<p>I am an out of state transfer from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (ranked #9 in undergrad ChemE). Since I am actually a resident of California so I really want to go back because the tuition plays a huge factor. However, I heard someone on other thread saying Berkeley's undergrad chemE is overrated and horrible. Professor don't even care about kids in undergrad, and it's mostly TAs teaching the class. </p>
<p>Also, I really want to go to Berkeley's grad school for ChemE, but someone told me Cal chemical engineering won't accept its graduated seniors to its grad program :(</p>
<p>Should I stay in my current college or go for Cal?</p>
<p>If you got into UCB then I would go there. It’s one of the best schools in the nation for engineering. You shouldn’t rely solely on the people on this thread(or other threads) . Not going to lie but they all like to exaggerate a bit. Yes, it is true that the profs don’t care all that much about the students and you are taught by TAs. But when you sit down for your job interviews after you graduate what do you think the interviewers going think. You think he/she is going to care that your prof didn’t know you by name…no. He/she is going to see Berkley on your resume and think, damn he must know hi s**<em>. Your school is still a great school for engineering but if you need to pay less money then go for Berkley.
I’m an Environmental Engineering transfer student starting UCSD in the fall. The state school(SDSU) here is “better” in terms of classes. They curriculum is more practical and the profs care more about you but I think the curriculum at UCSD is way more difficult and honestly I can care less who teaches me.
Take a look at the classes you have to take, read the descriptions and talk to engineers. Also here is a link of the engineering schools ranks:
*</em>sorry if there are any typos…theres a reason i’m doing engineering and not English hah!! </p>
<p>[Rankings</a> ? UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/about/rankings.html]Rankings”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/about/rankings.html)</p>
<p>The Berkeley chemical engineering department generally prefers that its undergraduates go elsewhere for graduate school.</p>
<p>[UC</a> Berkeley, Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering](<a href=“http://cheme.berkeley.edu/grad_info/faq.php]UC”>http://cheme.berkeley.edu/grad_info/faq.php)</p>
<p>You can try transferring to the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It has a very well respected chemical engineering department, and its out-of-state list price is competitive with Berkeley in-state list price.</p>