<p>Basically my school of choice will require me to apply 1 year later(I cannot afford the tuition to waste money on meaningless classes b/c i want to get into med school) to get into ChemE because they only offer the class in one quarter.</p>
<p>So what is the closest to ChemE? I was debating doing Materials Science and Engineering, MSE, because it seems cool, but I really don't know much about it.</p>
<p>Can I break into the oil industry with a MSE degree? What about the auto industry?</p>
<p>What other majors should I consider?</p>
<p>Chemistry? INDE? ME? BioE?</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>If you want to get into medical school, the biomedical engineering is a popular choice. However, I often wonder why students who want to get into medical school are studying engineering and that is a question you should ask yourself. In an engineering program, you learn to be an engineer. Preparation for medical school is secondary. A Biochemistry degree is sometimes better preparation for medical school, in fact.</p>
<p>If you are interested in getting a job as an engineer as an alternative to medical school, then make sure you choose a field that you find interesting, not just expedient. From your post is seems like you might have an interest in an engineering career as well but you just don’t know which kind. It might be best for you to apply for a general engineering degree (or undecided engineering) initially and choose a specific major once you have a better idea of what each discipline is all about. Alternatively, seek out engineers in your community and ask them about their profession.</p>
<p>Finally, if you want the oil industry, then Chemical or Petroleum Engineering are the most direct choices. If you are interested in the automotive industry, that is probably closest to Mechanical Engineering. With a degree in Materials Engineering, you have a lot of possibilities since materials are important in so many different industries but it might be a bit more indirect for the fields you mention.</p>
<p>It all depends on what sort of work you want to do within those industries. I’m currently in a lab that’s trying to win research grants from one of the world’s largest oil companies (be sure to study corrosion if you want to work for them as MSE) as well as one of the Big Three car companies. In the past our lab had a lot of interest from an automobile company from Bavaria. ;)</p>