Omega Harris Interview

[MI Sooner]

That's not my experience with business or law. I don't think petroleum engineering in any higher rated than other engineering disciples as a percentile, it's just a less commonly offered. Meteorology is an exception I overlooked.

 

[JBaker]

Business is pretty good, but law is a bit of a safety school.

 

[MI Sooner]

Looks like 580 GMAT is typical, just to quantify its selectivity.

 

[JBaker]

Looks like 580 GMAT is typical, just to quantify its selectivity.

I think he meant just Price undergrad, not MBA program.

 

[stoopified]

I don't know how he would have time to study and complete his projects and labs in an engineering major and be a D-1 player, but that is great ambition and i hope he tries. Why doesn't OU have a 24 hour gym? We need to open one.

Wasn't Dave Seiger an engineering major ?

 

[SoonerBred]

That's not my experience with business or law. I don't think petroleum engineering in any higher rated than other engineering disciples as a percentile, it's just a less commonly offered. Meteorology is an exception I overlooked.

Wrong, Petroleum Engineering is very highly rated even though most schools don't have a program. OU gets some of the best professors in that discipline and spends lots of money to keep that spot. It's their #1 engineering school and they would be fools not to do that.

 

[Max Power]

That's not my experience with business or law. I don't think petroleum engineering in any higher rated than other engineering disciples as a percentile, it's just a less commonly offered. Meteorology is an exception I overlooked.

We have a top 3 nationally ranked petroleum engineering department, but its not in the engineering college. It's in the college of earth and energy

 

[MI Sooner]

We have a top 3 nationally ranked petroleum engineering department, but its not in the engineering college. It's in the college of earth and energy

Can you list the top 6-7 for me? It looks there are fewer than 20 undergrad programs nationally, many not having big time sports. The lists I saw basically followed the reputations of the schools more broadly, with Texas and Texas A&M ahead of OU. Penn St. and possibly other schools that are regarded as better than OU are also listed. Even if we're 3rd, 3rd out of twenty isn't exceptional given the competition, but it is better than I realized.

I remember being an undergrad and everyone telling me that their program had a resale good reputation. If the business, engineering, musical theater, etc., etc., programs are all nationally renowned, then OU wouldn't be an average (at best?) flagship university.