My daughter was accepted to Rose-Hulman!

[rockhopper46038]

I went the entrepreneur route, but still get to kick the engineering tires daily. Rose prepares you to try just about anything you like.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Just curious what kind of jobs you guys end up with out of RH? I know most are engineers, but what kind of things do you guys do..like buildings, sewers, cars, spaceships?

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There a many out there doing average jobs, but a few are doing some extra-ordinary things. My job, for instance, would be considered ordinary in most respects, but IMHO, I have a job that many "hands-on" or military oriented engineers only get to dream about. I can't divulge too much but it's the best, most rewarding job I've ever had, I get paid good to do it, and I get to interface with some pretty awesome guys doing it...

Does RH produce any racing engineers? I have heard IUPUI has a great school for racing engineers.

Racing engineers as in "Bachelor of Science in Racing Engineering"? No
Racing engineers as in "Engineers that love to race"? Yes

One of the beautiful things at Rose is the extra-curricular activities all paid for by the Student Activities Fees that every student pays even if he/she doesn't participate. There are lots of students that don't; so it means fat budgets for some of the clubs like "Team Rose Motorsports". I'm not sure what cars they are running right now but they had a dragster and a couple other cars that they actually ran at competitions.

Another note: before the gun-club was shut-down (I was there when they shut it down and witnessed the incident that lead to the club being shut down) they had a budget of ~$30k/yr and our gun-shoots (4 shoots annually open to all campus, and several smaller ones for officers and range officers only) exceeded 100k rounds shot. It was the largest club on campus with something around 60% participation (meaning 60% of Rose students came to at least one gun-shoot per year).

We just have to keep the EEs and CS guys out of the planning stage! AHAHAH

I'm serious, lets do it... once the Homecoming schedule is out lets start a thread and plan it...

 

[mk2ja]

I would absolutely love to attend some sort of RHIT get-together, but I am thinking I won't be able to make it, unfortunately. Hope you all have a great time! I'll try to follow up on the planning and AAR threads once they come up so I can enjoy the event vicariously!

Another note: before the gun-club was shut-down (I was there when they shut it down and witnessed the incident that lead to the club being shut down) they had a budget of ~$30k/yr and our gun-shoots (4 shoots annually open to all campus, and several smaller ones for officers and range officers only) exceeded 100k rounds shot. It was the largest club on campus with something around 60% participation (meaning 60% of Rose students came to at least one gun-shoot per year).

What year was it shut down? Did it ever come back? I remember there being a club shooting event while I was there that I didn't get to attend, but I don't remember them being so often. So either I was there when it came back or when it got shut down, or maybe I just wasn't paying attention

 

[CountryBoy19]

What year was it shut down? Did it ever come back? I remember there being a club shooting event while I was there that I didn't get to attend, but I don't remember them being so often. So either I was there when it came back or when it got shut down, or maybe I just wasn't paying attention

It was shut down a few decades ago, came back in the 90's IIRC, and I believe it was shut down your senior year (we graduated the same year I believe). The open shoots were 4 times/yr. We had one shoot senior year and then it got the nix...

Did you ever look at the posters on the walls and bulletin boards around campus? We hung up hundreds of fliers at least a week in advance of each open-shoot.

The real fun was for the officers though. Because they typically didn't get to enjoy the open shoots (busy acting as range officers and helpers) we had special training and shooting sessions outside of the open-shoots. We set up obstacle courses and shoot-house type stuff for those... the open-shoots were just big ammo-burning parties with bunches of shooters on the line letting loose on whatever target they felt like.

 

[lovemywoods]

I have a vague recollection of shooing these enormously heavy .22 rifles in the basement of Moench Hall in the mid-late 70's. (Yes, I am that old....). ROTC sponsored anyone who wanted to do some shooting.

 

[88E30M50]

Congrats Que!

 

[IndyDave1776]

I have a vague recollection of shooing these enormously heavy .22 rifles in the basement of Moench Hall in the mid-late 70's. (Yes, I am that old....). ROTC sponsored anyone who wanted to do some shooting.

I could be ornery and point out that I was loading diapers in the mid-70s!

 

[Hookeye]

As long as you're not ornery and loading your diapers in your 70's............

 

[IndyDave1776]

As long as you're not ornery and loading your diapers in your 70's............

Yours Truly is 1973 vintage.

 

[nj4020]

Que, it's time for an update. How's she doing at school? I just came across this thread while searching, and I was surprised as to the RHIT connections here on INGO. My son is a current senior chem e at Rose. He is looking for a job now. I wonder if INGO, RHIT alumni have any pull?

 

[Que]

My daughter has found the perfect place for her. She loves being around people who enjoy rigorous academics and teachers who are passionate about teaching and not just research. She went to a job/internship fair the other day and made some good connections. I think she is going to have a very satisfying tenure at Rose-Hulman.

 

[AceDerringer]

Congrats!! Great School!!!

 

[Mark 1911]

Congrats to you and your daughter Que!

 

[jblomenberg16]

Glad to hear! I didn't make it to the career fair on Wednesday, but was there all day Friday interviewing for summer internships. Had some very qualified candidates to talk to for sure! Did your daughter go to the bonfire last night? Definitely a tradition worth participating in!

 

[Que]

Glad to hear! I didn't make it to the career fair on Wednesday, but was there all day Friday interviewing for summer internships. Had some very qualified candidates to talk to for sure! Did your daughter go to the bonfire last night? Definitely a tradition worth participating in!

I think she went, but I'm not sure. We only communicate on Sunday evenings. Although there are several ways to stay in contact, we've decided to let her have space. My wife is active on the R-H Parents page on Facebook and a lot of them seem to spend a lot of time keeping up with their children.

 

[Que]

Well, I'm proud to say my little girl made the dean's list! She's only got 11 more terms to go.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Well, I'm proud to say my little girl made the dean's list! She's only got 11 more terms to go.

Great start! Keep that GPA up over 3.0 and she'll have no trouble findinga job when she graduates.

 

[lovemywoods]

Something tells me she is aiming quite a bit higher than 3.0 for her GPA.
Congrats to her and her proud papa!

 

[24Carat]

Unless you are a grad of RHIT or have been the parent of a student there, an accomplishment like this in the Freshman year cannot be fully appreciated. What an amazing young'n you have there !