<p>I don't really know what I want to major in in college(I'm a sophomore in high school now), however, I'm kind of leaning toward either business or biochemical engineering. I got a 35 on my ACT (havent taken the SAT yet) and do well in school, especially in math and science.<br>
I've been looking at schools, and I'm thinking about getting a liberal arts degree in undergraduate school to give me more time to decide what I want to do as far as a career and expose myself to more options. Do you think this is a good idea? Also, what schools would you suggest for this? I'd like a school in or near a big city, and competitive enough so that I would be with people similar to me academically and be challenged. I kind of like the northeast area, but I'm not necessarily set on that.</p>
<p>I would look at some of the Claremont Colleges, be it Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, or Harvey Mudd. They are not in the Northeast, but they are small liberal arts colleges with smart kids in/near a big city.</p>
<p>If you are leaning toward business or biochemical engineering, you possibly should consider a school that offers both. Those are not liberal arts majors, however. If you do go to a business or engineering school, you will have requirements to take some liberal arts courses, but the required curriculum in such schools won’t give you too much room for other subjects. Some of the more selective universities with engineering programs (e.g., Harvard, Northwestern) allow more options for studying other subjects. Some of the more selective universities also do not have undergraduate business programs.</p>
<p>You also could go to a liberal arts college, or to a college of arts & sciences within a larger university, and major in economics (for your business interests), or in chemistry or biochemistry. You could do a business degree in a graduate program, or, with the right coursework, you might be able to enter some fields of engineering in a graduate program. </p>
<p>Some liberal arts colleges also have 3-2 programs with a certain university engineering schools (Columbia U and Washington U are two of the universities that have such affiliations with a number of liberal arts colleges); you would go to the liberal arts college for 3 years, then transfer to the engineering school for 2 years. You would earn a BA from the college and a BS from the engineering school. If you do this, however, many of your elective courses at the liberal arts college will be taken up by math and science prerequisites for the engineering school to which you plan to transfer. This won’t leave much room for exploring other liberal arts courses that might interest you.</p>
<p>Since you’re only a sophomore, you still have time to think about what direction to take. You have good test scores, and if your grades and other stats are at the same level, you should have a wide choice of schools.</p>