<p>Hi</p>
<p>I want to apply to UMinnesota-twin cities for chemE since the program is supposed to be amazing - almost at good as MIT. But is it as hard to get in as MIT? I will get somewhere around a 1400+ on my SAT and am at the top 5% of my class.</p>
<p>hey,</p>
<p>I'm not at chemE major, but I have a very close friend who has just been accepted to several chemE Ph.D programs, including Minnesota. Let me give you a quick note on the quality of the program, and then I'll talk about admission</p>
<p>Essentially, ChemE at U-Minn is fantastic, ranked second in the nation--even above MIT, Caltech, and UC Berkeley! The quality of undergraduate education, however, is equal to most other top notch institutions. Undergraduate education doesn't very much from place to place--same textbooks, same concepts, etc. If you are concerned about being employed as a B.S. in ChemE, going to a more 'reputable' program helps (such as U-Minn, UC Berkeley, and MIT); if you are concerned about graduate school, you can literally go anywhere and as long as you produce some research and score well on you GREs, you'll get into a good program. (My friend went to UC Davis, by the way, and he did all of the above and managed to score some pretty prestigious fellowships at top schools even with a low G.P.A. (3.4).) </p>
<p>That being said, U-Minn is pretty tough to get into as a ChemE undergrad because when you apply to the school, you also have to apply to a particular college--in this case the IT College. (You should get in with your stats though). Once there, only after you complete your prereqs with good grades can you actually declare the ChemE major--so there is in effect a double screening process. Check their website for more information though: <a href="http://www.it.umn.edu/students/degrees/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.it.umn.edu/students/degrees/index.html</a>
I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thank you soo much! This was very very helpful! btw, do you know what GPA would i need to get into ChemE</p>