<p>Hello, I am a transfer student, who has been accepted to UCD, UCI, UCR, UCSD for chemical Engineering. My question may not be a simple one, but which is the best school to go for Chem Engineering considering the following (in no particular order:
1. Shortest time to graduate
Despite my best efforts, </p>
<p>Double post: (Sorry, but I do not see the option to edit my original post.)</p>
<p>Hello, I am a transfer student, who has been accepted to UCD, UCI, UCR, UCSD for chemical Engineering. My question may not be a simple one, but which is the best school to go for Chem Engineering considering the following (in no particular order:
- Shortest time to graduate</p>
<p>My goal is to graduate in two years. The reason being that I only have two years left of fin aid.<br>
Despite my best efforts, I was not able to finish all my math courses at my CC. Upon transfer, I will be missing Linear Algebra. This already puts me a class behind, in addition to the chem eng classes I need to take, that my university counterparts took during their freshman and/or sophomore year.</p>
<p>At UCSD, I would be missing another math class. Vector Calculus as it is not included in the Calculus III courses, like the other UCs. </p>
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<li>Course load/difficulty.
Yes, I know I sound like a slacker; however, hear me out. As a pre-engineering major, I know how difficult major only semester can be. Physics, Differential Equations, Chemistry, at the same time is very time consuming and proper time management is key. I like a challenge, as it makes me grow as a student, but engineering is already a difficult major. I don’t want to stress passing or failing the course and then have to wait an entire year while I twiddle my thumbs doing nothing for the rest of they year as the failed class is a pre-req for the next class. Do any of these school give decent curves?</li>
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<p>3 Prestige(?)
Which schools would give me good opportunities to get a good job after graduation? Also, does the individual rankings even matter? I mean, all four schools are ABET accredited which is good, and at the the end of the day, there is always going to be a graduate, with a more prestigious creditial. Such as graduates from an IVY League, Stanford etc…
In light of that, does the differences in the ranking between uc’s matter? Additionally, its engineering. If I graduated from any ABET school, that would show I have some aptitude for the subject matter, no? I suppose my question is, are the rankings between the 4 schools significant enough to make an influence to my decision.</p>
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<li>Affordability</li>
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<p>To keep it simple, I’m paying for my college, and I want to graduate with as little debt possible. Since fin aid is around the same at all four schools, it becomes an issue of the cost of living. I would assume Irvine and San Diego are more expensive, while Davis and Riverside are less; but does anyone have personal experience with this? Fyi, I’ll be living on campus in an apartment, probably.</p>
<p>Personally, UCSD it is an engineering school. It is hard but worth it in the end. </p>
<p>I thought UCSD didn’t offer chemical engineering? <a href=“Undergraduate Majors at UC San Diego”>https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/undergraduate-majors.html</a></p>
<p>@Bear87 Chemical engineering is under nano engineering at ucsd. </p>
<p>To op’s question. All four are good schools. Ucr is a strong stem school. Students hate it because of local . I did a summer class there. Riverside is boring, but the education is comparable. No surprise being abet cert. </p>
<p>I looked at the schedule of classes for transfer. If you have all the classes done prior ro transfer, davis and ucr are the soonest out.</p>
<p>Courseload wil be tough. You’re an engineering student lol.</p>
<p>Affordability goes to ucr probably. Riverside is the cheapest place to live compared to the other cites.</p>