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Graduated today (with honors) from Montana Tech of the University of Montana with a Bachelors of Science in General Engineering with Civil Option. I was also awarded (as a big surprise to me) the "Outstanding Achievement in the Department of General Engineering" award. Which included a special plaque and $100. Only one person per department gets this, and I was really honored to be chosen.

Just wanted to share with you guys, I'm pretty proud of myself. I think I'll be more proud of myself when I actually get a job though…that IS the reason I went to college anyway, haha.

I'm the guy with the white stole (for being in Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honor society). (aka, the guy with the white bib).

Congratz man! Hopefully you succeed in your job hunting in the near future.

Just out of curiosity, why General Engineering and not something specialized more?

Congratz brutha Brian! I'm starting college in 3 months :D.

It's just how Montana Tech works. The degree is actually really similar to standard specialized engineering degrees. I did really enjoy the electronic classes and mechanical classes I was able to take while mainly focusing on civil. A lot of places that higher like that too, Tech has nearly a 100% placement rate…..which makes me not having a job yet all the more embarrassing….

edit: we also have to take 136 credits minimum to get a degree (which is around 10 more than most schools), and many people don't get one in only 4 years like I did

Lol they misspelled Brain on your plack!

But seriously, congrats!

That's actually how I got this nickname….middle school spelled my name wrong on the roll the first day of class in 8th grade, every teacher that day called me Brain…..some people never stopped calling me Brain, lol.

Congrats to you :). Hope you get a job. I feel you on how it is..

Grats bro! Thats a lot of hard work and definitely takes tons of effort and time. Hope all goes well for you, and best wishes!

Nice. I am like 6 credits from my associates, and then I'm transferring to a Uni.

Congrats! :)

Congratulations! Are you planning on going for your masters?

No masters for me right now, I would like to pay down my staggering debt first…get some good experience under my belt, and decide if I want to get the masters in Civil, Mechanical, or maybe Environmental. That's quite a few years down the road though.

Good job man :)

congrats , i aslo want to beocme civil engineer

Congratulations Brian, that is quite the accomplishment! A job well. I wish you the absolute best of luck with your future career. ;)

Congratulations Brian! (I actually had to read that twice to check if I spelled Brian correct.. I'm too used writing Brain :p)

Congrats! I am only three years shy from graduating… :(

I'm jealous! What does a credit mean for you, by the way.

Awesome man, I hope you had a great night out!

Congrats :) hopefully that will be me in 3 years ;)

gratz, and you look just like seananners(hoping that you watch cod commentaries)

From: Nava2
Congrats! I am only three years shy from graduating… :(

I'm jealous! What does a credit mean for you, by the way.

semester credit hours. So like a typical 3 credit class would meet for 3 hours per week for a semester (usually one hour on mon/wed/fri). Labs are the bitches, they are always 1 credit, but usually take up the most amount of time…
this degree has like the 3rd or 4th highest credit requirements in the country for civil/mechanical engineering if I'm remembering what was told to us in freshman seminar correctly.

Congrats Brain! that's quite the accomplishment. I'm just starting on my associates (for the second time :duh: ).

Best of luck on finding a job as well!

Congratulations, Brain! Takes a lot to get through university. Now it's time to pay those student loans off. :p

Nice going Brian! :)

Good job Brian. Congrats.

Thanks guys, heading to the capital tomorrow to talk to someone about a job with the FAA. Hope this pans out since it'd be in state and decently close to home with great fishing nearby!

Lol grats… Fishing is high on the list!!!

You look like you are beastin' it up out there. Way to go brah!

My Wife and I both want to congratulate you on a job well done. Good Luck looking for future buiseness ventures.

~BraK

I feel honored having you around. Great achievement. You will find yourself a pretty decent job no doubt!

BTW: What is your specialisation? And what did you do to receive the "Outstanding Achievement in the Department of General Engineering" award? (I love the title, just had to type it)

Wow,

I wish I was as smart and determined as you,
I'm just a failure pot-head :(.

Thanks everyone!

The meeting in the capital went well enough I guess. He says the the funding is screwed up by congress and hiring is dependent on that. It's a 7 person job and they've only had 3 for like 8 months. He can't even get them to approve funding for a new secretary there….but he's hoping at the end of this month or the next month they'll issue funding for a few years (as opposed to the month by month funding they've been screwing him with) and he'll be able to actually make some plans.

From: WT-Fakawi
I feel honored having you around. Great achievement. You will find yourself a pretty decent job no doubt!

BTW: What is your specialisation? And what did you do to receive the "Outstanding Achievement in the Department of General Engineering" award? (I love the title, just had to type it)

Thanks Fawk! I guess I basically stood out as a great student during my time there. They only give out one award per department, and all the faculty in my department (2nd largest) voted to award it to me.
As for a specialization I guess it's Civil Engineering, pretty broad really. I really enjoyed the hydraulic structures class I took (at the graduate level).

From: Brain
semester credit hours. So like a typical 3 credit class would meet for 3 hours per week for a semester (usually one hour on mon/wed/fri). Labs are the bitches, they are always 1 credit, but usually take up the most amount of time…
this degree has like the 3rd or 4th highest credit requirements in the country for civil/mechanical engineering if I'm remembering what was told to us in freshman seminar correctly.

Huh.. last semester I had 37.5h of class/labs. I think about ~9-12 was labs.