<p>I am an undecided major, but almost at that point where I am going to be admitted into the College of Engineering for Mechanical Engineering in the near future. I was thinking about doing a minor with the amount of time I have until then. I was told Business Administration generally is a good minor that compliments an engineering major for various reasons (which I am not too familiar with). But I thoroughly enjoyed my Public Health Education classes, so I was thinking about doing a minor in Community Health. This minor is very different from my engineering studies, but I was wondering if it'll be good for me? Any other suggestions for a minor? How will employers/graduate schools view this combination? Does it help me in any way in terms of academia and my r</p>
<p>As far as graduate school, from all the orientations I went to, they said minors are pretty useless even if you are MATH+PHYSICS. What they care about is whether you’ve demonstrated your research potential (even for a master…). </p>
<p>I think you should obtain a minor if you actually enjoy it. Life is very long, but often too busy to learn something else. If public health is what you are interested as a side thing, take a class or two. Maybe you will incoproate your engineering knwoledge in public health, and god knows what you will end up with a big idea worth a billion dollar, or just good enough that it makes an impact.</p>
<p>I’m sure that you’ll be okay if you minor in something that you enjoy. If you want to be an engineer who works at a company that is involved with community health, that’s even better. Do what makes you happy.</p>