Chemical engineering vs Chemistry

IlliniJBravoEcho
Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:44:38 +0000

Yeah b/c as a chemist you may be taking many of the same classes (like the overachieving or specialized chemistry majors at my school) and you will still be working under us or we’ll be getting jobs before you. Benefits:
Less math (no diff eq), less difficult physics (unless specialized chem then not sure), and no chemE courses. Cons: MORE LABS! I cannot stress that con enough. No matter how cool lab sounds it’s just like reading something for class. It just isn’t fun when your grade depends on it.

If you really like chemistry then you can find someway to integrate chem into your studies more (chemical companies, research with chemistry labs not chemE, or do chem for grad school) but an undergrad in chem is basically a joke b/c you could be doing more with the amount of time you will invest into the major anyways (Specialized chem 120 hrs, ChemE 129-134 [can’t remember], really not that big of a difference)