<p>I've recently gained interest in UT Austin since my parents said I have to stay in state lol. Rice is a great school as well but I feel UT is better for my intended majors.</p>
<p>I want to major in both business and engineering. I know people at UT who have done this. But do you guys know anyone or do you yourself do both the Business Honors program and Cockrell Engineering Honors at the same time? I know it'll be tough but do those people/yourselves manage to have a good time at UT? </p>
<p>Any information about a cost of double major here would be appreciated as well. Hoping to get a good scholarship though.</p>
<p>Thanks txex. However I’ve seen that and did not like it because a) doesn’t get you a degree in engineering b) does not seem to be part of bhp or cockrell honors which is really important for me in choosing ut c) seems to be inflexible. You have to get a degree in business administration? I don’t if I want that right now.</p>
<p>The engineering route to business at UT is a program that takes you through a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and offers you the opportunity to then pursue an MBA. While it’s a great program, I think bleach340 is wanting to double/dual major in order to obtain a bachelor’s in engineering and in business.</p>
<p>bleach, what is your goal? I am a professional engineer. If you want to become an engineer, I don’t see the point in getting a business degree. It would be more helpful to take additional classes to supplement your required design classes. I think the route that kaelin describes makes more sense. Concentrate on engineering, then concentrate on business. Engineering school is hard enough by itself - I wouldn’t add extra stuff. Just my opinion, though!</p>
<p>Yes thanks kaelin for making my question easier to understand. Specifically I want a bachelors degree in aerospace engineering from cockrell honors and a bachelors in business/econ discipline from bhp. Of course I don’t know if I can get into both but if I do is this possible?</p>
<p>Maine longhorn I see your point. However I do not want to be an engineer because I doubt I could get the job I want as an aerospace engineer (working for a company like space x). So I’m pursuing my other passsion, economics/business, and hope to be a consultant after I graduate. After a few years I want to get my MBA from ut or a similar to better school. Eventually I want to start an space company like space x (elon musk is my idol!) when that industry starts to really pick up. I believe ut is one of the few schools that can help me achieve such a weird dream lol. It’s fantastic in both business and aerospace engineering.</p>
<p>So I am a freshman for Fall 2012 that was accepted to the BHP and I was in the same position as you 9 months ago. I went to several Business, Engineering, and UT events over the past year and here is what I got from it all.</p>
<p>The business people blew off my double honors idea saying that one honors program is tough enough and they also suggested the ERB, which is being phased out and changed. You can for sure double major if you would like, but the difference in major requirements could add quite a bit of time to your studies and also it can be difficult.</p>
<p>Another thing, to even be considered for BHP you have to list Business as your first choice major and if you get accepted, then it pretty much voids your applications for any engineering major and honors program.</p>
<p>So yeah, that’s all I have for you. I hope it helped.</p>
<p>Congrats on getting into bhp randomhobo. But this really sucks :(. Even in schools like MIT and Caltech you can double major. I wasn’t going to go all out with the engineering degree. Just wanted to take some interesting classes there. What do you suggest I do guys? My parents would be pretty mad if i told them I was just doing bhp (they think only engineers, doctors, and lawyers are real professions…). I hoped to tell them I was doing engineering and then just do bhp alongside it. If I just do engineering I probably will only get a job in oil and not consulting like I wanted to. Aaaagh why does ut do this.</p>
<p>Most people that like both engineering and business and want to end up in consulting usually do engineering at the undergraduate level, work for a couple of years, and then go get an MBA. You can always transfer from engineering into business, but not the other way around.</p>
<p>It’s really helpful to have actual engineering experience before you become a consultant. You have to know how to do something before you can consult on it.</p>
<p>Thanks and last question here. Do you think I can get a job in the aerospace industry if say I work real hard and place in the top 10 of my class? If not I’d rather just do business.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, the job outlook for aerospace engineers is pretty crappy. They seem to just prefer mechanical engineers. </p>
<p>Also, don’t think that you can’t do BHP and engineering (I wouldn’t recommend EHP, see other threads). I know a couple very bright people doing this and they are both juniors with >3.85 GPAs. It’s extremely difficult, but not at all impossible.</p>
<p>bleach, I’m a freshman for this fall too, and I’m kind of in your boat.</p>
<p>I’m in Electrical Engineering, but I’m really not that sure that I want to be an electrical engineering when I get out. But for what it’s worth, here’s my $0.02.
Tons of people get into Business. Yeah, business honors sounds better on a resum</p>
<p>I disagree completely. To get into Mccombs from highschool you have to be in the top 2% of your class or have something else spectacular. To get in from within UT you need around a 3.7 at the least. BHP takes less than the top 1% there is only about 100 kids in the program. Internal Transfers to BHP have an average GPA of a 3.92. I personnaly think its much harder to get into business than engineering. If you get into BHP I would definitely do that. They have a 100% of students getting jobs and there average starting salary is around 6 figures. If you really want to do engineering than do ERB.</p>
<p>The BHP starting salary is is the 60,000’s. This is nowhere near six figures. If you wanted six figures straight out of college, then the only choice would be petroleum engineering, which starts in the 80,000-90,000 range and then adds about a 20,000-30,000 signing bonus. In the end, the BS in Engineering of any discipline + MBA will carry far more weight than a BBA anyways.</p>