<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I am not new to this site, I remember using it back in the high school days, but now that college is past its mid-point and I am a junior at Hopkins, I have seriously been thinking about my future after undergrad. Since staring research back in freshman year, I have been pushed toward a PhD in ChemE by a lot of the peers I work with. Now, I believe it is in my best interest to go to Grad school so that my career will open me up to more research in the future(if I wanted to do more classical ChemE jobs like production and large scale chemical reactions, a BS or MS would be fine but I enjoy reseaarch a lot)</p>
<p>Anyhow, I am not a naive freshmen who has his next ten years planned out, and after concurring one goal, has moved towards another like some people in this forum, it can be addicting, hehe.</p>
<p>So I have thought through a lot of the top ChemE programs in the country. And I think I am interested in a few of the schools. But, my predicament lies with the real deal behind these schools. This is where I am asking of your help. Princeton and Stanford are two solid ChemE grad programs that both do interesting research in nanotechnology and energy/fuel cell stuff, two fields I have been doing research in already, and by looking through the websites I seem to like them both a lot. Now I think I want to go to industry after grad school, and I have heard things from other PhD's at my school saying that Princeton is more of a pedigree grad program that gets graduate students into professorships, and Stanford and other bigger non-private state schools will give you a better set up for industry. Does anyone out there know more information about Princeton's chemE grad program that can help me out?</p>
<p>Also, please don't get on me about shooting for the stars with top grad programs, I know they are extremely hard to get into, and by all means getting in would definitely require some luck. However, I am realistic and I have co-authored several papers and Blah,Blah Blah, so lets just focus on how the personalities of these schools are and not on my personal stats, cause I think I have a shot. Thanks everyone.</p>