<p>so i'm kind of in a dilemma currently. this fall i will be attending uc berkeley as an undeclared l&s major hoping to apply into hte haas school. but lately, i've been considering transferring into the college of engineering into the eecs department. my idea is that it's better to get an undergrad major in something "technical" like engineering and later get an mba. (of course, i want to go to law school after college so does it even really matter? my goal is to become a corporate lawyer)</p>
<p>any advice is much appreciated: should i go to engineering or stick to haas? (as a side note, i'm also thinking about minoring or double majoring in linguistics too)</p>
<p>Getting an EECS degree and later finishing Law school will most likely earn you enough money to fill an olympic swimming pool because very few people have the desire and the ability to do engineering and law even though those kind of people are needed everywhere. I feel like you are very excited to try all the hot majors out there, but I think you should decide what is the top priority: going to law school? get a job as an analyst/consultant and then get an MBA?.. then law?</p>
<p>I’m going to quote part of a pretty interesting article; it doesn’t match 100% of your interest, but it’s pretty close.
“If I were you, I would set concrete, specific goals for myself and
really examine what I want to do. Do you want to be involved in
international business or international law or international politics?
More of the essence, do you want to be a businessman (a CEO/corporate
manager-type worker), or a lawyer, or involved in politics and foreign
policy (which I add because you mention “foreign affairs”) as a
diplomat-type person? If you don’t want to be a lawyer, there is no
sense in going to law school if you would rather be involved in
business school. But if you really want to be involved in the legal
aspect of international business, law school could be the best route
for you to achieve that. Only you can answer these questions, and the
answers will provide the best path for you to take to a career in
international business. Either way-- MBA or law school-- can get you
there, but it depends what exactly you want to do when you’re there
that will help you decide what’s best for your future.”</p>
<p>mercy, im facing the same dilemma as you - I wanted to do business so I’m entering as a pre-business major, but I recently changed my mind to ChemE. But a bunch of successful people I talked to all said that if they were in my shoes they’d do business because its a lot less work and there’s more money in it. Can anyone attest to the validity of this statement?</p>
<p>you can do business jobs with a chemE degree too. it’s just gonna be hard because it’s gonna be hard to get a good GPA. if you are some kind of chem god then i recommend doing chemE, but… you seem more like your just in it for the money… so for that i don’t recommend chemE</p>
<p>demoz, if I was in it solely for the money don’t you think I would have been set on business from the get-go? What I’m worried about is if I’ll miss out on too many things if I choose ChemE, and if ChemE will pay off (both literally and in terms of career progress). And no, I’m not a chem god and actually don’t have much of a chem background (but I will be taking summer classes) so I don’t plan on wizzing through the ChemE curriculum. Nevertheless, when very successful people are telling me to stick with business, I do begin to question how far I would get as a ChemE. That was the point of my first post. I love science and I would prefer to go through a rigorous curriculum like the ChemE one, and the degree would open many doors for me, but the question that I ask myself is will I be able to handle it and will I regret spending my Friday nights staying up late to read books instead of participating in club events or parties or other nightlife activities.</p>
<p>In addition, as a chemical engineer, you can move into the more “business” side of things in the chemical engineering industry, where your knowledge of the engineering can help. In addition, getting an MBA from an engineering background is much more doable than getting an engineering degree from a business background.</p>
<p>If you want to do CS, a more realistic option is L&S CS, which is not a capped major, and has fewer major requirements than EECS (allowing more space for second majors or minors if you choose such a thing).</p>
<p>It is easier to do an MBA from a CS background than to do CS from a business background, though CS is one of the areas where motivated people who self-educate are more common (however, many such people have other math or engineering type backgrounds).</p>
<p>As far as law school, if that is your only focus, LSAT and GPA are the main considerations. But if you are considering backup options in case you don’t get into a good law school, that is a reason to consider your major carefully (see the [career</a> survey](<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm]career”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm)). A science or engineering bachelor’s degree may be helpful if you want to go into patent law.</p>
<p>Go into engineering at Berkeley and even if you’re GPA’s a bit lower, you can still go to Tulane where you can get a JD (law degree) and an MBA in 3 years. Yep, 3 years, the time it normally takes to earn a JD alone. And thag engineering degree from Berkeley will apparently allow you to make boatloads of cash and be in-demand when coupled with a law degree (learned from above). That’s what I’d do…</p>
<p>Do the major that best matches your interest. Otherwise, it’ll be very difficult to have the motivation to put in the effort to get good grades.</p>