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Wow, that must be so great to have work experience in industry! Same as you, I hope to make final decision after all results come out, although I got the rejection from Yale today! Really hope to meet you in California! There must be many things I could learn from you~~~

Thanks so much for your warm reply! In fact, I hope to work in Texas since there are many opportunities for oil & gas jobs. One of my senior suggested me to learn some useful chemical engineering simulation software, such as Aspen Plus. I still have a question about your reply that why you said " working at a chemical company, and not a refinery" I know there are some jobs available for process control in the refinery process, such as Chevron. In addition, do you think mathematical skills are very important in process control? So maybe I should learn something such as Computational Method!

Hello everyone, I am a senior majored in Materials Chemistry, and will go to chemical engineering master program in United States. Up till now, I got the admission from UC Berkeley and Upenn. Since my undergraduate major is not chemical engineering, although I have taken several relative courses, such as Fluid Mechanics, Methods of Mathematical Physics. Currently, my research is about oil & gas area and I used to study some courses about petroleum engineering, including petrophysics and reservoir numerical simulation. Therefore I hope to know, in order to be a process engineer in oil & gas field after graduation, what should I do, especially during the following months. I hope someone with knowledge about this area could recommend some widely used simulation software or some classical books. Also I appreciate other precious suggestions. Thank you very much!

Hello raliem, Really nice to meet you in the grad cafe! ! ! Thank you so much for giving me guidance about the job data. Are you an undergraduate majored in Chem E in Berkeley? In fact, I am still waiting for the results of other master programs and you know they all come too late.... In fact, I like California very much, and UCB is also my dream university. Also, I think PDP matches my future career plan, but the only thing I worry about is the too-short time for the program. So have you decided to go to PDP? Maybe we could talk more through Linkedin, since I feel truly lucky to meet you. My name is Xuanxuan Xie.

Thanks for your kind reply. 1. As for the my career plan, in fact I do not do R&D job, instead I am much eager to get involved in practical engineering industry,especially after I did internship in Bayer Material Science and Pfizer. So I think a master degree is more suitable for me. Also, since my research currently is about petroleum engineering, so I hope to further my career in energy areas since I am much interested in that. And for me, I like California although the sunshine is not free. Wish to work there after graduation! 2. As for the tuition, the director of PDP said that it increased a little in order to assist students with robust career development. My parents feel very happy for my admission news and they can afford the tuition, but to be honest, I felt very guilty to let them pay me too much! 3. In addition, I have a question. Since the director of PDP shows me an employment status of PDP 2013, about 70% PDP students find jobs within 6 months of graduation. The companies include Chevron, Applied Materials, Nextant and so on. I just wonder whether the 70% ratio is a higher or lower level in America? You are the first one replying to me in the Grad Cafe and thank you very much !

Hello everyone, I am a senior student in Peking University, China and my major is Materials Chemistry. Since I got the admission from Product Development Program of UC Berkeley, which is a master of science program with only one year ( a summer internship included). From the introduction of the department page, this program is mainly focus on product development and industrial marketing. It includes biotechnology, nano science/ microelectronics and consumer products. In fact, for me, I used to do internship in cosmetic and pharmaceuticals industry. So I really like the curriculum setting and career development of this program since I hope to work in the area of industrial consulting in the future. But I still have some problems and hope to get guidance from someone who knows about this PDP program. 1. Since time for PDP is only one year, would it be too short to find a job after graduation, especially for an international student and what kind of jobs graduates usually do? 2. Since the tuition for PDP has been increased to $46,185 per year, would it be worthwhile to spend such a large amount of money for this program. I really appreciate your warm reply~ Wish all you could have good luck!

Hello everyone, I am a senior student in Peking University, China and my major is Materials Chemistry. Since I got the admission from Product Development Program of UC Berkeley, which is a master of science program with only one year ( a summer internship included). From the introduction of the department page, this program is mainly focus on product development and industrial marketing. It includes biotechnology, nano science/ microelectronics and consumer products. In fact, for me, I used to do internship in cosmetic and pharmaceuticals industry. So I really like the curriculum setting and career development of this program since I hope to work in the area of industrial consulting in the future. But I still have some problems and hope to get guidance from someone who knows about this PDP program. 1. Since time for PDP is only one year, would it be too short to find a job after graduation, especially for an international student and what kind of jobs graduates usually do? 2. Since the tuition for PDP has been increased to $46,185 per year, would it be worthwhile to spend such a large amount of money for this program. I really appreciate your warm reply~ Wish all you could have good luck!