It’s easier to go from Eng to science than vice versa.
Many drop out of STEM period…up to half of engineers. But if u think you’d possibly be an engineer and review the career outcomes…I’m sure they’re much better in engineering than straight chem…get your data together.
Engineering is brutally hard bit if you want it you can do it. You can’t do it at IU though.
So to me UK - assuming you like the big state school and all that comes is a nice fallback to Purdue.
Btw my son inexplicably chose Bama over Purdue. School is hard but he had the same internship he’d likely have gotten at Purdue last year after 2nd year and is going back this summer.
My point is - u prob think UK is a step down from Purdue and perhaps it is. But I promise you their engineers are doing fine. My former boss’s son went there …is employed in Cincinnati and some microscope from a class project somehow ended up at the space station.
Good luck to you.