How would a career path and jobs looks like for chemistry major and public policy minor.
Any insights and Advise is greatly appreciated.
Accepted
UIUC
North eastern
Rochester
UC Irvine
UC Davis
Which university is better? Have’nt committed to any yet… Hoping for waitlist.
Are all of these schools affordable?
Indeed, what is your net cost of attendance to each? Are any of the publics instate?
Probably not great - but it depends on what you want to do. Likely grad school. But you might have an idea of doing something that I can’t see.
Don’t hope for waitlist. They didn’t accept you. Once you did your LOCI, forget them.
If you got into those five schools, you did well.
Which is better?
The one you can afford - and you felt comfortable when you were on campus. All are great names.
Congrats.
Thanks so much for everyone’s input. These all schools are paid and out of state. Sorry, I forgot to mention, these are for under-graduate schools
Have you visited the campuses?
All of those schools are vastly different. If you’re going to live there for four years you need to like where you will live for 4 years.
Also, I agree with @tsbna44; the career path for a chemistry major and public policy may be challenging salary-wise.
But I agree that it depends on what you’ve already decided you want do with it. You have to consider the return on your investment with this major vs. the costs of a 4 year education at expensive universities.
I looked up jobs on Linkedin for new chemists in my area. $23-29 per hour.
Not a fan of paying OOS tuition for a public, absent an extremely valuable program, so I’d focus on the privates on your list.
Also, any insights on changing majors n these colleges?
Is it easy or difficult to change majors to STEM from Chemistry Major in these universities?
Do we searches for “[college name] change major [new major]” and see what you find.
STEM is not a major. It describes a category of majors (which includes chemistry). What specifically do you want to study?
Sorry, I meant STEM like any any STEM major
It can vary depending on the major. For example, it may not be difficult to change into physics if you have been taking the needed physics and math courses, but some other major like computer science may be almost completely full and very competitive to change into.
Changing your major will depend on the school and on the major that you want to switch into.
Nobody can tell you which college is “better.” All of the schools on this list are very good schools that will provide an excellent education. It is up to your family to decide what is affordable, and it is up to your S/D to research and take advantage of what the school has to offer.
It is possible that your student already chose, but I understand that some schools have moved their date to the 15th or later.
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