Hi! :) I’m currently studying under a B.S Chemical Engineering program but i’m thinking of shifting to applied physics. What are the advantages of applied physics to chemical engineering? would it be better to stay on my current course?

I’m not going to tell you about something I do not know about. I’m no expert in Chemical engineering or applied physics. I love applied physics though! If you have doubts about your current program you’re doing right now then I suggest you sit down and evaluate every single thing. Sometimes it’s better to switch and sometimes it’s not! I changed my program before a day it started because it wasn’t for me. Do something you’re interested in and about the (stuck on manuals or the routines set by the companies…) that would be your work if you do engineering right? If you don’t want that then think again! Good luck.

If you are in a decent engineering program, you will understand how everything works. Being bound by manuals and designated processes is the world of technicians not engineers. You’ll be fine with either program, applied physics is just far more general than chemical engineering. Go with the one that will take you where you want to go.

Chemical engineering is much more likely to get you a much better job much quicker out of college than applied physics.

Physicists don’t know “why exactly ..things work” really either. They do get more into detail and first principles. But all of physics studies have at the foundation some premises that aren’t yet provable.
I think @blaze626 has some good points, including that a good engineering program will show you how/why things work as well as can be explained.
I’d add to take a look at what jobs are out there for both degrees and see which appeal to you more.