So originally, I was planning to apply to 2-3 of Colorado School of Mines, UT Austin, Houston, and/or Texas A&M to study petroleum geology. I already have three letters of recommendations lined up from some great professors of mine and I have a 3.45 GPA. But after reading some posts on this sub about how terrible the future is looking like for petroleum geologists, I'm starting to have doubts.
Could I still apply to one of these schools and maybe go into resource mining instead? Is it worth it to take a year and work or travel a little to find out what I really want to do? I basically just have a draft of my personal statement ready and the deadline for funding consideration is in a week.




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