<p>How much E&M is used in chemical engineering? I'm averaging a B+ right now in my class, and while I'm getting along with the material fine enough, I just don't feel like I'm getting my brain around the concepts like I was with Mechanics.</p>
<p>Is mastering electricity and magnetism vital for chemical engineering in some way that I'm not advanced enough to understand?</p>
<p>The answer is no, it does not really come up in real life too often. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>You'll have one bad semester in physics then. Big deal. You might even get it in college; I bet your high school teacher isn't teaching it like college will.</p>
<p>Er...I'm in college. Calc-based physics II.</p>
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<p>Unless there's crazy grade inflation or really easy tests, how is a B+ not getting your brain around the concepts? E&M doesn't feel as intuitive as mechanics to most students, but it seems like you're internalizing it pretty well if you're getting a B+.</p>
<p>I dunno. This professor's tests are hard. We've only had one, and the class average was a 54. There was a heavy scale, but I had an 80 before it was applied. On the other hand, we were allowed to have cheat sheets: one normal-sized sheet of paper with anything we wanted on it, so essentially wrote a concise version of my notes.</p>
<p>Like I said, I'm carrying my own, but I just don't feel like I'm mastering it. I dunno, maybe I'm just uncomfortable that this isn't coming to me as second nature.</p>
<p>I don't know about everyone else, but I feel like I "just don't get it" a lot of times, and come out of classes doing ok. (aerospace engneering junior) E&M was really icky stuff for me.</p>