<p>Hey I'm an incoming freshman at UCLA and I'm a bit intimidated by the competition here. I was wondering what would have better job opportunities after college, a chemistry major or chemical engineering major? Which has a harder curriculum at UCLA?</p>
<p>I'm pre-med, so I figured that if I don't get into medical school, I'll at least have a job with chemical engineering after college. Does this sound like a good plan?</p>
<p>Chemical engineering > chemistry in terms of bachelor’s level job and career prospects.</p>
<p>I agree!</p>
<p>But, what college did you apply to? If you’re not in engineering, how hard is it to get into eng’g at UCLA if you didn’t start in eng’g?</p>
<p>Will your eng’g course sequences be off?</p>
<p>You soudn liek my ds. He did all the premed reqs and was a chem major. Then decided he didnt want to go to med school and wanted to be employeble after college. Switched to ChemE – he is a first semster senior, just in the beginning stages of the job hunt. Stay tuned!</p>
<p>Jym…typing from your phone?</p>
<p>nope-- just a very fast, and painfully inaccurate typist. I think its my signature by now. You at the airport?</p>
<p>I’m missing parents weekend this weekend. 
But, I don’t leave until tomorrow.</p>
<p>edit…thought it was already past midnight…leaving Thursday.</p>
<p>As a current chemistry major, I’m in the College of Letters&Science. So I plan on switching to the College of Engineering.</p>
<p>^^Good luck with that! </p>
<p>1) Switching into Eng at Cal or UCLA is extremely difficult and it might not even be possible for you. (Most slots are reserved for juco transfers.)</p>
<p>In answer to your question, in general, the eng curriculum in anything is “harder” than anything offered in L&S. And, thus…</p>
<p>2) Maintaing a high gpa will be harder in the CoE than L&S. Thus, med school might not be an option three years hence.</p>
<p>Really? I thought engineering would be easier… There’s a lot of Biochem and Bio majors at UCLA so wouldn’t Letters&Science be more competitive than CoE?</p>
<p>You’re kidding, right?</p>
<p>haha I don’t know! I’m only a freshman here, I have much more to learn about the different schools… I feel like I’ve met more biochem majors than engineering in general.</p>
<p>If you can write well, any major with “Studies” in it is bound to be easier than biochem. hehe</p>
<p>Engineering is the hardest UG major, any engineering, period. There are many UG that require 5 years, if you choose engineering. My D. was in a program, that reguired her to be in UG for 4 years, but any engineering major was 5 years.</p>