<p>Well I was reading Approaching Stanford and I came across this passage:
Does this mean that I could finish both a bachelors and a masters of ChemE in 5 years? This really interests me because I am 99% sure I’m going to do a masters after my bachelors. Also would I miss out on important things like research if I do this? Thanks</p>
<p>Yes, it’s possible. If you have some AP credits, it might help as well.</p>
<p>Doing a BS and MS in ChemE in 5 years isn’t really different from getting a BS in 4 years and then the MS in another year, except that you can spread out the grad classes over more than just the last year.</p>
<p>Well isn’t masters supposed to be 2 years? I have some AP credits but not too much (about 25)</p>
<p>No, all MS Engineering degrees at Stanford can be completed in 3 quarters (45 units = 3 quarters of 15 units each). In practice, though, many grad students find it easier to spread this out over 4 quarters and a summer, or 5 quarters, but this varies by discipline. It’s pretty easy to complete MS&E in a year, for example, but almost everyone in EE takes longer. Like I said, doing a coterm allows you to spread out those grad classes, but the number of required units is exactly the same.</p>
<p>So is it useful? Or should I just do my bachelors and then proceed to masters?</p>
<p>You don’t have to make any decisions at this point. Just see how it goes when you are there.</p>
<p>Oh I’m not planning on making this decision any time soon, I was just curious. Trust me I’m not going to make any rash decision about this right now, I’m not even certain I’m going to go into ChemE anyways. :)</p>