<p>THANK YOU to Inmotion and MaineLonghorn for your advices. I did go to the other thread to look. Thanks.</p>
<p>For us parents, we’d like our child to go to a good school and have a great undergrad experience and move on to a good grad school, if he is able to perform well. UT, per the ranking plus the scholarship, seems to be the best choice. Here are a few concerns we have:</p>
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<li>Will he be prepared with a foundation that is solid enough for him to study in a competitive grad school? (This assumes he works diligently in college.)</li>
<li>Does UT ChemE offer good research opportunities (real research work, like some private schools claim their students do)?</li>
<li>I heard UT ChemE is very oil/energy/petroleum-focused? What if my son is more into the bio/science aspect of ChemE? Should he then look at CMU or Rice instead (though their ChemE’s ranking is lower) in this case?</li>
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<p>I am not sure if these are the right questions to ask here but they are important factors in this decision-making process for us. Your input will be much appreciated.</p>