<p>At the moment I am leaning towards business. But lately I have been considering engineering. I want to be able to utilize my math skills (730 math sat 1 score). I am not exactly sure if I "love" science though. I do consider myself to question many thing and being analytical. How can I find out if I would like engineering. </p>
<p>It’s called freshman year, where you get an engg course that gives you a taste of several of the kinds of engg offered by the school. There is a way to use your math skills in business, and that is to major in accounting or, something a little different, economics.</p>
<p>Jkeil911 is correct. You use your first year to take classes in both fields and even other non related fields that interest you and see what comes out of it.
BTW 730 math scores is not a justification to be a math major. I have seen several 800 on math test with history, drama and music majors and I have seen 500’s on math scores with math majors. SAT is really not a measure of intelligence on any subject. It just shows you have some good standardized test taking skills.
So, let the first year go through you and make your choice the following year.
Most of all… have fun while studying.
Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Check out majoring in applied math. That might be another option.</p>
<p>@ccco2018 @jkeil911 if freshman year is meant to try different things, then what schools should I apply to that have both good engineering and business schools? Preferably I would like a small/medium sized private school. </p>
<p>@Heiditree definitely a good option!!</p>
<p>OP, the size requirement puts some pressure on the list of schools that are good at both engineering and business and on us in offering choices. The small school options are really limited. The first school to come to mind for me is UMD-CP because I know it well. But it doesn’t fit your size requirements.</p>
<p>So that you don’t miss anything, go to the SuperMatch in the column on the left side of this page and type in your stats and prefs and see what pops out. Play around with the prefs and you may produce some surprises.</p>
<p>@jkeil911 what confuses me about the public schools like umd is the direct admit program. I don’t want to be at a school for two years and then not be admitted into the major that I want. </p>
<p>so another requirement then. your stats?</p>
<p>if you cannot get the grades you need at a public college to gain admission to a business school, then perhaps that’s telling you something about your aptitude for business that you’d better pay attention to. secondly, fear is not an emotion that will suit you well in business if you let it keep you from taking risks. Risks motivate people. Risks bring rewards.</p>
<p>You only have to like one of Math or Science. Both aren’t necessary. I did engineering and I have no interest in science at all. I did have to take intro Chemistry and Physics, but I didn’t have to deal with any science beyond that. It will depend on what engineering major you are. </p>
<p>@Vladenschlutte where did you go to college and what type of engineering did you choose to major in?</p>
<p>I went to Michigan. I did Industrial and Computer Science.</p>
<p>Very nice @Vladenschlutte </p>
<p>Then you might want to consider a small to medium size school with Engineering accreditation, and a good business program. Depending on your financial budget, and overall test scores, you can try for top ranking schools to average ranked ones. Since you prefer small to midsize, so majority of Public schools might not be the best fit.
Example;
(Cal-tech, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Carnegie, Case western,) or
(Rose-Hulman, Harvey-Mudd, Cooper Union, Santa Clara University, Bucknell, Milwaukee school of Engineering), etc.
The fact is most of the good engineering schools also have great business departments.
Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>@ccco2018 most of the great schools that you listed I cannot get into. I have a 1300 two part sat score. I wish I could get into those schools. @-) </p>
<p>That is why I created a two part school choice. Your score would still be in the ball park for the alternate list I provided. Then again these are just examples… you have to search your best fit by visiting these schools web pages that pics your interest.</p>
<p>@Vladenschutte, you said something that caught my eye, and it surprises me that you would feel this way:</p>
<p>–I did engineering and I have no interest in science at all.–</p>
<p>Should we take you literally? or did you mean that in comparison to engineering you had no interest in science? Is it still the case that you have no interest in science?</p>
<p>I hear my lit students say this and it baffles me. To hear an engineer say it, I don’t know what to think. I’m curious.</p>
<p>Lehigh is a midsize private strong in both business and engineering. They even have a program combining both, Integrated Business and Engineering. It’s an honors program, hard to get in, but might be appealing if you have the stats.</p>
<p>Misconception from above, accounting does not require much math beyond basic arithmetic. Plenty of successful accountants are poor at higher math. If you like math, and are good at it, you might find finance and econ are good majors. If you love math, and are great at it, then math or applied math (perhaps with actuarial or quantitative track) are versatile choices.</p>
<p>@Chardo, good advice. </p>
<p>I wonder then why I often hear accounting majors complaining about the math? I checked some accounting major requirements, and they do indeed seem not to require “higher math.” Thanks for the correction.</p>
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<p>Take it literally. I very much do not like learning about Science. I have no interest in the subject, any classes in Chemistry or Physics I’ve ever taken, any of that. Would rather have taken almost any other course than Science (except maybe something like Music or Language). </p>
<p>Not every engineering major requires science. Just like not every engineering major requires math. They all do require at least one of those though. What I did only required the math, not the science. </p>