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@KPEngineer , I dont understand. Which is easier, systems or Shipyard Management? I'm focusing on these 2 for the ABET accreditation.
I would recommend pursuing a degree based on your interest in utilizing the education and not which is "easier". Also, what is easier for me may not be easier for you.@KPEngineer , I dont understand. Which is easier, systems or Shipyard Management? I'm focusing on these 2 for the ABET accreditation.
I would recommend pursuing a degree based on your interest in utilizing the education and not which is "easier". Also, what is easier for me may not be easier for you.@KPEngineer , I dont understand. Which is easier, systems or Shipyard Management? I'm focusing on these 2 for the ABET accreditation.
Not sure how it was in your day, but there's a clear consensus that systems is the harder major. There are very few athletes in systems, half the football team are shipyard.
Differential Equations II and Machine Design vs. Project Management. Nothing else be said on the matter.@KPEngineer , If Shipyard requires more credit hours than Systems, how is it an easier major (Shipyard requires 177 credits while Systems requires 174.5 credits)? Is it due to the difficulty of the coursework, or something else? Thank you.
The systems capstone is a serious project. Everyone says the shipyard capstone is a joke. I know physics III is only systems as well. Make no mistake, the highest intelligence and hardest working people at KP are in systems. The shipyard major is a lot of football players and people who don't care as much.Differential Equations II and Machine Design vs. Project Management. Nothing else be said on the matter.@KPEngineer , If Shipyard requires more credit hours than Systems, how is it an easier major (Shipyard requires 177 credits while Systems requires 174.5 credits)? Is it due to the difficulty of the coursework, or something else? Thank you.
@KPEngineer , can you choose your major at KP, or are you given specific choices (such as only Systems or Transportation)? I am kind of keen on shipyard.
You can start out whatever you like but as Mr2020 said, you may finish as something different and not entirely of your own choosing. I saw some very smart people drop systems and go straight engine. It can come down to the choice do you want to graduate with a systems degree or do you want to graduate at all.@KPEngineer , can you choose your major at KP, or are you given specific choices (such as only Systems or Transportation)? I am kind of keen on shipyard.
You are waaaaay over analyzing things. You have three primary means of achieving your goal, everything else is just noise.@KPEngineer or @Mr2020 , straight engine means just Marine Engineering (not systems or shipyard), right? But if you graduate with a non-ABET accredited degree, will that effect your chances of going AD (and will the ADAF or ADN know that you dropped out of shipyard/systems, and will this negatively affect commissioning)?
No the Navy does not care about PFA scores. They commissioned a guy this year who had failed his PFA like 5 times and hadn't even passed when they offered him a commission. That is unless you are going seal or edo, in that case they care a lot. Nobody got into BUD/s this year.
You can get any job in the Air Force with a marine engineering degree. There's a test you take called the AFQ something. That may have a bearing on what job you get.
USMMA sends Midshipman (not Cadet) candidates to BUDS/SEAL training frequently. They apply to SOAS just like Naval Academy and NROTC Midshipmen do. They go directly from USMMA with no input from anyone at USNA. This year, there are eight USMMA Mids that I know of competing for an opportunity to attend SOAS next summer. They frequently work out together (a pretty crazy high-intensity training regimen) and they have a Naval Science mentor. The word of mouth is that USMMA Mids have a good success rate at SOAS and in completing BUDS, but I am not sure if anyone keeps stats on that. The group is small, but in my opinion, they are a very dedicated and high quality bunch of Mids.
Class of 2017. 3 applied to Buds. 3 are still in the programUSMMA sends Midshipman (not Cadet) candidates to BUDS/SEAL training frequently. They apply to SOAS just like Naval Academy and NROTC Midshipmen do. They go directly from USMMA with no input from anyone at USNA. This year, there are eight USMMA Mids that I know of competing for an opportunity to attend SOAS next summer. They frequently work out together (a pretty crazy high-intensity training regimen) and they have a Naval Science mentor. The word of mouth is that USMMA Mids have a good success rate at SOAS and in completing BUDS, but I am not sure if anyone keeps stats on that. The group is small, but in my opinion, they are a very dedicated and high quality bunch of Mids.