Talk:College Preparatory Center

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The picture included in the text doesn't actually show the CPC itself, that's a general display of the ITC, I will upload a photo of the CPC soon

Done

Oil-related fields only?

Or does the school study liberal arts, humanities, etc. too? Kent Wang 05:20, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, no students have liberal arts majors, although such classes have been taught there as part of the preparation for general college work. Not all of the students have majors directly related to petroleum, but all of them have majors deemed useful by their sponsoring company, Aramco. For example, "human resources," "mass communication," and even "criminal justice" are fields in which qualified Saudis can be usefully put to use by the mammoth firm.

Gnossie 15:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

However, Aramco is desperate for more petroleum engineers and geoscientists, mainly due to the fact that the number of graduates in the US has decreased over the past few decades. In addition, the company is facing more difficulty hiring Americans and foreigners in general in Saudi Arabia, despite all the above-average offers (for doing minimal work), including some benefits I couldn't find anywhere else. As a result, they decided to hire Saudis in these fields instead. Again, no qualified Saudis around. Solution? Simply, teach them from A to Z (which is quite unusual for a for-profit company, but Aramco has done it ever since it has come to Saudi Arabia as an American company). When I was there, about 50% of the students were supposed to major in petroleum engineering, as Aramco intends to expand its oil rig fleet (specifically double it), and roughly 30% were geoscience (50% of those geology and 50% geophysics). They desperately need geoscientists as well, but geoscience graduates in the world has not fallen as sharp as petroleum engineers, thus the need is less urgent. BTW, most of the work today is usually done by contractors, most notably Halliburton, Schlumberger and its subsidiary WesternGeco, and many local contractors emerging everyday because of Aramco's demand. -- Eagle^amn 17:23, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

$ 8000 !!!

I think you should say $ 8000 a year, rather than say it like this.

External link

This is a very interesting blog that has some useful information why they are doing it in the first place:[1]. -- Eagle^amn 15:49, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

reverted my additions by Lupin

Dear user Lupin,

I have added major information to this article (7 January 2006), may i ask why you had to revert it to the older version?

Ali,

Students at this year are 321... ( 2005 - 2006 ) Thanks

What about previous year?

(2005 - 2006): 321 (2004 - 2005): ?? (2003 - 2004): 110 (2002 - 2003): ?? (2001 - 2002): ???

Future of CPC?

Does anybody know whether CPC is going to be expanded? or cancelled in future?