Engineering to Business?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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Hello all

I am on par to finish my junior year of engineering course, but I am having some doubts. To me, engineering course work is boring and tedious. That isn’t to say I am doing poorly in my major… I just don’t like what I am learning.

Originally I was going to go into math, but I chose engineering because it has more job opportunities. I have internship experience and even have a job lined up after I graduate. I can’t complain… I just don’t see myself as an engineer for much longer.

What steps should I take if I want to merge into business? WIth limited knowledge on the different types of business degrees, it is hard for me to gauge what I would be most interested in, but I am leaning towards finance. Would I be able to pick up the necessary skills needed on the job? Is an engineering degree marketable in the business world?

I love learning and wouldn’t mind going back to school after a few years of working and earning money, but how many extra classes would I need to take to get into a graduate program? How many years would it take to get a masters in finance or economics?

I look forward to hearing your responses and experiences.

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The only things you need to do is to: 1) maintain a good GPA; 2) get the work experience by working full time for at least about 2 years; and 3) prepare and study for the GMAT (that can be done while you are working). I don’t think you need to take extra classes because many admitted MBA students will begin taking basic core business courses, which is why the MBA is a 2 year full time program for student with non business undergraduate degrees… Perhaps you might need to take prerequisite courses for the core business classes. These would include first year calculus (which you should have as a engineering student), intro. to computer science (I think you might have taken for engineering), and maybe intro. to economics.

It would take 2 years full time to get the MBA. Many MBA hiring firms favor MBA’s with the technical undergraduate degrees or STEM degrees.

If you have a high GPA (say > 3.5) try to get into a top 25 to 30 MBA program. Starting salaries generally correlate with MBA rankings.

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Most top MBA programs require 2 years of post bachelor’s work experience.