Chem vs Chem Eng.

[u/Commercial_Effect_25]

I’m currently a Junior in highschool, and I have a college counselor. He told me he doesn’t think I’m ready for chemical engineering in college bc I don’t have AP Physcisc or AP Calc BC (I currently have Calc AB And Chem this year, AP Stats 4 and AP Precalc 5 last yr). I will take AP Physics C and BC in senior year, but he said that is a bad idea bc I will be under pressure when uni gives me conditional offer. Anyway, he is basically telling me that teenagers like me hoping to apply for Chem E are taking much much more harder classes than me and I shouldn’t apply or else I won’t get in. He suggested me to apply for Chemistry instead… He also told me I should stay away from math related majors ( prob bc he saw that I got a C+ in AP Stats but got a 4) and prob thinks I’m rly dumb and just delusional for wanting to apply for chem Eng. But I can think of any reason WHY I want to apply for Chemistry? I like chemistry, but just chemistry as a Uni major … I don’t rly want to. I know Chem E is mostly thermo and physics, and I’m willing to learn. What should I do?

Update: thanks for everyone’s advice. It rly gave me confidence. I’ll try my best to get into Chem E programs.

[u/Fun_Neighborhood1571]

You should talk to the advisors of the programs you are interested in. They can give you a better idea of what they require for their program than a college counselor who I assume covers many majors and programs.

Either way, if you are interested in chemical engineering, you should major in it. Many chemical engineers did not have the groundwork you do when they started college. Myself included.