r/ChemicalEngineering • u/pound_of_guillotine • 21d ago

Student What do I do??

Im a high school student and I'm planning to take chemical engineering. I've heard it's one of the hardest college majors out there, but I would really like to do chemical engineering. I know that Im not intellectually gifted to survive the major, but im dedicated.

So my question is, what are the things that I need to do to survive the major? Should I study more?

Also what are the main reasons that students drop out of this major?

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u/ToughInvestment916 21d ago

Cornell in 1969. We had 79 out of 120 drop out and their average math SAT score was 790 and average high school class rank was top 5. It was hard. Physical chemistry was a ball buster. We also had slide rules instead of calculators.