<p>I see people posting things about how businesses like to hire engineering grads or people doing an undergrad in engineering and then going into a business career like consulting or ibanking. Do people actually do the undergrad engineering then get an MBA and get these careers? The only connection i can see is that engineers are very math oriented people who could then work more on the number crunching analysis side of these careers. Also, if this does happen, do businesses hire people straight off there undergrad degree or do they work in an engineering career for a few years, get an MBA, and then go into business? Lastly, is it harder to get accepted into a good b-school if you did engineering as an undergrad, or do b-school typically try to accept the undergrad business degrees.</p>
<p>I think you better ask this Q in the Engineering thread.</p>
<p>Because I don't think any one here knows much about Eng. majors</p>
<p>"engineers are very math oriented people"</p>
<p>Engineers apply math for practical purposes.
They are not Mathematicians.</p>
<p>a trivia here:</p>
<p>"Historically, the body of knowledge stemming from Industrial Engineering formed the basis of the first MBA programs, and is central to operations management as used across diverse business sectors, industry, consulting and non-profit organizations."</p>
<p>Any Engineering major is fine to get into a Business related career, thats what I heard, but Industrial Engineering is the best since it doesn't deal w/ too much technical stuff like Chem E, Mech E, Elec E etc.
(and a recenly graduated Engineering student w/ a B.S. gets paid more than a recently graduated student w/ a B.s. in a business degree)</p>