<p>So it seems that I will end up at Lafayette College. So I have got a question: Lafayette has a superb engineering program, but I am still not very sure whether to do engineering or physics. So the question is: suppose I take engineering and understand after some two years that it is not for me. Will it be possible to go to grad school to study physics, or only engineering, business and stuff like that will be available?</p>
<p>Though you have some engineering courses in the first two years of college, much of what you take are math, physics, and chemistry, along with some gen ed courses like writing. Because of that it is not difficult to switch from engineering to just physics during the first two years where many of the first two year needed courses are the same. There are physics majors who go on to grad school for engineering and vice versa. Usually the grad programs require you to take some catch up courses in the particular program if you are going to grad engineering from physics undergrad or to grad physics from undergrad engineering.</p>
<p>I have a question: Whats better, WPI or Lafayette for chemE</p>
<p>never heard of Laf but i must say that WPI's curriculum endeared me to it (even tho i ended up not choosing it)</p>
<p>one thing that made me seriously consider wpi for chemE was the option for a 5th year masters WITH A THESIS! this is almost unheard of in the 5th year options</p>
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never heard of Laf but i must say that WPI's curriculum endeared me to it (even tho i ended up not choosing it)
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Lafayette is 12th in the US among non-doctoral engineering programs.</p>