<p>just wondering, is it common for undergrad engineers to go into business (MBA) grad school after working a year or so?</p>
<p>what's the process with this (how does it work?) i'm an engineering major, but i'm also interested in business; just wondering where i can go / what i can do with my interests, and i'm not too into tune with what is common/has been a path traveled by others before me. thanks.</p>
<p>Most MBA programs favor applicants who have had work experience after college and average work experience of those admitted is usually 3 to 5 years (example: 98% of those admitted to Northwestern's MBA program two years ago had three or more years of work experience). One reason you have many more applicants with work experience is that many are working for employers who provide some funding for their continuing education. MBA programs generally give little or no financial aid to students. Many engineers go on to get MBA's and a common (but not the only) path is to work for a few or more years as an engineer and then attempt to get an MBA.</p>
<p>or you might want to try applying to some BS-MBA programs (like NU, WashU) but they are EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE</p>
<p>UPenn has that MnT program, if you've ever heard of it. It's a special, competitive program that mixes engineering and business. It's real cool though. Check it out.</p>
<p>A lot of unis have a fifth year mba program for their students, including carnegie mellon. If you do a search you'll probably find a ton of threads asking the exact same question</p>
<p>do future mba students need to major/minor in economics or finance undergraduate years? Or do they need to just have experience with management or finance.</p>
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<p>Nah, the vast majority major in something else. Engineering students generally comprise about 20-30% of the entering classes of any MBA program. At a B-school like MIT Sloan, it's about 40%. Since it is MIT, that shouldn't be too surprising. </p>
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<p>That would be useful to get you admitted, but it isn't strictly necessary. What the adcoms are looking for is management POTENTIAL. Of course, if you have actual management experience, that's even better. But the top B-schools admit some students who have no managerial experience whatsoever, but demonstrate the potential for management.</p>
<p>hey I am really interested in programs like M&T .. does anyone know of any other such programs? BS-MBA from northwestern is being discontinued I've heard</p>
<p>Many schools that offer both engineering and undergrad business will allow you to combine the two. Most notable of them would probably be MIT, at which you can combine a premier engineering degree with a premier business degree. Granted, it's not integrated the way that M&T is (and which MIT should do), but it can still work out. You can also obtain both degrees at places like Berkeley or Michigan, but you have to be careful about the various admissions requirements to get into the respective business schools.</p>
<p>M&T gives you two Bachlors degrees, one from Wharton and another from Penn's SEAS. Penn also allows an MBA + another Masters dual degree, but you have to get into Wharton MBA to do that. Undergraduate-age students in top MBA programs are very rare.</p>