Is Chemical Engineering right for me?

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<p>In high school I took ap chem and enjoyed it very much. My favorite part was doing labs, actually getting my hands on chemicals and such. I also took a summer program in forensics in which we did labs with chemicals to investigate hypothetical cases. In the end we would have to conclude who the suspect was. I loved the investigative aspect behind it. I also watched the show Forensics Files quite often. I thought about becoming a forensic scientist or a criminalist but there were couple of things that steered me away.
First off I didn’t like the idea at looking at dead bodies or pictures of blood splatters all day long. Also I remember speaking to a criminalist and he told me about 95 percent of victims aren’t the ordinary “innocent people” you see on T.V. shows but instead “very bad people themselves”.</p>

<p>I also have a strong interest in math and physics. I enjoyed solving problems especially ones that involved the use of applications. I enjoyed using theorems and concepts to solve a very challenging physics problem or lab as well as a challenging calculus problem. I also love creating things. This past year I created a little mobile transporter that moved when a mass was attached to it and released. Also, during the summer science program my partner and I extracted dna from onions using such chemicals and alcohol and NaCl. According to the professor who was working at the lab she told us that she has never seen such a distinct and strong dna. She even shook the vial violently several times and the membrane still remain enacted. These are some of the things that made me go towards engineering. I love the application aspect behind it. While I do love learning new things about this world including researching and exploring I still feel more passionate about using knowledge to solve problems and challenges in the world and creating new things both chemical and physical. I guess the creative; “outside of the box” aspirations had always made me more interested in science and math. I have also looked at forensics engineering and I think that may be quite interesting. It seems it’s just forensics minus the dead bodies. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find more information on it.</p>

<p>One thing that bothers me is that when I read about what a chemical engineer does it’s hard to comprehend what exactly they do considering that I just graduated high school several months ago. </p>

<p>As you can see I am making sure that chemical engineering is right for me. Sorry for the long rant but I was just throwing out my thoughts onto this board. Any thoughts, help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p>

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<p>bump…bump…</p>

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<p>No one can tell you what’s “right” for you. My suggestion would be to intern this summer as a chemical engineer and see what you think.</p>

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<p>all right thanks for the help you too. anyone else?</p>

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<p>you like to do process engineering? then go for it. You need a lot of physics and chemistry. You need to be creative and have some imagination too. Love differential equations (useful for transport processes).</p>

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<p>You have plenty of time to “try” out ChemE when you are in college so don’t feel pressure to single out one major right now.</p>

<p>Based on your interests I say that Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Biochemistry could be viable options. Hell, if you want to go to medical school I bet you would make a top notch Pathologist.</p>

<p>Though to comment on systemshock, process engineering in the industry can be a hell hole filled with PNIDs galore.</p>

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<p>i don’t mean specifically in the industry. Nowadays, there are several other processes like biological systems, microchips, etc.</p>