<p>If i'm major in Engineering and I put career interest as business executive, will colleges have negative reactions? How much does career interest affect the admission officers' decision?</p>
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<p>Doesn’t really matter. Don’t over think it. They just want to see that you want to do something rather than nothing.</p>
<p>Hold on…why are you majoring in engineering if you want to do business…?</p>
<p>I think you’re better off if you indicate a direct-line passion. That is: if you want to major in engineering, your school choices and curriculum leans towards XXX. And you career choice is to do XXX.</p>
<p>If you want to end up in business, generally, you’d study finance/economics, choose XXX schools, and gear your curriculum with XXX type of classes.</p>
<p>Both areas focus on math skiils, but they go in different directions. Rather than send a confusing message about your educational and career goals, can you select something from your successes in HS? Remember, no one is going to hold you to these, but it tells the colleges about your general interests.</p>
<p>Well actually I’m pretty good at math and did participate my school’s math club for four years. For major, I’m leaning towards double math and engineering, but I don’t want to be an engineer. I would like to get into business or become a mathematical researcher. So for the career interest, if I put down business the colleges will see it as not matching with my prospective major; whereas I put down mathematical researcher the colleges will look down on me since very few researchers can become extremely successful and donate big bucks to their alma mater.</p>
<p>I think it’s a brilliant idea to get an undergrad in eng, work in industry a few years, and then get an MBA. It’s extremely common, and makes far more sense than getting an undergrad in business, IMHO.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I will do.</p>
<p>Say for example I put down future researchers on the common app, will colleges look down on me since very few researchers can become extremely successful and donate big bucks to their alma mater? Input is appreciated!</p>
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<p>Don’t over-analyze. Put down whatever you can perceive you to be in the future. If you showed exceptional aptitude in math and you genuinely wanted to be a math researcher, then put it down! The career interest won’t go against you if you don’t put down future CEO.</p>