<p>My son had pretty much decided that he would major in ChemE as an undergrad because it is a nice solid degree that gives him good options for employment or grad school (established major, could go to bio as a grad student, etc). That was until he visited and fell in love with Duke where they have no ChemE major! Now he is willing to go with Biomedical or even Mechanical as an undergrad so that he can attend Duke. I'm concerned that he is making a rash decision at the 11th hour. He has three other schools still on his plate (Rice, Penn and Northwestern) where he can get the Chem E degree as originally planned. I'm going to suggest he try jmmom's approach tonite. After this year long process we've been through, I'd hate to see us at loggerheads at the 11th hour.</p>