<p>In Singapore, you either take Physics and Chemistry, or Biology and Chemistry at 11th and 12th grade; I took the Bio/Chem combination. I have studied physics at O Level, and I’m a National Chemistry Olympiad Gold medallist, I’m top 3 percent in Chemistry in my school, plus I’ve gotten first place in chemistry competitions before. Would that make me eligible for any chemical engineering undergraduate course? Can I request for a special provision because I don’t take physics, but I’m particularly strong in chemistry itself? Just for your information, I was strong in physics as well, but I chose Biology out of interest.</p>
<p>i dont understand the question</p>
<p>yes you can do it, just take intro physics courses</p>
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<p>"Can I read chemical engineering " means “can I study chemical engineering” in British English.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t you be able to study chemical engineering? Anybody can study chemical engineering here in the US. You just have to take the prerequisite courses and pass them with good grads. Its not like some countries I know where getting into a university is ridiculously competitive. Anybody who wants an education can get it pretty easily here compared to other countries. Thats why I moved here.
Good luck.</p>
<p>In other countries you need points to be able to get into certain programs. </p>
<p>For instance, imagine if you didnt have a 1300 math and verbal SAT you couldn’t study chemical engineering, etc.</p>
<p>However in the USA you can study any program you want basically as long as you’ll find a university with the program to accept you.</p>
<p>You should be able to take chem eng classes as long as you fulfill the class’ requirement. Also, most first year- 2nd year science/eng classes here in the states are easier than IChO or IBO problems but I don’t know how difficult is Singapore’s BO/ChO but nevertheless if you can win gold at national level, you shouldn’t be having problem with the courseload of most US univ.</p>
<p>Oh usually in certain uni, you can waive physics/calculus requirement if you’ve taken them in high school or if you pass the entrance exam.</p>
<p>OP: Yes, you can study chemE in the US. You’re overestimating the ease of getting into engineering programs in the states. They won’t care that you haven’t taken physics, you’ll just take them your freshman year (with everyone else, it’s not like you will be behind or anything).</p>
<p>Hi boeing767,</p>
<p>You just need to take the intro sequence in physics. Nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Btw, I am from Singapore too. :)</p>
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<p>Just to clarify, I believe that the OP’s question was motivated by the fact that, in the UK for example, one might be required to take physics at A-Level prior to being admitted as a chemical engineering student. At Cambridge in particular, see details [here](<a href=“http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/applying.html”>http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/applying.html</a>), prospective chemical engineering students are admitted as freshmen either into the general engineering course or the natural sciences course. Applicants who take the general engineering route must have taken physics, chemistry and mathematics at A2 level (i.e., in US terminology, in both 12th and 13th grades). For students in the NatSci route, physics at A2 level is not essential, but it is recommended that they take it at least at AS level (ie in 12th grade). </p>
<p>In the US, most top schools require only two SAT-II tests, respectively in math and one science, which can be either physics or chemistry. Adcoms however would probably expect engineering applicants to have taken at least one year of physics and one year of chemistry in High School. I guess that requirement could be easily covered though by a physics O-level from Singapore or a GCSE from the UK, so the OP should be OK.</p>
<p>That’s a relief; thanks very much!</p>