Hello everybody,
I am new to the forum. So I'll jump right in.
I am thirty years old, have three kids with another (last) on the way. In High School (graduated 2004) I took Calculus and of course physics. Since that time I've served in the military as a Jet Engine Mechanic and worked for a company building composite prototype aero vehicles. WitH all of that said to give you an idea of my interest and pure joy of knowing how, why and back to how things work.
I'm curious to recieve opinions on being thirty with kids going back to school for engineering. I feel as if my experience thus far working with engineers and being friends with engineers coming out of prestigious colleges with masters degrees that I have an idea of what it is about. Yet I'm feeling sort of old for class. Are there other older students in class? I plan to go for it reguardless but was in need of open honest opinions from other people than my friends. Also how much does the college name really matter in the career field? Is opportunity more so based off GPA for employment? Which truly matters because people I know have degrees out of places like Berkley and Stanford to work somewhere, in my opinion isnt using the Berkley name how i would have thought it to be used. To me it seems like that would be a brand name to generic brand plus the incredible price difference. I intend to GE at a community college and transfer to SDSU for grad and masters, if I'm not too old
Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I intend to work towards Mechanical rather Aero, with a minor EE.
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