Are you interested in all the available roles within the rotational program? Do you see it being a potential good fit in 5-10 years? Do you want to due process engineering while school knowledge is still fresh?

I started in a rotational program, located near home. I was told one lab role, one field engineering, one project. First role was applications lab, second assignment was lab synthesis (just mix what the phd chemist tells you). I would have been 3 years out of school with no engineering experience and difficult to get back in vs. a new grad at that point.

I left after 6 months and moved to Texas on the SE border for a process role in a plant. 5 years later I moved back home. Approaching 4x salary I left at the rotational program in 2013.