<p>I'm currently in a top ten business school as undergrad, but i've heard from people that an industrial engineering degree teaches you most things in business with more practical skills, not to mention all the articles I've read that says business degrees are a dime a dozen and more or less, not that useful.</p>
<p>i would like to work in business in the future, no set directions yet at all, but interest lies in finance or entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>what should i do?</p>
<p>also it seems that it is much harder to get into business school (mba) with a business degree opposed to an engineering degree.</p>
<p>I was an Industrial Engineering major as a freshman, and I just switched to Economics. I was in a very similar situation - I wanted the practical skills as well as being qualified for jobs in business, but unless you really, really love the math and science that goes along with engineering, you’re gonna have an unenjoyable four years. If you want to be an engineer, you gotta love it, and I don’t. I decided it wasn’t really worth it when I was going to get a business job anyway. There are ways to stand out from your peers applying to business jobs, you don’t have to woo them with your engineering degree. Be the president of a club or something.</p>
<p>tl;dr: Know that the courseload for engineering is going to be a LOT harder.</p>
<p>Don’t let the fact that engineering is more difficult discourage you. College was intended for education not having a good time. Stick with the business major since finance and entrepreneurship are your interests. If you have good grades, ec’s, internships,etc. from a top ten undergrad business school you will have no problem getting a job. You said business degrees are a dime a dozen. Top ten undergrad business degrees are not a dime a dozen. If you want the practicality of IE without the actual degree, take all of the quantitative classes you can. Common sense dictates that people can do math usually get more money.</p>