[Jakey]

I hope you're not going to do Mechanical Engineering here at Iowa State as the quality of undergraduate instruction is very poor. I can tell you specifically what ME classes are like as I have 10 regular class days left before graduation and I have taken 3 ME classes. I have also had 2 AE classes with ME students. If you want additional proof, as the ME adviser how the ME Department did on their last ABET review.

Regarding cost, keep in mind that College of Engineering students have to pay an additional surcharge fee. I've been here long enough that my fee was rather small but you younger folk are really going to get raped.

Regarding the job market, I would not necessarily say that the job market has been exploding. For example, both Polaris and Boston Scientific have recently had major layoffs in the Twin Cities. Everything depends on if you know your head from you ass in terms of being able to find a job. If you're set on wanting to get in with an automotive related manufacturer, the first thing you had better be doing is becoming active the Formula SAE team. Note how I said becoming active, not joining. Employers are smart enough to know that there are countless kids who join a club to simply list it on their resume and never actually do anything with the club.