After looking through CC about 3 year graduation at Cal, all I saw was a bunch of careless seniors saying “enjoy your time at college. One year of tuition isn’t gonna kill you”. I pretty sure they were assuming I’m instate.
Well, being out of state, I don’t mind skipping one year of the “college experience” for saving over $60K (more since Cal is increasing the tuition for 2016-2017). No matter how much I like college or whatever, I’d rather save 60 grand.
With 40 units of AP credit, is it possible to graduate in 3 years for Chemical Engineering? That’s all I want to know. I know the possible consequences on my GPA, social life, and whatnot.
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/ugrad/degrees/cheme
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/academics/current-undergraduates/exam-credit-info
You need to map your AP credit to see which courses you can be exempt from. However, it does look like the minimum prerequisite sequence is 7 semesters long:
1: Chemistry 4A (AP credit not accepted)
2: Chemistry 4B
3. Chemical Engineering 140
4: Chemical Engineering 141, 150A
5: Chemical Engineering 142, 150B, 185
6: Chemical Engineering 154 (and 162 and elective)
7: Chemical Engineering 160
@confsdsenior123 Pretty sure you can as there are also the much cheaper summer option available for you to get ahead. Also, you can take APs even if you are in university to skip R&C requirement, so lets say you have to take English and you dont want to, just self study for AP English.
@confsdsenior123
It’s difficult to graduate in 3 years as a ChemE, because most of the courses that @ucbalumnus mentioned are only offered 1 semester each year and NOT in the summer, so you pretty much have to take them in order. There are a few things you could try, though I don’t recommend them. One is to take 154/160/162 all together in your last semester. I know a few people who did this and found it to be nightmarish, but they were able to survive. Transfer students often do this to try to avoid an extra semester of school. Another even crazier option would be to take ChemE 140 simultaneously with Chem 4A (and ChemE 40 and physics and math) in your first semester. I don’t know anyone who has tried this – I’d imagine it would be beyond difficult, but technically Chem 4A/4B don’t have much overlap with ChemE 140/141/150A, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
As a Berkeley ChemE grad myself, I would recommend that you go to another school or pick another major if you’re intent on graduating in 3 years. It’s just not a curriculum worth rushing in my opinion.