<p>I have some questions regarding UT Austin's Chemical Engineering program.</p>
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<li>Is it difficult to get very high GPA in your first year?</li>
<li>Can ChemE students minor in business?</li>
<li>What sort of jobs do ChemE graduates get?</li>
<li>Any good dorm for engineering students unlucky enough to get into Duren or San J? Somewhere quiet and near the Cockrell school, perhaps..?</li>
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<p>Thanks =D</p>
<p>Wow, these are almost exactly my questions… I would like to know the answers as well.</p>
<p>Sorry man I dont get on CC much … Facebook consumes my life haha but…
1.) Yes and No- It depends on what you take. If you take mostly intro classes, yes its easy to get a high GPA. If your jumping straight into classes like CH 302, CHE 210, PHY 303K, etc. yes it will be hard. My GPA dropped BIG TIME after first semester but my GPA should go up this semester.
2.) ChemE’s can minor in Business/Engineering Business/Economics/ Business Foundations Certification
3.) Sort of jobs? Depends. Most can work as Product, Process, Environmental Engineers in industries such as oil, gas, energy, polymers, pharmaceuticals- the possibilities are endless.
4.) The only closest dorm to Cockrell SOE is Simkins (All-Male) or Kinsolving (All-Girl). I live in Simkins- It’s really quiet but it can get a tad loud during Halloween (My RA walked in drunk and got kicked out. Behave yourselves).</p>
<p>1) The basic classes aren’t too bad if your good really good at math and science. (Which if your a chemE, thats a given =P) So making a good GPA is definitely possible for the first few courses. Its usually once you start getting into the Che317, O Chem, P Chem, and Diffy courses that things start to get pretty tough.</p>
<p>2) The business school usually lets liberal arts/ communication majors minor in business from what I’ve heard. There usually aren’t too many engineers that minor in business. You can do the business route to engineering program or business foundation program easily though.</p>
<p>3) There is like a hundred different jobs you can get with a ChemE degree lol. A lot of undergrads go into the petrochemical / oil sector though once they graduate since Houston has a lot of that industry.</p>
<p>4) Can’t say too much about number 4. Location of your dorm wherever it may be probably won’t be too much of an issue since you’ll still be right on campus.</p>
<p>How bad is CHE 317? I’m planning on having Maynard (Supposedly I heard she’s confusing) and would really like to get some advice! Also how difficult is it to balance 317, PChem, OChem, DiffEq, and 204 Lab?</p>
<p>pchem? do you mean physics?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure he/she means “physical chemistry”.</p>
<p>Or maybe not, who knows? :D</p>
<p>yeah physical chemistry. Anyone know?</p>
<p>I have Dr. Maynard and I think she’s a pretty good professor. Considering it’s her first time teaching the material I don’t think she’s doing that badly, especially since the material can be kind of confusing the first time you learn it. She’s also a very nice grader and gives a good amount of partial credit if it looks like your trying your hardest to solve the problems.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for the answers. I’m good in OChem, but I pretty sucked at PChem (hell, the maths).</p>
<p>I’m now planning to arrange for my schedule etc, but I can’t seem to find much on the Austin webpage (I got lost a lot there). Is there any link you can share? What I want to know for each course:</p>
<p>-Textbooks required
-The best professor
-Suggestion on what to take first (do I follow the Suggested Arrangement of Courses like that?)</p>
<p>cud u guys tell me how 2 start a new thread?..i just signed up 4 this…</p>
<p>Go to the UT forum page and in the upper left hand corner of the thread listings is a button for “New Thread”.</p>