I agree it is a bit odd to target studying ChemE at “Ivy Plus” colleges.
And I would specifically be concerned about only two years of Foreign Language and three years of English with that sort of list. Although that might be fine for a lot of top-ranked ChemE programs not at “Ivy Plus” colleges.
In other words, this sort of curriculum plan suggests to me a student who is maybe not so interested in the Humanities much beyond the minimum required. So why would they choose a college which really valued the broad Liberal Arts tradition, including the Humanities, even for its engineering students? Why wouldn’t they choose an engineering college that would still have some gen ed requirements, but maybe not THAT much commitment to Liberal Arts?
In which case there would likely be curriculum recommendations at those colleges that would track this curriculum plan.
I note in my mind this isn’t about harder classes, better schools, or so on. It is just different hard classes and different top schools appeal to different kids. And it is OK if your interests point to a different set of top schools than the Ivy Plus.