Comments on: Top 10 College Degrees in 2011 with Massive Demand

By: GERALD MAHINDA

GERALD MAHINDA — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:02:16 +0000

I am an undergraduate studying Industrial Chemistry with Management.Is it similar to chemical engineering as I noticed several of the units are similar(except the Business units)

By: Moe

Moe — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:42:13 +0000

Thank you for the nice article and sharing your experience with us.I wonder why people would major in CE rather than PE with much higher starting salary and also mid-career salary.Don’t get me wrong I majored in CE myself (senior) but I’m just wondering why?I know this is a very personal question but may I ask how much you make (maybe a range) DARWIN??

By: sophie

sophie — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:21:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience. I went through something similar like that in college. Out of highschool I thought I was so smart going to a state university while most other people just went to community college. At the university I was surrounded with 2/3rds of people that were in my opinion smarter than me. Quite depressing.. Even more depressing is i went for a BA in Philosophy which wont get you very far unless you go the route of law after.

By: شات

شات — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:05:37 +0000

دردشة

By: ODD 123

ODD 123 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:54:01 +0000

Interesting.

The real point is, I think, a major you would enjoy working in. I you hate it , you won’t be very good at it. That will show.

I spent one semester in ChE, and then switched a number of times before I eventually graduated in Engineering Physics. Got a Ph.D in Physics, and went on to being in Physics as a prof. Eventually switched back to engineering and ended up as a prof in ME.

I’d also add that I’m female, and my BS is from 1960. And that I was a sororitymwember.

Sure – it was tough. (My incoming class in 1956 was 575, and the graduating class in 1960 was 111. )

I’ll add that it was also not easy being female .

Nonethe less, I don’t regret it in the least. And I believe that over the years I’ve helped a lot of students to find what they really wanted.

Starting salaries aren’t everything.

By: jhrrrr

jhrrrr — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:10:46 +0000

such are sterotypes, a chemical engineering, or any other technical degree…does not mean you have to do typical engineering work. They can go into many jobs, people actually value someone with a degree that is difficult to get, shows personal motivation, and provides a skill set others lack.

Plus, so many careers that sound good and interesting, just turn out to be the same old grind, and at lower (much lower in some cases) pay.

Life is a compromise between work and play, make it work and get the benefits from both sides

By: BJosh

BJosh — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:26:58 +0000

@Linda, Medicine, Law or pharmacy all require a professional/post-graduate degree whereas these are undergraduate degrees. I guess engineers can also be premed or even go to pharmaceuticals later on if they wish( especially chemical engineers).

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:02:17 +0000

Why not medicine or law? Or pharmacy

By: dawit tessema

dawit tessema — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:08:24 +0000

i must say that was a very inspiring piece of experiance for me as an undergrat. student. This coming spring i will be entering chemical engineering program and i am doing a research on past experiances from people who are already in the field.

By: ChemENG Senior

ChemENG Senior — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:24:50 +0000

This article is great! I have an AspenPlus (design class is kicking my ass) assignment due tomorrow, and of course I waited til the last minute. Not a day goes by that I don’t wonder why I chose my major. In high school I thought “Hey, I like chemistry and math, why not ChemEng?” I soon realized that chemical engineering has very little to do with balancing chemical equations and general chemistry. It’s A LOT OF MATH. I opted out of the library life in order to enjoy my college experience. Yeah, my gpa has suffered tremendously, but I just attribute that to the fact that I have a hard major and I am definitely lazy. In chemical engineering, the professors definitely won’t hold your hand through the years. It’s a lot of figuring out things for yourself. Not to be bitter, but sometimes I think it’s a huge waste of time, as we will be learning most stuff on the job anyways, and will have computer programs do stuff for us. As a senior about to graduate in May, this article gives me a lot of hope for the future. Thanks much!