<p>What does a typical day look like for a Chemical Engineering student? I can't find a sample schedule anywhere. I'm looking for class times, free time, dinner, etc... not just a course list.</p>
<p>I hear that chemical engineering is a tough degree (and that I'll have no life in college). How true is this?</p>
<p>Your class schedule is based on what classes you will be taking (are you coming in with AP credit etc.). You can see the sample 4 year plan in the CSE website and the times of the classes at the One Stop site. There won’t be a set schedule just because you are a ChemE student, it depends upon what classes you will be taking and what classes are open when you register. You are in charge of your schedule and free time :)</p>
<p>ChemE is the most competitive of the engineering majors at Minnesota. I believe they said most of the students had above a 3.2 GPA to be accepted into the ChemE major. Due to the size limitations (the labs), not everyone who wants to be a ChemE major gets it. You have to declare the major and the ChemE dept. has to accept you. As to the life of a ChemE major, my older son was a ChemE major and he had a pretty great undergrad experience (although he did not attend Minnesota). He had a “life” at college 
Good Luck!</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://cse.umn.edu/prod/groups/cse/@pub/@cse/documents/content/cse_content_388844.pdf]Here[/url”>http://cse.umn.edu/prod/groups/cse/@pub/@cse/documents/content/cse_content_388844.pdf]Here[/url</a>] is the four year plan, and [url=<a href=“http://onestop2.umn.edu/courseinfo/classschedule_selectsubject.jsp?institution=UMNTC]here[/url”>http://onestop2.umn.edu/courseinfo/classschedule_selectsubject.jsp?institution=UMNTC]here[/url</a>] is the class schedule (past terms also available). You can look up class times for given courses.</p>
<p>Can’t answer your second question. It depends on your level of preparation, work ethic, time management skills, etc.</p>
<p>chemical engineering is one of the hardest majors on the planet, from what I hear its not uncommon to not sleep for a day or two because you have to study.</p>
<p>As for your schedule, everyone’s is different. If you take calc,physics abd intro to engineering one semester thats your schedule. If you take calc,geometry, and chemistry 201 (or whatever level of chemistry) thats your schedule. </p>
<p>If your not afraid of work why not step it up a bit and take biochemical engineering? if your school offers it.</p>
<p>Free time is also few and far between. But its worth it when your making 100k a year ;)</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into Chem E major? My D is interested in studying Chem E and has been accepted by a few engineering schools including UMN. At UMN, it seems Chem E clearly stands out from all the other engineering programs in terms of national rank. While it is not the case for the other schools she has been accepted. My concern is what if she cannot get into Chem E. For that reason, she is putting UMN at a lower priority although it has the best Chem E program among all.</p>
<p>From last year’s engineering program, I seem to recall you had to have a 3.2 GPA to be accepted but it depended upon how many students declare as a ChemE major. They are limited to the amount of ChemE majors due to space. That being said, for freshman/sophomore years – you are really just taking the math/science and intro classes so it shouldn’t be difficult to get a decent GPA.</p>
<p>I will say that ChemE is a difficult major but you do have a life and I have not heard of students not sleeping for a day or two. Also, ChemE’s do not normally make 100K a year coming out of school. There are a LOT of ChemE majors out there and many are under-employed or unemployed. </p>
<p>You are guaranteed admission with a 3.2 GPA after completion of the required lower-level technical courses. That mark can be reduced, though ChemE is competitive so it won’t be much lower.</p>
<p>billcscho - the Honors kids have weekly group study sessions in calc and physics (an maybe orgo chem) set up for them right at Middlebrook Hall. They want them to be successful and It is strongly suggested that they attend. These courses can be tough on kids who came through high schools with grade inflation or those on the fence who opt to skip calc or physics 1. Many times the profs only give 3 or 4 problems for each test…so it is critical to be prepared…though I assume this is the same situation at most eng schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. That helps. I guess we are still waiting for the FA packages from all schools to make the final decision.</p>