<p>thanks for the info</p>
<p>hello all, </p>
<p>its going to take me three more years to graduate from UCLA as a chemical engineer, even though i basically have all the prereqs+gen ed done and just completed sophomore year. I cant do the switch until after fall quarter unfortunately, and then itd be too late. Anyway, im planning on minoring in something because i have so much time on my hands. </p>
<p>what would be a good minor that would supplement engineering? ive been looking into accounting, statistics and math. </p>
<p>my plan is to be a chemical engineer and hopefully start my own business.
thanks</p>
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You took the words right out of my mouth. The most popular engineering minor is Mathematics, for fairly obvious reasons... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Dear sparky123,
The ChemE/Biomolecular department has "specializations," which basically make you take a different path or some extra classes.</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering: Biomolecular option
Chemical Engineering: Semiconductor option
Chemical Engineering: Environmental option
Chemical Engineering (no option)</p>
<p>75% of the people are biomolecular option. 20% are no option. 4.999% are semiconductor. 0.0001% are environmental option (2/45 isn't really 0.0001% but using engineering approximations, we'll approximate the numbers here and there).</p>
<p>The options are like 200 units while the basic curriculum is like 191 units. I hear they're cutting it down more, so the options are down to 190 units. </p>
<p>The department is getting a lot of revisions. No longer will you have to take CHE 104A as a 6 unit course, it'll be split into lab and lecture. </p>
<p>One good thing about ChE: Hicks
After finals, like a good 12/43ish students went with Professor Hicks and the TAs and got drunk. I heard he was doing shots and being very "professorly". I passed out, would have went and given you live coverage.</p>
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<p>Edit: HSSEAS overrides other schools when I talked to Misuk about minoring.</p>
<p>Edit: For some odd reason, a lot of the ChE professors come from Greece. Orkoulas, Christofides, Manousiouthakis, Phillis off of the top of my head (4/12). Some of us believe it must be the olive oil, so drink lots of olive oil to do well in chemical engineering.</p>
<p>TB54,
hahaha your story is funny. good times. I'll be there next time.<br>
In regards to the specializations, im going to go with the biomolecular option, because i think it'll make me more flexible once i get out. </p>
<p>Even with the option, i think that i will still have a lot of time on the hands, so ill probably go with the math minor in the meantime (a lot of overlap). I just dont want to be stuck between a rock and a hard place once im in. </p>
<p>chemistry/materials sounds interesting, and there is some engineering there, i think. That'd only take two years. </p>
<p>Any one know about the chemistry/materials major? What's the job outlook?</p>
<p>any one know of a easy life science ge?</p>
<p>Does anyone know the process and requirements to get into TBP? The academic requirements are kind of ambigous, it states 'be in top of 1/8 class of juniors'. What kind of GPA does that require? Some say 3.5 but it sounds like much higher ..</p>
<p>it's probably 3.7+ I had a 3.6+ but below 3.7 and wasn't qualified....:rolleyes:</p>
<p>life science GE: LS 15, with phelan, who is amazing!
but only if you don't need the lab/demo lol.</p>
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<p>I have the book if anyone is interested .</p>
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Wow that's insane; do they induct members by the quarter, or after an academic year?</p>
<p>[Arg. Searching this forum for what the best computer to buy for engineering is yielding 100's of posts about computer engineering. So...sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere.]</p>
<p>About to start laptop shopping. Any size/memory/other specifications or make/model you would recomend for an incoming ME major? Cost matters, so not necessarily top of the line, but enough to handle engineering stuff, prolly Vista and some music...</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Size is up to you. Make sure you get 1GB+ RAM. Many people regret they still have a 512.</p>
<p>I doubt you will be running any major engineering apps on your comp. Just about all the application that you will run is available at the seasnet computer lab. If you want to run the apps on your laptop, then you will have to obtain the program some "other" way or access the seasnet server remotely to run it.</p>
<p>Personally I would recommend a laptop that is lightweight. I hate using the library laptops, because they are slow as ****. I have a dell 700m, which weighs about 3 lbs and fits perfectly in my backpack.</p>
<p>Try to get a laptop around 5 pounds or less. I was carrying a Dell 1705 around in my laptop bag to ask ONE question in OH, in which the laptop weights 8 poudns and the accessories at 2 pounds.</p>
<p>Not the best thing to do when walking back uphill.</p>
<p>The only enginering application I can think of that you might use is Matlab and visual studio's which can be downloaded off the seasnet website or bought off someone who has it. </p>
<p>Right now Dell has some cheap laptop that can perform the activities you listed all for under 600 bucks. July 4th is coming out to and Dell should have a sale somewhere around there.</p>
<p>Rasenganx is right. You can get a basic E1505 for $600, and with special deals, maybe about $500. You'll use a CAD program, which can be accessed with remote access from SEAS. </p>
<p>This costs $1000+ itself. You won't need Vista either.</p>
<p>Today Dell just came out with a deal. It's pretty good if you're not gonna do anything too extreme. It has a Core duo, 1 gig of ram, 120 HD, and a pretty good gfx card, ATI radeon X1400 all for $619. I would personally go with XP since vista still has some bugs to work out. </p>
<p>here's a link if you need it.</p>
<p>Don't get Vista if you're planning to have an external monitor. There will be problems guaranteed.</p>
<p>I've been using Vista with a docked laptop using a combination of the laptop screen alone, the external screen or both at the same time. No problems at all.</p>
<p>will i have an advantage in chem 20a if i took ap chem? will much of the material be similar-ish?</p>