<p>I am a transfer student heading into my sophomore year. I was recently accepted to Emory and realized that they have a dual degree option in engineering with Georgia Tech. This sparked my interest.</p>
<p>Do you think a Finance or Economics (from Emory) would pair nicely with Industrial engineering (concentration in Economic and Financial Systems at GA Tech)?</p>
<p>Both and fabulous in their respective fields. (Emory top 10 and GA Tech 1)(As if ranking truly matters)</p>
<p>It seems as if there is great overlap.
I also understand that it is a 5 year program and that I would need to be accepted into the business school. </p>
<p>Thank you for your time! </p>
<p>You’re going to find it difficult to complete the business school requirements and the dual degree with Georgia Tech, particularly as a transfer student. That’s because you’re going to have to wait awhile before you could even enter the business school, then you would need to do 4 semesters full-time at the business school to meet the residency requirement.</p>
<p>If you’re going to do econ, you might as well do the econ/math joint major (since you don’t need that many more classes and many of them are required for engineering anyway). The last thing I would mention is that Emory financial aid does not extend to the joint degree program, and if you’re not already a Georgia resident for tuition purposes, you’re almost certainly going to be paying out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>@aigiqinf Thank you for the response. Regarding finances, Emory has given me almost full tuition (need based). Do you believe I will receive a decent amount from GA Tech? I understand I would need to talk to them to be certain. I am from PA</p>
<p>Georgia Tech is about 15k a semester for out-of-state students. I would expect that Georgia Tech will give you whatever you qualified for from the federal government and almost nothing else. That’s how out-of-state public schools work.</p>
<p>@aigiqinf So for example, if my EFC was 17k, that’s how much I would expect to pay, plus room and board? Or in total. Sorry I’ve never worked with a public college before. </p>
<p>No, you’re EFC is only relevant insomuch as it qualifies (or disqualifies you) from federal financial aid (e.g., pell grant, FSEOG). Emory meets 100% of demonstrated need for every admitted student. Georgia Tech, as an out-of-state public school, takes a “good luck with your life” approach: here’s what the federal government’s giving you, hope it works out. Regardless of your demonstrated need, I would expect you’d get whatever federal aid you get at Emory (if you get the pell grant, expect that much) and maybe some “standard discount” couched as a scholarship of $1000-$2000, if you’re lucky. Note that almost all of your aid at Emory is Emory’s money, not federal aid.</p>
<p>Of course, there may be things I don’t know and you should definitely ask them (I’m not in the engineering program), but that’s what I’d tell you to expect.</p>