Should i do arts?

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Do you think it would be easier to get a higher GPA in single eng degree? i think its >75% or something for the honours. do-able

I'm under the impression that Engineering subjects are harder than Science subjects but I dunno...depends a lot on the person, although obviously it's a bit too early to tell which one you'll do better at lol.

[TrueLight]

its lots of work in either case since if your doing double your extending the number of years you will be there

maybe look back on this again
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0032.html

[TrueLight]

also why do you want to do chemical engineering?

[98.40_for_sure]

also why do you want to do chemical engineering?

Well reading thorugh all the different engineering specialisations, it's the only one that really shouts out "DO ME!"

Do you think it would be easier to get a higher GPA in single eng degree? i think its >75% or something for the honours. do-able

I'm under the impression that Engineering subjects are harder than Science subjects but I dunno...depends a lot on the person, although obviously it's a bit too early to tell which one you'll do better at lol.

Is your GPA like a combined thing? so if your doing a double degree, is your GPA the average of all your subjects in both? or do you have a GPA for eng and a GPA for sci

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Is your GPA like a combined thing? so if your doing a double degree, is your GPA the average of all your subjects in both? or do you have a GPA for eng and a GPA for sci

Yes it'll be combined, you won't have a separate GPA.

[TrueLight]

and why do you want to do engineering?

[98.40_for_sure]

Is your GPA like a combined thing? so if your doing a double degree, is your GPA the average of all your subjects in both? or do you have a GPA for eng and a GPA for sci

Yes it'll be combined, you won't have a separate GPA.

Ahh... so then if engineering is harder than sci subjects, potentially, would doing single degree engineering be harder to maintain a high GPA? soz im an idiot

and why do you want to do engineering?

After looking at all sorts of courses and careers, it seems engineering most suits me. I ruled out med as it would take way too long and too hard to get into. Eng is only 4-5 years and straight into working, which sounds more appealing than studying for another 15 years, eating 2 minute noodles and working part time. I read some really inspirational thing about engineering on "changing the world" and making it a better place and stuff. I wanna do that!

[TrueLight]

theres lots of jobs that can change the world... thats what they all say lol
is it straight into working? so you looked into the type of jobs post undergraduates take? and your happy with them? because it would suck to work in something that is boring or ur not interested in..
but if you've looked into it and you like the course structure and the units and the opportunities then your all set to do engineering

[98.40_for_sure]

Yeah chemical engineers have very broad choices on where to work, pharmaceutical companies, energy, food manufacturing etc sounds frickin fun! lol i'm so hyped now, designing new hot chocolates and lollipops

Also it's the employment rate and job security as well that provides comfort, everywhere i've read says they have 5 star future employment. And i'm not 100% sure on this, but my careers counsellor said that bachelor of engineering is as far as you HAVE to go. it's the same accreditation as having master of engineering @ uom. so there's really no point in going further unless it's for interest. employers aren't going to not choose you just because you have 1 degree? and the bach of eng @ monash has recognition world wide, so you can work in other countries as well

[TrueLight]

cool well if you can picture yourself in that environment then your set although you are imagining the broader picture now which is always good to have but you might not be designing new hot chocolate lol

and if you like this stuff...mass transfer, heat transfer, separation processes, reaction engineering, chemical thermodynamics, process control, particle technology, process design, sustainability and safety, process simulation software and synthesis and design and one of these Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and materials, Sustainable processing
then you should be engineering unless you want that science degree as well

[98.40_for_sure]

Yeah all that stuff sounds pretty cool with me.

Im not so keen on chemistry major in science degree... but i just feel like maths major might help with engineering. and i kinda wanna get a taste of astrophysics (as a minor, cos i heard later years it gets insanely mathematical; different type of maths to eng though)

[TrueLight]

hm i don't know but then what happens to all the chem eng students that just do one degree... im sure they will teach you what you need to know in terms of maths
but if you want to do more maths then you can extend the number of years you are at uni and do a double

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Oh there'll be more than enough maths in a Chemical Engineering degree =p It's just that the Engineering maths units are more accelerated and only take the parts that are relevant to eng, or so I hear.

[gemgem49]

Don't do Arts, especially if you're going to choose the subject that's probably least likely to have any job prospects >.< (Unless you stay and do post grad and end up working in ~academia~ which every person I know majoring in philosophy has said they're going to do, haha.)

[Mulan]

Med is still better than engineering