Well done to your son!

[LisaH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close LisaH]

Congrats!

[davhu1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close davhu1]

Congrats Frank!!! Rutgers is a very good school. Hope he gets in his school of choice. Stevens will definitely work him harder. It will be closer to home. Does he know which branch of engineering yet?

He has had his interview at Stevens and has applied for early decision. He is supposed to find out from them any time now with in the next 2 weeks.
I have a feeling that he will end up in Stevens but I hope he will consider Rutgers. We are also still waiting on RPI which he is now saying that he does not want to go there.

Is that early decision or early action? If he is accepted ED, he is committed to Stevens.

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Congrats Frank!!! Rutgers is a very good school. Hope he gets in his school of choice. Stevens will definitely work him harder. It will be closer to home. Does he know which branch of engineering yet?



Is that early decision or early action? If he is accepted ED, he is committed to Stevens.

Yes sit is Computer Engineering. Computer Security is also one that he may want to study.

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I have 2 engineering degrees and had to work my tail off because I was brought up believing that you had to go to college and do well there to get a good job. I did just that and executed on that plan to perfection. But, nobody told me there was an easier way. I had to find that out myself.

If I had it to do all over again. I would major in business and party for 6 years at Dad's expense. Then, I would start my own business and hire those engineering majors to do all the work for me while I timeshared 26 weeks a year. Instead, I wasted 20 years working my butt off for someone else.

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Yes sit is Computer Engineering. Computer Security is also one that he may want to study.

Computer Engineering is a good field. If you are a great programmer, you can hook up with an entrepreneur and make a ton of money. The biggest problem is finding the right entrepreneur to hook up with. I've worked in all phases of high tech start up. The funnest by far is the founder stage. That is when you do all the dreaming about how you can change the world with what you are building. Serial entrepreneurs only think about how they can change the world through technology. It's the right way to go.

Security is already passe. It's a great area to get a background in. But, the big money has already been made there. I've been out of high tech for a couple years now, so I don't know what is hot. Security was hot about 5 years ago.

Also, engineers are being outsourced to India and China for $10,000 per year. The top talent still resides here. All engineering teams have those top guys that carry the whole team. It's the same in engineering as it is everywhere else. That makes it even more important to hook up and stay close to the business. Follow the money. It's the only way to protect yourself.

I am a very big fan of taking technology to low tech industries that have high margins and lowering the cost structure of the industry and capitalizing on the change. I believe timesharing is such an industry. It's technology across the entire industry is very archaic. It is ripe for technological change. We knows. Maybe it can.

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He just got an email from Rutgers admitting him. We are not sure about what Scholarship's there offering as it will be mailed to us. Problem is he wants to go to Stevens more. In this time line I hate to be in the Kids shoes what a tough choice to make for your future.

That's GREAT!!!
I bet you he knows the difference between there, their, and they're

[davhu1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close davhu1]

Computer Engineering is a good field. If you are a great programmer, you can hook up with an entrepreneur and make a ton of money. The biggest problem is finding the right entrepreneur to hook up with. I've worked in all phases of high tech start up. The funnest by far is the founder stage. That is when you do all the dreaming about how you can change the world with what you are building. Serial entrepreneurs only think about how they can change the world through technology. It's the right way to go.

Security is already passe. It's a great area to get a background in. But, the big money has already been made there. I've been out of high tech for a couple years now, so I don't know what is hot. Security was hot about 5 years ago.

Also, engineers are being outsourced to India and China for $10,000 per year. The top talent still resides here. All engineering teams have those top guys that carry the whole team. It's the same in engineering as it is everywhere else. That makes it even more important to hook up and stay close to the business. Follow the money. It's the only way to protect yourself.
.

I agree with you. I mentioned the same to Frank months ago. My son is a freshman and is majoring in engineering. He plans to double major in business or at least a minor. Unless the students plan to go to higher education, it will be very tough to compete against the low wage in India and China doing the same work typicaly done by an engineer with a 4-year degree.

The husband of my wife's collegue went to India to train. When he came back, his department was disolved and all the work normally done here were sent to India. He was given a choice of taking 20% cut in salary on a different job or take the severance. I also has a friend who is currently training in India. When he comes back next June, he is expecting to be transferred to a difference position, most like with pay cut.

I am not saying that all jobs will be gone but will be very competitive. It best to have options. I keep telling my son to keep his eyes open on the job market before declaring his major in engineering before the end of his first year. At Stevens, it used to be at the end of the second year.

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Congrats and have a blast as your DS makes all these decisions...this is an exciting time for all.....he is very lucky to have your support and that is going to help him no matter where he goes to school.

[Anne1125 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Anne1125]

Wow, I know how you feel. We waited last year for those acceptance letters. I think I was more nervous than my son.

Congratulations!

[IreneLF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close IreneLF]

Congrats Frank, that is good news. It's always nice to know you've gotten into someplace good, even if it's not his first choice. Hope he;'s happy wherever he winds up.

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Is that early decision or early action? If he is accepted ED, he is committed to Stevens.

Stevens calls its Early Decision, Early Decision...but they are more like Early Action, really. DD has applied there (regular decision) and the other day she got an e-mail reminder from Admissions, all about Early Decision deadlines, that said...

"To clarify, the Early Decision process is binding at the point that you decide to attend Stevens and submit your deposit at the stated deadline. Our process is not binding at the point of application receipt or acceptance."

Yes, my teeth nearly dropped out--I was like, how did I miss this on their website???? But the Stevens website and all the application materials make it seem like it's normal, binding Early Decision. Apparently it's not.

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Frank,

Congratulations.

[kbletzer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kbletzer]

Congratulations Frank and Family!
Kathleen