From Tenth Grader to Professional Engineer in Ten Years or Less

High school students considering a career in engineering face numerous challenges. Many of these challenges result from ignorance of the nature of engineering. Other challenges arise from an absence of proven though seldom discussed long range strategies for success. This presentation seeks to inform high school students about how to educate themselves and ultimately achieve the "gold standard" of engineering, the Professional Engineer (PE) license. It can also help anyone at any stage of progress in engineering to achieve that worthy goal. Visit http://filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=896d648a5e5f767bb399 to download the PowerPoint file and http://filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=896d648a5e606eae9ca5 to download the Excel file. See also my article "Exploring the GED for Fun and Profit" at http://rebirthofreason.com/Spirit/Books/238.shtml for more creative ideas. See http://www.collegesuccessforless.com for more.

Regarding roommates, get THE COLLEGE ROOMMATE FROM HELL by Linda Fiore to learn more about this crucial subject.

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[vangj90]

Wow, i'm amazed by your presentation. I am a senior in college and I learned so much from you. I wished I had followed some of the steps you described.

[LutherSetzer]

@vangj90 Spread the word about the video -- and thanks for the compliments!

[LutherSetzer]

I have read that the Casio FX-115ES calculator is the best to get for the engineering examinations so please consider it as it is now on the approved list.

[LutherSetzer]

One aspect of housing I failed to mention involves extended stay hotels. Google "Extended Stay America" and "Microtel" and learn how reasonable their monthly rates can be. I would consider them if I had cooperative education to do again today.

[superyou918]

You are awesome. We need more people like you explaining this to the kids. Thanks for commenting on my blog.

By the way, people, there are parents (rich parents) who pay thousands of dollars to guide their young teenage kids to a path to financial success. Similar to what Luther is doing here for free. Nothing happens by accident.

[EritreaBIG]

Thanks for posting a very important presentation.

[LutherSetzer]

Failure to do so would be like pissing time away, too.

[aegisforex]

CLEP as many courses as your school allows. Failure to do so would be like pissing money away. The only reason not to CLEP is if you plan on going to med school. Med schools don't allow CLEP for math/science prereqs. A few don't even allow AP, which I found strange.

[LutherSetzer]

Yes! Absolutely! Those credits have the dollar value equivalent of their tuition costs plus the ancillary costs of living near campus and the opportunity costs of not working full time. See my other video "Slash $24,000 and Two Years from College at NCSSM" for closer analysis of these cost savings.

[remmyjable]

My university (Florida Institute of Technology) has a very liberal CLEP policy. I am able to CLEP almost all of my gen-ed courses (36 credits). Should I take advantage of it? I'm going for Civil.