I am thinking about doing either Biomedical engineering or aeronautical engineering and I came across a Bs/MBA or a Bs/Ms. So would you recommend which one? And is it POSSIBLE to do all three majors? Like BME AE and Accounting? If you are doing a Bs/MBA, can you have a Bs in two engineering fields? I know that it will take a lot of effort I just want to know if it is technically possible and what institutions offer this in a double Bs with MBA . Thank you!
A BS/MBA will be utterly worthless. The purpose of an MBA is to supplement professional experience, ie, to give individuals with several years of work experience the knowledge and credentials to move into higher level managerial or business positions. Furthermore, not all companies value an MBA. Many times, companies that do value an MBA will pay for you to get one. For an engineer, an MBA is generally a mid-career move after they’ve worked as an engineer doing technical work for several years, and signals that they wish to transition from technical work to business/management.
It’s not a good idea to major in BME as an undergraduate, as it doesn’t provide enough breadth/depth in either biology/medicine or engineering. Choosing BME as a second major is also not going to be very helpful. You don’t need a BME degree to work in the field of BME; in fact, the vast, vast majority of people in the BME/medical device industry don’t have degrees in BME. The time would be better spent taking higher level engineering courses.
As an undergraduate, your best bet, based on your post, would be mechanical engineering. AeroE is basically a flavored ME degree. You won’t gain any benefit from tacking on a BME major. And adding an accounting major, which also has many stringent requirements? You’ll be in college forever. This is not a wise decision.
You have a number of different interests and you’re not really sure what you want to do with them all, at this point. That’s normal. A lot of students go into college wondering if they can double- or triple- or quadruple-major in anything and everything that interests them. However, this is both unrealistic and a poor use of time/money. You should pick a single major, and you can take electives in other areas that interest you. Also, remember that you don’t need to major in every single thing you want to be skilled in. For example, if you want to be an engineer with an understanding of business/entrepreneurship or accounting, you don’t need an entire business/accounting major. You can just learn about that stuff on your own, or take some classes in those departments, and participate in activities/extracurriculars that involve these, without adding it on as entire major. Choose one major. Once you start college, you’ll get a better idea of whether or not it would be feasible to double major, whether or not it’s necessary for your goals, etc.
Is it technically possible? Probably, if you intend to stay in college for 7+ years to complete all of the requirements. if you want to finish in close to 4-5, then it’s probably not technically possible - nor is it necessarily advisable.
At some point, you are going to have to pick something. The unfortunate thing about living is that sometimes by opening some doors, you close others. There’s nothing saying that you can’t go back and train to be an accountant later if you decide you no longer want to be an engineer (or vice versa), but you can’t be an accountant and an engineer at the same time. Pick one.
(Actually, if you are interested in both, you should explore industrial engineering, operations research, maybe supply chain management).
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