[MotoSook]

I see. I got the impression that you wanted to graduate as a geologist.

If you get an engineering degree and you live in Houston, you will not have a hard time finding a job. You will not have a hard time finding an internship in the oil & gas industry your Jr. year summer. Although the job market in that field has its downs, the ups are good. You can move quickly once you are in the industry. Most of the companys in Houston (oil & gas) won't bother to hire you as an intern before your Jr year. You can also look to the suppliers to those companies for summer jobs. Companies that service or sell product to the big companies. There are vendors out there who may want to pay you minimum wage to do office work for them. Those venders represent manufacturers of product used on the pipeline. Start researching vendors. Try key words, "regulators" "ball valves" "pipe fitting" "pigging" "pipeline construction" "natural gas measurement" ....etc... Lots of other methos. Feel free top to e-mail me if you want more ideas. I may not get back to you right away, but I'll try to help.