<p>I’m with PurdueEE on this. Seriously, future employers won’t care that you double majored as opposed to getting a single major. Anyway, ChemE en EE are pretty different from each other, so there’s a pretty good chance that if you’re looking for a job in a particular field, your major in the other one won’t even matter.</p>
<p>Spend some time getting involved in different EC’s and perfecting your interview skills. Those things will help you a lot more than a second major when you’ll be looking for an internship or a job. Oh, and have fun in college! Majoring in engineering is already enough work, keep some time for yourself.</p>
<p>Facade, I would honestly just go with doing whatever YOU think you should do.</p>
<p>There are a great deal of benefits that could come with double majoring in EE/ChemE. Being interdisciplinary can be a great thing, and can help you think in innovative ways. A double in EE/ChemE could have some great potential in the renewable energy(materials, biofuel, solar, etc…). Seriously, I doubt you would be hired to a job that requires knowledge of both subject materials. However, it could put you in a good position to innovate and start something on your own. Granted, this is pretty difficult in the energy industry due to large capital costs.</p>
<p>Regardless, just try things out and do what you like. No one on this forum knows what’s best for you, me, or anyone (except maybe their children), because they aren’t me or you, and don’t understand mine or your potential.</p>
<p>Quantize, that was well said. I fully appreciate that, and you’re quite right.</p>
<p>To everyone else, I understand that it seems as if I’m just following a “double majoring fad”, but honestly, that isn’t the case with me. thank you for all your input-- it has been helpful, if overly critical.</p>
<p>I was confused too at first but I found out that ChemE automatically gets you into Nanotechnology (all the prerequisites for the undergraduate are covered for the graduate nano course). So if you want to do it, I’d stick with ChemE. </p>
<p>Right now, I’m doing BME because I do want to do Nano but I might want to do something else too like Computer surgery or whatnot and that involves EE. </p>
<p>Just look at both curriculums and see which ones you like to do more. </p>
<p>Basically, you do like Bio/Chem more or less than physics/math?</p>
<p>I think it’s always good to expose yourself to other peoples’ opinions. Just because you don’t listen to other people’s answers/advice when you ask a question, it doesn’t mean you haven’t taken in what they have said and formed a better understanding of your situation.</p>
<p>The ‘what are my chances’ forum serves that purpose. High-schoolers want to know whether or not they stand a realistic chance in the competitive game of elite university admissions. Even if they don’t stand a great chance, and everyone tells them they aren’t good enough, they will still apply to those “super reach” schools. Except now, they’ll be applying with the expectation of getting owned. Just as facade can do his double major with the expectation of it being extremely difficult.</p>
<p>I found this thread very interesting because I was planning on majoring in Bio-engineering and minoring in BME. A lot of people said that 2 engineering major/minors is extremely hard but do you think since BME and Bio-engineering are similar that they would have similar requirements and be easy and not too stressful to complete?</p>
<p>@ KidNovelist:: That’s sort of right. I like chem more so than bio, but I like physics more so than math. =/ It’s all kinds of mixed up, really.</p>
<p>@ ManOfFaith:: I did listen to what other’s opinions were, and they only solidifed my original intenions.</p>
<p>@ quantize:: Quite right.</p>
<p>@ 2010 hopeful:: I’m not qualified to comment on that just yet.</p>
<p>It’s not “overly critical” to tell you that majoring in two different engineering disciplines probably isn’t the best idea. But go ahead and do whatever you want. Your mind was set before you came here anyway.</p>
<p>For the record, I think it’s a good idea to get the most out of your undergraduate education, and if you feel like you need to double major to do that, then so be it.</p>
<p>I continue to question the value of double-majoring in two different engineering fields. It leaves a funny taste in my mouth. I would question the motives of anyone claiming to legitimately want to double major in two engineering fields… it sounds more like “running up the score” than pursuing a broad education.</p>
<p>This might be more prejudice than anything. Engineering degrees are generally regarded as leading to well-paying jobs, being harder, etc… they are less, I suppose, general, or romantic, or whatever than, for instance, an art or science degree would be. I can’t imagine a little kid growing up and loving Civil Engineering, for instance, but I can imagine a little kid growing up loving English, or Physics, or Math, or Music. Engineering doesn’t seem fundamental enough to warrant a true double major, IMHO.</p>
<p>Like I said before, I would recommend an EE/Chemistry or ChemE/Physics double major, or minors (for instance, EE with a minor in ChemE, or vice versa, would seem less… objectionable…) It sort of smacks of a desire to look good on paper, like the high school senior who has 25 extracurriculars and a full schedule of AP classes. It makes one wonder.</p>
<p>@ Auburn:: That’s your opinion. True, it probably will look good on paper, but I’m not even interested in that. I genuinely can’t decide between the two, so I want to just pursue them both. There are aspects about both that I really like and I don’t just want to direct my attention to just one of them-- even though MOST people do that. I’m not like most people, so…that’s that.</p>
<p>As far as your not being able to imagine a kid growing up loving civil engineering, that’s just a block on your overall imagination. Who’s to say that something like that hasn’t been the case amongst one, two, or twenty civil engineers. Granted, it’s highly uncommon, but possible all the same.</p>
<p>“Running up the score”…that’s implying that I have an ulterior motive, right? I can see how it’d be argued that one would have one if choosing to major in such disparate, but extremely difficult fields. And then succeeding in them? Oh my, that does look like someone’s trying a bit too hard to be impressive.</p>
<p>Hmph, well. That’s most people. And, like I said, I’m not like most people. I’m anything but.</p>
<p>Now I do appreciate your suggestions-- they’re more plausible and probably an easier combination, but I know that I want to double major in ChemE and EE. I may, however, minor in one of the other if that’s possible.</p>
<p>I find it’s a pretty common human trend to ask a question to seek validation/confirmation rather than to actually elicit insight. It doesn’t happen just on this particularly forum, but quite often people aren’t very interested in the truth other than their particular take on it.</p>
<p>A co-op in either discipline would be better than a double-major in both. Research in either discipline would be better than both. A double major in engineering and non-engineering would be better than an engineering/engineering double. Majoring/minoring in engineering would be better than double majoring in engineering/engineering.</p>
<p>Chemical and electrical is kinda pointless. Say you have a chemical plant, oil refinery, or any kind of process, you will pretty much have a department of chemical engineers and an engineering and or maintenance department full of mechanical and electrical engineers. I’d say that ME and EE could be very complementary degrees because in any kind of industrial or manufacturing setting, you’ll have stuff with moving parts that uses electricity.</p>
<p>It would be very interesting to have ChemE and EE degrees, but I think that your final job would really only involve one type of the work. I could definitely see taking a job that could combine both electrical and mechanical degrees though.</p>