Finance or Industrial Engineering

College Search & Selection
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<p>Straightforward...
Transfer Student (going into sophomore)
All else equal</p>

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<li>Study finance at Emory
Pros: top 10, great job prospectives, 4 years to complete, great chance at MBA
Cons: not guaranteed admission into business school (especially as a transfer student: I only have 1 year to prove myself)</li>
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<p>or </p>

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<li>Study Econ/Math at Emory and Industrial Engineering (Financial and Economic Systems) at Georgia Tech (through dual degree program)
Pros: 3 degrees, GT is #1 in Industrial Engineering, looks interesting to masters programs, finance based, definitely more advanced and more versatile than finance major alone, guaranteed admission
Cons: 5 years, not specifically "finance" degree</li>
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<p>FINAL GOAL: high finance job (corporate finance possibly), living (not necessarily working) in Pennsylvania, great MBA program</p>

2

<p>I like 2, but money money and money?</p>

3

<p>money isn’t an issue. plenty of financial aid. otherwise I would stay in state</p>

4

<p>You would definitely learn at GTech.</p>

<p>If you don’t mind the extra year, I’d take the guaranteed route. No GPA minimums?</p>

5

<p>3.0 minimum. That’s pretty much with any major at most colleges though. </p>