Comments on: Top 10 College Degrees in 2009 with Massive Demand

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:05:12 +0000

I wasn’t aware of petroleum engineering…this is really a good list for students who wished to land on a high paying job…nice article.

By: Adittya Joshi

Adittya Joshi — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:17:52 +0000

I am studying Diploma in Engineering in Nepal . I am studying with my great effort, but i am more interested in chemical Engineering .Due to the lack economy i cant pay for it. Please would u tall me about its solution

By: james

james — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:50:00 +0000

it got pretty difficult this year, starting my core ChemEng classes. This is a make or break quarter, whether or not i pass those classes this quarter determines if i need to change my major altogether

By: mg126

mg126 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:08:55 +0000

Hey james i hope you can succeed in your studies. i guess your diong a ChemEng degree right ? whats it like ?

By: james

james — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:54:17 +0000

today i failed 2 midterms for ChemEng courses offered only once a year. complete and utter failure on my part, which resulted in a lack of motivation for anything. I ran across this page while searching for a major to switch to. After reading this article and the subsequent posts I feel rejuvenated to pursue my studies and persevere through it. I too live in a frat house, but still have to learn to master the discipline these graduates have demonstrated. Thank you so much for this article, it has truly shed new light on my situation to show me that it can be done, and i am walking through the shoes of others. In any case now i know i can always fall back on a finance career =)

By: mg126

mg126 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:46:19 +0000

Hey guys thanks for sharing your past experiences. Im living in the UK currently doing my Alevels last year before i go to university. i have always said i was to pursue a degree in medicine but things changed 3 months ago when i decided medicine wastne for me and because i love chemistry i thought why not apply for chemical engineering which opens up so many paths and is said to be the best degree out their.
but over the past month or so ive been reading students experiences and i dont find many who can actually say that was the best years of my life.
I ask you : 1) is it really that hard but can it be complete if you put all hard work into it or can it only bee done if your super talented in chemistry
2) did u guys have to a massive powerplant assignment producing your own power plant
3) whats it like working in the petroluim industry

By: Darwin

Darwin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:52:21 +0000

Wow Mike,
Thanks for sharing your experience. Everything you said resonates with me. I actually lived in a fraternity house where the guys would romp in at 4 in the morning, kick in my door and call me a wuss for now being out with them. They’d blast music and fall asleep to it drunk and I’d be sitting there having studied all night, then not sleeping, then trying to stay awake in class. It was bittersweet all the way through for me as well, not just at the end. It was kind of perversely beautiful how it all comes together senior year – the various disciplines all culminating into a discipline that makes sense in the end, but all the way through, it was like a greek tragedy mixed with a horrific riddle.

Looking back, I’m glad I have the major and I too doubled my salary rather quickly which was nice; but it sure was hell going through it!