Business or Engineering

Transfer Students
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<p>I was recently accepted as a transfer student to Emory University. </p>

<p>All of my life I've had my mind set on studying business. It is what I loved and it came extremely natural to me, persona and all. However recently, I have been questioning my path. </p>

<p>My goal in life is to make a difference in world and ultimately make it a better place for everyone. Call me a dreamer, but it's true. Now for whatever reason, I am beginning to believe that business is selfish. Am I really benefiting anyone but myself and my company (in most careers)? </p>

<p>I randomly took an vague interest in engineering recently. The reason I believe this happened is because 1) it is challenging 2) I am not naturally good at it. I always desire to push myself out of my comfort zone.</p>

<p>Now this sparks the question: is engineering (depending of the exactly focus) more beneficial to society? Enough so that it would make me change majors? I just don't see business as THAT beneficial. </p>

<p>Emory is a top business school. However, they also have a dual major agreement with Georgia Tech that allows the student to receive a degree from Emory liberal arts and Georgia tech engineering. Possibly a major in Econ and engineering? </p>

<p>Do you think that engineering is reasonable path? I just don't want to feel as if I am changing my mind for no reason. </p>

<p>Also, I look forward to grad school for MBA. </p>

<p>Any thoughts would be appreciated. Let me know if you have any questions. </p>

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<p>You make an entire post about how majoring in business is selfish and that you want to change the world, then you “look forward to grad shool for MBA.” Does not compute.</p>

<p>If you’re not naturally good at engineering you’re going to have a miserable time. The motivation for engineering should come from a genuine interest in technical problem solving; more to thd point, being unafraid to use advanced math and draw from physics concepts to make a design work or hammer out flaws in the analysis. </p>

<p>If you make lots of money you can effect change by donating to your favorite politician or founding a company that actually benefits mankind (think Elon Musk – nvm that his undergrad was in physics). Not everyone is cut out to be an engineer and there’s no shame in that. Do the best with what you got.</p>

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<p>Engineering Major = learning a lot of math and science so you can be the workhorse of a company and make them a lot of money
Business Major = learning a little math and a lot of marketing and finance so you can be the brains of a company and make them a lot of money.</p>

<p>take your pick. </p>