chem major seriously considering switching to chemical engineering
title. haven’t started college yet, i’m gonna be a freshman. one of the main reasons i’m thinking about switching is because of job prospects after graduation. i love chemistry, math, and physics, and at my school the chem and chemE majors have significant overlap for lower division courses, so i think i would still be happy. a big thing is that i LOVE math. i want to be doing as much math as i can all throughout college, so much that i’ve also been considering double majoring in it. but at that point i feel like it’s just better to go the chemical engineering route. from what i’ve seen, this degree (like most engineering degrees) is very math heavy compared to chem. i also understand that chemical engineers don’t really use chemistry in their day to day work ? at least from what i’ve seen people say. which i’m fine with. i am very interested in chemistry, but i think taking the courses required for this major would be fulfilling enough for me.
what do jobs look like for chemical engineers?? what kind of work do you do? hours? work-life balance? any insight/advice on all this is appreciated!!