<p>Not looking for rankings but for those currently majoring in it…</p>
<li>How is it?</li>
<li>Would you say the classes are challenging?</li>
<li>Did you bring any large amount of AP Credit? If so, what did you do with the extra time? Take electives, lessen the workload, or attempt to graduate early?</li>
<li>Any particular laptop you’d recommend? </li>
<li>Anything else you might want to share?</li>
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<p>Had a friend who was a ChemE.</p>
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<li> ChemE is a lot of labs - more than any other engineering probably.</li>
<li> The classes are about as hard as any other class but maybe a little more heavy on facts than numbers.</li>
<li> AP credit won't get you out of anything ChemE specific but you can get out of about 30-40 gen-ed credits through AP's if you tried. However, this means you won't be able to soften any of your courseload (I took 2.5 straight years of 4-5 ECE classes per semester; I wouldn't recommend it to the faint at heart)</li>
<li> Don't get a Mac. The only person I ever saw in engineering with a Mac was an Industrial Engineering major (Industrial Engineering is pejoratively known as Imaginary Engineering by the rest of us). Get something that's light and doesn't cost much.</li>
<li> Said friend ended up getting hired by Exxon the day he graduated. He's probably making the big bucks now.</li>
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<li>I hate labs @.@</li>
<li>Fair enough.</li>
<li>Not looking to get out of ChemE creds but like, if I can clean out those Gen-Eds, skip Calc I-II, etc., I might actually have the opportunity to take some electives (Number Theory, maybe?). What's wrong with the 2.5 years of straight ECE classes?</li>
<li>Lol. Not a Mac fanboy. Was thinking along the lines of ThinkPad, or maybe a Dell XPS. </li>
<li> : / Yeah, the joke around here is that those who can't engineer do Industrial Engineering. It's somewhat upsetting that they make the big bucks.</li>
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<p>On an unrelated note, I misspelled Chemical. I fail.</p>
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What's wrong with the 2.5 years of straight ECE classes?
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<p>A typical engineering class is worth probably 2 of [pick any humanities/business class]. Special topics are usually easy, but the core engineering classes can be up to 15 hours a week of work. By substituting one gen ed for an engineering class, you save yourself some headaches while taking the same amount of credits.</p>
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1. How is it?
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Generally considered one of the hard ones, along with electrical. There are about 50 grads a year. </p>
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2. Would you say the classes are challenging?
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More time consuming, than hard. But there are some hard classes, like physical chem.</p>
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3. Did you bring any large amount of AP Credit? If so, what did you do with the extra time? Take electives, lessen the workload, or attempt to graduate early?
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<p>I dont know any chem eng that graduated early. Those that came in with credits generally graduated on time. Most either did a summer or two, or they were on the 4.5-5 year track.</p>
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5. Anything else you might want to share?
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Of the two I know personally, one went on to GE ($65-70K range) and one is doing a masters.</p>