Texas Tech information/Input Needed

[Phdan]

Can't help you on dorms either. When I went to Tech, I lived a cross from the Jones in a $15 a week apartment that is there anymore. Was some time ago.

Always an aggie........

[TxTechBowhunter]

The best advice that I can give is save your money and send her to a good school like Texas A&M

He said he wanted his daughter to go to college, not join a cult.

[Dave]

Tell her to strive for field time and volunteer to help the prof's and grad students with their field work. She will learn as much from this time in the field as she will in the class. Also have her start working on getting a summer internship oriented in the direction she wants to go initially on her career. This in no way locks her in to this field but will help immensely in getting a job.

Tell her to expect to travel out of state for her initial job after graduation. Wildlife grads have to be willing to take the best job available regardless of location then get experience and wait for that "perfect" job back closer to home. This will also make her more hireable here in Texas as the majority of the wildlife business is dominated by tech and A&M grads. By going out of state initially she will gain a lot of new experience from people educated somewhere else which will make her more hireable when she wants to come back to Texas.

That's coming from an Aggie wildlife grad and goes for wildlife students regardless of school.

[texag93]

I can't comment on tt(well I could but promised some folks I'd keep my those comments to myself) but I would have to agree on changing majors. I have a wildlife degree from Texas A&M and would have changed my major if I wasn't so close to graduating and BROKE! It is something you have to love to do. The job market is thin, the pay is thinner and it is as non glamorous a like as you can get. I will say that if she doesn't have contacts now for a job 4 yrs from now, START LOOKING!!!!! If she has no problems with that then she may be in the right major. I can't recommend anyone taking that route in college no matter where they go.

[spur]

I stayed at Bledsoe...in 1982. I think they bulldozed the place and brought in a hazmat team to clean it up. I was poor boy'n it. Until I won a big check riding bulls in Oklahoma on an over night road trip to a bull riding..... I finished the semester then quit like a dumb@$$. Never made the NFR and should have stayed in college. Its a great town!

[simek]

I hate to break the news to you Spur, but Bledsoe is still there!

[Russ81]

He said he wanted his daughter to go to college, not join a cult.

Let me see if I say it right but..........................................










WHOOP!!

[rtarcher]

I stayed in Coleman Tower, 10th floor my freshman year. I liked the view,
which faced the campus and what I remember as a soccer field(?). I moved
off campus to an apartment at 4th and 289 after that. From what I recall, which was more than 20 years and a fog ago, It was easy to walk or bike
to any class. There did always seem to be a party at "the beach", though.
This is the time of year that if you look to the north, you can watch New
Mexico blow in, covering your car with a fine red dust!

Good luck to her!

Todd

[Snakelover]

I have a degree in Wildlife Management from A&M. It looks real nice on my office wall. The closest I got to a wildlife related job was for a TPWD Biologist spot in west Texas. There were over 100 qualified applicants. I made the cut to interview (top 10), but didn't get the job. So close and yet so far! It would definitely help if you could buddy up to a few state senators, congressmen, etc. A few strategically placed financial contributions could go a long way toward an interview. The world of TPWD can be unbelievably political in nature and sometimes it's all about who has the shortest strings. (Shhhh! You're not supposed to know that!)

[texag93]

This is the time of year that if you look to the north, you can watch New
Mexico blow in, ........

I'm not great with directions but wouldn't you have to look west to see New Mexico? Or......has it relocated in the last 20yrs?

[Russ81]

there is some New Mexico NORTH west of Lubbock

[Bowshark]

Thanks to everyone for the info. Cayla read all of them and her first comment to me was “Are these people ok!” I told her don’t worry about it keep reading. She really got a lot out of each comment good and bad and some big laughs.
She knows she will have some hills to climb but as I told her "you are going to have to work in life and you may or may not be rich but the best thing to do is something you like. Money want make you happpy but it can kill you."

Again thanks, it is amazing how fast you can get state wide comments from TBH.

Bowshark

[Bowshark]

ttt

[TxTechBowhunter]

Tell her to be sure and apply for TPWD internships as not that many people apply for them.