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[quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t depend on what your child thinks they want to do.  In the purest sense, engineering is applied science to solve problems.  Science is discovery.  If they truly love science discovery but also want more professional prospects,  they will want to plan on grad school with a chem degree and most likely a phD.  If the goal is to have more prospects professionally with just a BS, go for the engineering degree.  Can still take many chemistry classes and even double major in some programs (though that would probably be pointless unless just happened organically).

I’m many years out of school but at my first employer (large Fortune 100).  ChemE BS came in at a higher level and salary than Chemistry BS and automatically on the managerial track.  A BS in a pure science had a more difficult time shifting to the managerial track without a graduate degree.  It was objectively a bit strange,  but you would have experienced lab techs reporting to newly minted engineers.  It was what it was, but 4 years spent on somewhat similar degrees can lead to very different professional prospects.

Sometimes there is what you want to do and there is what will provide the most flexibility and options.  They may not coincide.[/quote]

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