Economics w/International Business (+MBA) or Electrical Engineering?

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<p>I put this under the business forum too but I want an engineers perspective. I'm not really sure which one would fit me better. Also electrical engineering sounds extremely difficult and by the looks of some poster's schedules it requires a lot of math classes (which I am pretty good at math, but not too fond of).</p>

<p>I'm applying to these schools for reference, but will probably end up going in state (I like miami of ohio best, but it doesn't have a very good engineering reputation and I would hate to 'force' myself to go to ohio state just for the best rep if I don't like the school).</p>

<p>Northeastern
Ohio State
Miami University (OH)
University of Cincinatti
Purdue University
Virginia Tech
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Cal Poly at San Luis Obsibo</p>

<p>I'm looking at miami of ohio's business school (which has a pretty decent rank among public schools) and I was wondering what someone in international business would do. I'm really stuck between electrical engineering and this for different reasons. I feel like I won't find a job with international business but I also feel like I might not do well in electrical engineering. </p>

<p>I really want to own company when I'm older. I hate taking orders from people so I know this is a must. Ideally I would love something with sound systems and lights which is where I get the electrical engineering from. But I also think I would want to move outside the country to do business.</p>

<p>It's also hard because I love doing business via ebay with people from all over the world. It sounds silly but I always get satisfaction from profiting or using personal "exclusive" knowledge to sell things for the best prices. </p>

<p>Fortunately (or unfortunately) I love designing things too. You can give me the most basic materials and in hours I can build something that makes people say "Wow!" I love challenges when people tell me "you couldn't ever build/design that" and proving them wrong by building whatever 'it' is also gives me great satisfaction. On top of this I really love and appreciate music (all forms of electronic mostly). Doing something with speakers and lights would be awesome.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help in advance. I'll be checking back regularly if anyone needs additional details.</p>

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<p>and i don’t have the best idea how major/minoring works but is it possible to major in a business and minor in engineering?</p>

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<p>If you want to own your own company, you would probably have to take a crack at entrepreneurship. It’s a risk, and success is far from guaranteed, but if you’re lucky enough to get it to work, the success is potentially rewarding enough so that you could possibly give that a try after college. But if you just want some kind of leadership or management position, which could satisfy what you’re looking for, you can work for a few years, then get an MBA, and try to move up in the chain. </p>

<p>If you like problem solving, and you’re willing to work hard, electrical engineering, though tough, could work for you and be rewarding. If I were you, I would give that a shot, and you can always drop out if you don’t like it. If you do major in electrical engineering, you could minor in economics. You can get your MBA after EE. I don’t think an International Business major is that useful. However, if you do like that international travelling aspect to a job, knowing languages other than english could make you employable for that kind of job.</p>