<p>I wanna get to know how the competition is like is it cut throat like Cal or MIT or is it more laid back. </p>
<p>and seeing that i am in chemE and since UCSB is like top 20 in this branch of engineering how intense is chemE here ?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Im also in ChemE, Id like to knowthis as well</p>
<p>Here’s an article I wrote about engineering at UCSB: [Gaucho</a> Insider | Engineering majors](<a href=“http://gauchoinsider.com/articles/16]Gaucho”>http://gauchoinsider.com/articles/16)</p>
<p>Short answer: it’s not as rigorous as MIT or Cal Tech (nothing is), but it is the most demanding major offered at UCSB. You will have to put a lot of time into it, especially in the upper division in junior and senior years.</p>
<p>Intense is a relative word.</p>
<p>I’m also a chemE major at UCSB. I dont know how it is compared to schools like MIT or caltech. However, I think we’re probably one of the hardest majors at UCSB.</p>
<p>the best advice I can give is that if you keep up with the work, its a heavy load but possible for most people. If you fall behind then it will quickly become a mountain that’s impossible to climb. Most people leave engineering not because they aren’t capable of learning the material, its because they procrastinate and dig too deep a hole to catch back up. They want to hang out on the beach or go to parties in IV like they see so many of their friends doing. But the material is all cumulative; the stuff you learn in 41A you’ll use in 41B and 41C, as well as other classes. You can’t cram this stuff, you have to work steadily at it. Steadily means about 2-3 hours outside of class for every class hour. A lot of people find they just don’t want to do this, and change majors.</p>
<p>^^^ true that. Many people say engineering is stressful because of human nature… procrastination. However, as mike said, if you keep working steadily like let’s say 2 to 3 hours a day, I think you should be fine. Otherwise, you would be pulling all nighters in the computer lab… which happens veryyyy often.</p>