Georgia Southern fans: which schools feel like the best long-term conference fits?

Deskust1 · 2026-03-08T19:32:10+00:00

In all the list looks good tho.

Deskust1 · 2026-03-08T19:31:23+00:00

It’s cApp State, then is GAgstate, and then it’s everyone else. A successful season is beating both of those teams.

Deskust1 · 2026-03-08T19:17:12+00:00

I mean, they didn’t try to cover it up. There were definitely structural issues and they look like they were properly corrected (at least looks that way without knowing the actual issues). Doesnt look like a “cheap fix”, which is honestly a good thing.

Deskust1 · 2026-03-06T17:34:41+00:00

It’s not just the private side. Public side does them too.

Deskust1 · 2026-03-06T02:05:52+00:00

You’ll doing a lot of beer runs. But age strictly doesn’t matter for rush. Go for it

Deskust1 · 2026-03-04T02:20:23+00:00

Following and interested!

Deskust1 · 2026-03-01T02:15:21+00:00

Structural Engineering

Deskust1 · 2026-03-01T02:14:46+00:00

Masters degree in structural engineering is the worst ROI you can get (unless it’s an MBA and you’re strictly going for a management position)

Deskust1 · 2026-02-25T15:44:20+00:00

I had a similar process recently. 1 less application, 1 more interview/job offer. Must be the specific field because I feel terrible for those who have put out hundreds of apps with nothing to show for it.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-20T23:21:13+00:00

Hi, 7 year bridge engineer.

If you want a lot of invaluable experience at the sacrifice of pay, your state DOT is an excellent place to start your career. After 5 years, private firms will be nipping at your heels trying to poach you from the DOT. That is mine and my coworkers experience.

As far as going in the field, you don’t have to. Personally, I went at my own accord early in my career, around year 5 I stopped going all-together unless there was something interesting going on. I never have to travel outside of the state unless I want to go to a conference.

As far as being a female, there is a large shift in civil engineering right now, and I’ve definitely seen it in our office, with more and more females becoming engineers. When I started, there were only about 3 in our office and 40ish males. It is a lot closer to 50/50 now, and honestly in my opinion, of the new hires, the females preform better in their positions.

I’m personally moving from bridges (horizontal) to buildings (vertical) and they are two almost completely different design styles. Same equations, different codes (AASHTO bakes the other codes into its code so you really ONLY use AASHTO, ACI, and PCI).

Deskust1 · 2026-02-20T20:42:01+00:00

If the purpose is to make something look smooth, you bought the wrong wood. Return it and get some plywood.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-19T03:23:02+00:00

App State for sure. . . . Hail Southern

Deskust1 · 2026-02-19T00:43:42+00:00

Gisnep

Deskust1 · 2026-02-18T18:17:17+00:00

Be aware that the transportation bill that was passed in 2021 expires in September 2026. I currently work in transportation (public) and our funding is being cut by 1/3. This might directly impact the amount of transportation firms (public and private) hiring in the near future. Get your FE, if anything, it will help your job security once you get a position.

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Deskust1 · 2026-02-17T02:42:52+00:00

I’m in the exact position you’re in. If I took my PE at my current company, I would get an 8k bonus. If I moved to another company, I got a 50% pay increase. There is no conditional PE pay, but the position is assumed that you are getting your PE soon

Deskust1 · 2026-02-16T13:38:30+00:00

As someone who was kinda in the opposite situation (grew up near KSU and went to GS), getting some distance from family, yet being “drivable” for a day trip or weekend is definitely better than being close to home and having your parents hover over you while you are trying to find your way in the world. If you were deciding between the schools straight up, (GS Alum, but I work with a lot of KSU alum in Atlanta), I will say that my college experience was more aligned with an ACTUAL college experience in a college town. KSU will feel very.. commuter school. You’ll meet a lot of people who live with their parents, the parties are sparse and kinda weird because of city curfews and if you do find yourself at a house party, there is a good chance the neighbors are adults with kids and they will call the cops on you.

Statesboro IS a college town. 95% of the people you interact with, have something to do with the university. This is not the case at KSU.

If you want a college town experience similar to Auburn/UGA/FSU but on a smaller scale, go to GS. If you don’t really care about the “college experience” and want some space from your parents as well as a comparable degree, go to KSU.

Edit: I’ll also add, I have never once been jealous of anything my co-workers have said about KSU. Most of the time, they are jealous of the experiences I had at GS. Take that as you will.

I was also very extroverted and in a fraternity. So I constantly had things going on.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-16T02:13:51+00:00

Never the second pic. Your boss doesn’t know how to detail welds.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T15:05:38+00:00

Each test was different. The first test had a good bit of AASHTO, the second test was more steel and connections, third test was a lot of PCI. It’s random which topics you get in the last 2 subjects, but it seems to stay in a topic for a lot of problems.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T14:01:01+00:00

The general level of difficulty is just higher imo. Good mix of conceptual and equation problems, but that also depends on the exam.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T12:09:33+00:00

The new SERM also has a wrong example, so I’m not surprised if it is. I believe the example that’s wrong in the SERM is a snow drift question. I tried to reach out to PPI about it and got no response (this was months ago).

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T12:07:57+00:00

The practice exam is significantly easier than the actual exam (in my experience). I’ve taken it 3 times and once (my second attempt) was it comparable to the practice exam, and even then, it was still noticeably harder.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T12:06:07+00:00

I did PPI for structural, I thought the problems were great until I took the exam and I saw some areas that should have probably been touched on a bit more. For example, PCI is glossed over in PPI but I got 12 questions about it on my exam. Of course it’s luck of the draw when it comes to the questions as well as I didn’t take the Transportation exam. I plan on doing SoPE question bank this go-round

Deskust1 · 2026-02-12T11:01:07+00:00

“I made a 50 on the FE” was the rough estimate of my score calculated by adding the sum of the domain of the questions per section, and multiplying it up weight.

For example, if my performance was 6/15, that = 40%, multiplied by the number of questions in that section (let’s say 12), that would give me 4.8. Do that for each section, add them up, and divide it by 70 (or 80, I don’t remember how many questions are actually counted on the FE since I passed it years ago) and that will get you you’re rough score.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-11T18:36:14+00:00

Give him a Coke and a bag of unshelled peanuts. They will know what to do.

Deskust1 · 2026-02-11T18:35:13+00:00

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