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Woops! Sorry about that! When I saw your request right after my post, I decided you were talking to me! Do check out the online options. Once upon a time, it was required to do some work at the degree awarding campus to get the Masters degree. Usually, it was a 1/2 day seminar so only...

going to grad school Off topic but the answer is easy: I didn't go to KP! Engineering yes, KP, no! My merchant experience is pretty slim: 1 summer working in the ship yard of Great Lakes Towing Co. in Cleveland (I painted a lot of hulls and chipped rust in even more ballast tanks) and 2...

Lots of Laude I think KPEngineer has pretty much got it. When I applied to grad school (6 months out of college), all questions about my academic record ceased when I uttered the magic phrase: "my company is sponsoring my master's." I think that outside of my first job, the only time my...

Attrition Rate My engineering class started at 152, 51 of us graduated by design. Grade on a bell curve and demand a 2.5 GPA and you lose 2/3 of your students in 3 semesters. It wasn't very nice but it found the people with strong study skills. However, to be fair, I went to a large...

Eviction Notice My wife called me as she saw the Facebook post and I just finished reading the article. I teach in the SUNY system so I'm perfectly aware of the silliness (to keep this forum PG) that comes down the pipe. However, this malicious and destructive behavior is a whole new level. I...

ABET I think kpbaseballmom summed it up pretty well. I have been through the ABET ringer once in a 4 year mechanical engineering science program and last year in a two year mechanical technology program. ABET looks for very specific academic requirements that the marine engineering program does...

Facebook woes If Kim Kardashian would fall off the edge of the earth (or at least go to those spots on the chart that read "Here there be Dragons") by eliminating Facebook then that alone would justify the administration's position. Sadly, our DS's and DD's are far better at dodging...

Marching in the Presidential parade Sorry to hear your DS missed it. I hope he gets to see the video. I have no idea how long C-SPAN keeps these clips on their site. I did however, screen capture the clip so I have a local copy that I can re-post if C-SPAN's goes away.

I clipped this from the C-SPAN coverage of the parade. C-SPAN's clipping tool is not the world's finest (or even 2nd finest) so I overshot a bit on both ends. However, the whole coverage of the academy is here. I'm pleased to report they are playing "Life on the Ocean Wave" as if you didn't...

Leaving after first sea year My understanding is that a Midshipman can walk away after the first sea term. Someone with more experience, please correct me if I'm wrong. Sadly, some Midshipman wash out from the program from failing their sea projects but that is a different thread!

Applying for multiple SA's and your Congressional Appointment Jasperdog, as usual, makes some great points. When our DS was working to get his Congressional appointments, our junior senator made it clear she would only nominate a person for one academy. Our house representative would give...

Track team You have already taken the right steps. Have you been to campus for an overnight visit? Or maybe I should phrase that, can you do an overnight visit? Then you can get teamed up with a track member. My DS got a track member to tail after on his visit and he got to see the coach as...

Glad to help out. Thanks. I started my career at IBM Kingston (now long gone) so this is all old stomping grounds for me. Its only 40 minutes or so from here but I only found out about it the next day! Our DS figured we wouldn't be able to come. Oh well. I'm glad the school got some nice...

My ex-Navy brother sent me this link this afternoon from Marine Log. This looks like a nice addition to the KP engineering lab. It beats the heck out of the Chevy 350 in the ME lab I had to work on at Syracuse! Wärtsilä donates controllable pitch propulsion system to USMMA, Kings Point...

Hello all - This is a link to the Kingston Daily Freeman highlighting celebrations on April 20 for Gov. George Clinton (who had a least a passing interest in marine transportation). The band went up to play for the event. There are a few nice slides of band members and some video footage of...