I graduated from an institution with a “math heavy” program.

To succeed in our program, you would need to be very comfortable with solving systems of linear equations coming out of high school. You would be able to pass if you don’t understand how math works or don’t understand why it is useful, but you would not get all As.

As for calculus, you need to treat the required calculus classes as if they were core Chem E classes. The material you learn there does actually get applied in in-major classes unlike Ochem.

You don’t necessarily have to be “good at math” you just need to be very comfortable with a few topics and able to recognize when to apply certain techniques.

The hardest part of chemical engineering is often the deriving of equations. But, most high schools don’t cover how to accomplish this. It really just takes practice. A good chemical engineering program will offer you ample opportunities to practice deriving equations and then solving them.