What kind of job would you actually want?
I.e. do you want an engineering job? If so, having a second major in business may send the kind of negative signal to employers that @HPuck35 wrote about.
Or do you want more of a “business” job where some engineering knowledge is helpful?
I strongly echo #20…
Also, I looked at the curriculum for E&M, and yes, I can see why it is accredited by ABET. It would give you a good engineering foundation, with some good business, statistics, and data analytics mixed in.
I know Clarkson does engineering very well. It would be highly unusual for the E&M program to NOT be excellent. But it doesn’t have the depth of a pure engineering degree. That’s not bad in any way. Just different.
Have you talked to Clarkson about typical job placements for E&M vs traditional engineering? Would you be opposed to entering as an E&M major and switching to a traditional degree if your opInion shifted during your time there?
I honestly don’t know what I want to do for career. I’m leaning towards grad school at the moment.
Also, if anyone knows, is Case Western good for Merit or FA? Thanks.
I am not familiar with EM term (except on this thread). I assume it aligns with Clarkson Supply Chain Management, which in my time there was called ID (Industrial Distribution, similar to IE / operations management). https://www.clarkson.edu/supply-chain-management-curriculum
Oh… I see Clarkson does have an Engineering Management program too
https://www.clarkson.edu/undergraduate/engineering-and-management
Employers in Northeast definitely know about Clarkson (in 1980s, Clakson had more engineerng undgrads than any other Northeast school, except Penn State. It is a small-ish school, but with big focus on engineering.)
Clarkson claims 2018 placement rate of 96% (which I assume would be mostly in Northeast; you’d have to dig deeper for by-major stats ) - https://www.clarkson.edu/career
Top Employers
Amazon • Amphenol Aerospace • BAE Systems • General Dynamics Mission Systems • General Electric • IBM • Lockheed Martin • National Grid • Pratt & Whitney • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • Whiting-Turner Contracting
Note - As an alumni, I am a big Clarkson fan. But it is expensive, especially if you don’t qualify for scholarships or need-based Financial Aid. In NY you are fortunate to have the more affordable SUNY options too. SUNY would give you a decent engineering education, with better bang-for-the-buck on family education expenses.
What kind of graduate school?
PhD or master’s programs in engineering will be focused on engineering; doing a business major in addition will be a distraction in preparing for them.
MBA programs are more commonly done after post-bachelor’s work experience. They do not require a bachelor’s degree in business.
Law school does not require any particular undergraduate major, although an ABET-accredited engineering major can be useful for patent law, and some types of business courses can be useful background for business law.
Masters in Systems Engineering or Data Science (preferabbly)
I’m probably moving to VA next year, so by the time I’m in the end of 12th grade, I may need to pay OOS tuition (comparatively not too bad) for SUNYs. That’s why I’m also considering WM (for CS) and VA Tech (for Business InfoTech).
Check the NY provisions for NY high school graduates being able to keep residency for tuition purposes.
https://www.suny.edu/smarttrack/residency/
If you move just before high school graduation, you may lose residency in the old state but not satisfy the waiting period in the new state, so you may be non resident for at least the first year.
Take a look at serious programs in entrepreneurship which are more like a minor instead of a second major. See https://www.wpi.edu/about/innovation-entrepreneurship
One of the WPI requirments, regardless of your undergraduate major, is an interdisciplinary social science project called the IQP. Pull together courses and projects to specifically address a real problem regarding the application of your major to an actual solution. Most of these activities are completed off campus, BUT ARE NOT COOP. Your team and WPI faculty design the problem. These projects often become an important component of your job interview.
Many, but not all, of the intviewers who visit campus are from WPI and are familiar with these different project requirements. You get to show what you actually have done to design a working solution where marketing/entreprineurship/psychology/ economics/data science may have been employed by a team you worked with. This is not the MQP project required for your major.
A word in defense of interdisciplinary thinking:
WPI does focus on interdisciplinary solutions where students and faculty interface on teams. Fields are rapidly changing and one needs to “learn how to learn” throughout you professional career. No one is even teaching the courses you may need 15 years from now.