Pick: electrical or chemical

supjest
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:59 +0000

Hey, I’m new to the thread. I just transferred into a school for my sophmore year where both departments are ranked top ten. I need help choosing between EE and ChemE.

I have participated in biomedical research and would eventually like to go to grad school and make research contributions. I really like chemistry and math, I’m good at physics but it sorta ****es me off.

A concern I have is the difficulty of the math used in the disciplines relative to one another. I’m really good at math and want to be somewhere where I can stand out.

I’m into chemistry, but I’m under the impression that chemistry is sort of menial, and more memorization than analytical. I’m worried that if I don’t do EE, however, I won’t understand the very important concepts learned in the
field which will be to my detriment when I eventually get into grad school.

My dad has told me that chemical engineering is not really an engineering discipline and that the compensation they get is hazard pay, but he is EE.

I appreciate any replies I get