<p>I’m in high school right now, and I have several questions which are not related so I’ll just post them all here rather than make several threads.</p>
<li><p>What’s the best undergrad engineering degree for somebody who wants to work in the Washington DC area?</p></li>
<li><p>What is considered the “manliest”/hardest engineering undergrad degree?</p></li>
<li><p>Will not taking the SAT physics test hurt me for applying as a chemical engineering or biomed engineering major for undergrad? I’ll still be taking AP Physics C.</p></li>
<li><p>Is it true that some nuclear type jobs (e.g., nuclear engineering) discriminate against Middle Eastern people?</p></li>
<li><p>What’s the hottest jobs for somebody who graduates from undergrad in 2011/2012? A list in order of hottest to coldest would be preferable.</p></li>
<li><p>Is it possible to graduate from an undergrad engineering program in 3 years?</p></li>
<li><p>Which majors involve the least amount of physics? No, I’m not wimping out. It’s just that doing pre-med requirements are demanding as it is, but adding pure physics into that can only equal massive stress. I’ll still consider those physics-heavy if there are compelling reasons.</p></li>
<li><p>Relating to question 7, how much biology and physics are there in chemE?</p></li>
<li><p>What engineering majors are “laughed” at? No offense to those currently in them, but my family is full of engineers and I don’t want to be thought of as being in an easier major.</p></li>
<li><p>What’s the benefit to graduating from a “prestigious” university? DOn’t employers only care about your standardized engineering scores (sorry, don’t know the names) and that you can do the work?</p></li>
<li><p>Which engineering major prepares the best for the MCAT? I’m guessing Chemical engineering since the physical science section is all elementary physics and elementary chemistry?</p></li>
<li><p>What undergrad engineering majors can get good scholarships? My very smart friend got a 10k+ scholarship for ChemE at UMich.</p></li>
<li><p>Sorry about all these questions, but I couldn’t find a thread here for pre-meds. If the answer to one of my questions is another thread, then you can just post a link. Thanks.</p></li>
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[li]Technically, any engineering specialty can work in DC, but aerospace and civil engineering (and maybe nuclear) come to mind.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Electrical Engineering, computer engineering, chemical engineering.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Not sure, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Not sure about this; never heard anything about it before.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hottest: Chemical Engineering, nuclear engineering, petroleum engineering.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Theoretically possible, but HIGHLY improbable.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Computer science, and civil (I think).</p>[/li]
<p>[li]There is some physics, but I'm not sure about biology.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Probably material and industrial (no offense to anybody).</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Benefits include ease of networking for jobs, more opportunity to do research/internships, bigger chance that companies will recruit at your school. But ya, it is FAR more important to get good grades.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]That is true, chemical engineering (and biomedical engineering) fulfill most of the prerequisite for med school, so that should give you adequate preparation for the MCATs.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]I'm not really sure about this one.</p>[/li]
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<p>If I am wrong about any of these, someone please correct me.</p>
<p>I think Hye pretty much summed it up, but I'd like to add:</p>
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<li><p>I haven't heard of this, but as long as you are a US citizen you legally should have absolutely no problems.</p></li>
<li><p>Some types of civil engineering are heavily based on physics (I.E. Structural)</p></li>
<li><p>Material engineering is actually pretty respected, but I agree that a lot of engineering students look down on industrial and manufacturing engineers.</p></li>
<li><p>It also helps to get jobs outside of engineering such as finance (paging sakky)</p></li>
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<li><p>Environmental is going to be a very hot job because of the politics involved in this issue and the continual decline of the world environment. Also, biomedical as everyone is becoming more health conscious. </p></li>
<li><p>Industrial (note: you will still have to take statics and such), environmental, agricultural & biological </p></li>
<li><p>I agree, materials is pretty respected. Industrial and civil are the two that are "laughed" at the most. Ag&Bio/Environmental are also looked down upon. {but I really wouldn't take this into consideration. Major in what * you * want to major in.}</p></li>
<li><p>Any of them really. But for your best bet, I would say the smaller departments would give out scholarships. At my school, nuclear engineering is the smallest and the department hands out a good number of scholarship money to their students. Also, if you are an URM, you have a very good chance of getting some scholarship in engineering.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for all the responses.
Yeah, I post there usually but those people don't have a clue about engineering.</p>