Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anybody here a Colorado School of Mines graduate?

Asking because my son really wants to go there. If you're a graduate of 'MINES", I'd appreciate reading your pro and con comments.

He has been accepted into the engineering programs at seven schools and is waiting to hear from Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, Illinois, and Purdue..

Not a graduate, but I have relatives who are and have worked with people from Mines.

Great school, one of the two best schools in our state, and one of the best educational values in this country.

My cousins son graduated last year. Top notch education & school!

I don’t know if you are aware of it, but pretty “close” to you here in my town, is Dordt University, a small (~ 1300-1500 enrollment), private, liberal arts college, highly rated overall, but with a very strong engineering undergraduate program (B.S.). Strong academics overall.

It is closely associated with the Christian Reformed denomination of the U.S. and Canada but has international and a divergent student body:

Only mention it as it’s high quality and not knowing if your son has pretty much chosen a school yet.

https://www.dordt.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/4-year-programs/engineering

I'm pushing for K-State 'cause it would be almost free with the in-state tuition and the scholarships that they've offered.

We discovered that if a parent had ever been stationed in Kansas, K-State offers in-state tuition for the service member's children. Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, and McConnell AFB are large installation that have a lot of people passing through them at all times.

If two resumes hit my desk, one from Mines, the other from K-State, I know which one goes on the top of the pile, and which one goes someplace in the bottom half....

Don't undestand that at all. I have friends that graduated both schools. Each is highly regarded.

My wife and I graduated from CU, but we sent two of our children to Mines. One graduated Chemical Engineering, and the other Petroleum Engineering. A long history of Mines graduates on their mother's side.

Great school! Your son can't go wrong by going to Mines if he wants to pursue a career in engineering. IMHO.

Don't get ,me wrong, I'd like to see him get accepted at CSM 'cause it is sort of the engineering equivalent of an ivy league college. That said, the academic requirements for an engineering degree seem to be about the same across the board.

Which one goes where in the pile?

My oldest son is currently attending Mines for mechanical engineering, he's in his last year. Great school, lots of smart kids and top notch teachers.

It be a great school to have a degree from!

Had an intern from Mines this year. Very impressive

I have worked with numerous grads from there, it sure seems like a good outfit. Another option and a great school for mines is Michigan Tech in Houghton Michigan. I have worked with a boat load of those grads also, its a top notch school.

My son got his ME here in state in Oklahoma. In talking with him, Mines is highly regarded. Not unlike MIT for math. I do have a colleague who's son is graduating Mines this year with a computer engineering degree. Nothing but positive things to say from either of them (father and son).

He wants to go to a school that isn't over a one day drive from Omaha, so Michigan Tech is a little too far.

One of my best friends went to school in Houghton and travels all over the World accessing potential battlefields for wheeled and tracked vehicle mobility. If you know where the vehicles can't go, you can focus your combat power where they can go.

It's a top-notch school. I've worked with graduates from there. All top-notch.

Yes, I too have a good friend graduated from Mines. He's married to my brothers SIL and living next door out in Twin Lakes and about to retire.

Sharp guy.

What strikes me is everyone here knows someone, but no one is one. Hmmmmm.

Oops, Thought at first you said "mimes". Carry on....

Dad is SO proud!!!