<p>For those of you who pursued ChemE at UF...</p>
<p>How was the experience? Were you able to manage your grades with your social lives?</p>
<p>Do you think it would be possible to join a frat, do a few clubs, and manage the ChemE major?</p>
<p>Was it difficult to find jobs (esp. outside of Florida)? What types of jobs do you have now?</p>
<p>Can only speak of my d, who’s a current ChemE student. She came in with about 45 hours of AP credit, so she had most of her GenEds done. She’s in her 4th semester, and she’s completing the Orgo sequence and will be completing her first 3 engineering classes this spring (one in fall, 2 in spring). She’s also in a sorority, and very involved with Cru (campus crusade) on campus. In the fall she was an undergrad assistant on one of the ChemE profs research projects. She took this spring off from that, as she’s tutoring at Broward, but she’ll be working w/ the prof again probably over this summer. For her the studying comes in spurts … she tries to stay on top of it, but the Orgo is her biggest kill-joy (she’s a huge math/physics girl), so she will be glad to be done with that. She’s gone to all the home football games this year (won the lottery), and 3 basketball games, I think. She loves the gymnastics meets, too. So, if you are disciplined and use your time well, you can work and play. 
Good luck!</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>Zebes… Do you have any hard data on grad school, internships, and job placement for ChemE undergrads? I think the OP is getting some misleading advise in other posts, so your input would be useful.</p>
<p>^Thanks, rogracer. That’s actually what I’m more interested in. I got into UIUC and UF for ChemE (well BioE at UF but I plan on transferring if I go to UF). I know UIUC has a much better ChemE program, but I’m getting tons of money from UF so I’m giving it heavy consideration. But does anyone know how difficult it would be to get a job in the biotech industry (preferrably in San Fran), oil inustry, or biofuel/alternative energy industries? And how well UF places students in grad school? </p>
<p>Can someone who’s graduated from UF’s ChemE program please PM me?</p>