<p>yeah i know it's a big mistake to choose a university based on prestige.
however, that's what i want because i don't want to be an engineer. After graduating i'm going to get my MBA. that's just my plan.</p>
<p>so... which top universities' engineering department is the easiest to get into?</p>
<p>what about these = thayer, upenn, cornell, pratt, fu foundation, etc</p>
<p>can you give me some recommendations?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Well, if you already know that you don't want to be an engineer, then you probably shouldn't major in engineering. It's too much pain.</p>
<p>Why would you want to major in engineering if you don't plan on persuing a career in it? Engineering is one of the hardest college majors you can do. If you plan on going into business then just major in that. It's an easy major so you can keep your grades high and have a lot more free time.</p>
<p>There's a good chance if you are not interested in engineering that you will change majors very quickly.</p>
<p>Agree with the others, It's going to be hard to survive engineering school if you don't even have a slight bit of interest in becoming an engineer. If you just want an MBA later on, doing the finance/consulting route, you are better off just getting an economics degree. Another possibility is operations research/industrial engineering. I'd say for those schools, they are all about the same difficulty, relatively easy to get into, if you have the grades. In other words, statisticaly, it may be even harder than the general college, but if you crack 1450, you should be in for a few of those schools.</p>
<p>Agree with others. Stay away from engineering.</p>
<p>Four years is a very long time to do something that you don't like. It's like taking five percent of your life (which could arguably be some of the very best five percent of your life) and deciding instead that you're going to spend most of it painfully learning a lot of difficult material for no good reason.</p>
<p>I knew plenty of people who wanted other graduate degrees, such as law or business, but studied engineering as undergraduates. There's nothing wrong with this, but keep in mind that you may have to motivate yourself to do things that you don't want to do, or don't think are important, and you may be competing with other students who are highly motivated to be successful engineers.</p>
<p>Going to law or business schools depends on you getting a high gpa. If you're studying something you don't like, the chances of that happening is lower.</p>
<p>not to echo everyone else, but if you want to get an MBA, there are better ways than through engineering, all though engineering has traditionally been a good way for mathy types who want to make mad money. However, that was a track to money ten years ago - tomorrow's best track will be different... eng + mBA is only a superb combo if you will be damn good in your field, really excel in your eng program (because MBA top prestige admissions? hello!) If you arent going to really be a damn good engineering student, than dont do it.</p>
<p>Nick engineering has never been a path to riches or wealth for most, but has always been a path to an above average life. Engineers still today make more than most other careers. I would not say engineers have ever made "mad money" though. Then again only a select few who go into business or get an MBA actually make "mad money" either.</p>