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<p>. I am very interested in finance or operations type of stuff, be it corporate finance, M&A, S&T or just consulting. My entire extended family work in all these fields and these are things I hear about and dreamed of doing ever since I was little. (you dont have to remind me of networking because they all work overseas)</p>

<p>Can someone help me? I am at the end of sophomore year, doing some reflection and realized I made many bad decisions in the last few years. First of all, I should never have turned down Wharton and Tepper. Well less so Wharton because I just didnt like UPenn but the brand name factor is just huge...but I actually liked CMU and liked Tepper but chose michigan afterall, not that big of a deal coz i was also a Ross Preadmit.</p>

<p>Then I guess I got wrong information and thought that with a quantitative background due to engineering and the business side of IOE I'd be more competitive than a business school major and therefore I decided to forgo my spot at Ross and stay in IOE. And then now I realize some firms dont even recruit outside of Ross.</p>

<p>And I was told that in IOE you can specialize your degree either in ergonomics or operations management/financial analysis. Apparently it's only semi true because even though you can choose corporate finance, derivative pricing and decision analysis and modelling class at 300 and 400 level, you are still stuck with a number of ergonomics classes, which sucks because ergonomics is just memorizing the textbook and pretend that you know something.and the thing is most recruiters probably view you as just another clueless engineer who doesnt know much about finance who wants to break in and lump you in with other disciplines like ME i guess ?</p>

<p>I am sick and tired of IOE and I want to transfer to a business program or a more "business engineering program" (i thought michigan IOE was but apparently not business oriented enough). The only thing i could think of is financial engineering but we dont offer it here. It's probably too late to apply to transfer to other schools anyway because I'll be starting junior year next year. It's not like I could switch majors either because most IOE classes really dont count as major classes for any majors...</p>

<p>What can I do???????????????????????????????????????????????? ??</p>

<p>sincerely,
desperate and frustrated student who's completely disappointed with Michigan's IOE program</p>

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<p>Industrial Operations Engineering as a path to Business Administration? Hmm… generally, engineering isn’t very good for a direct ascent to management. IOE is fine if you plan on spending at least 10 years there before moving up. Problem is, I can’t figure out what other degree you could turn a half-done IOE into. Check: how many electives do you have? Pure engineering courses won’t help you outside of engineering. If the current school has a high core requirement, you might have enough generic courses to transfer, and, working at an accelerated rate, finish a liberal arts degree by the end of the fourth year. Or, if not, and you can afford it, foot an extra year to complete a lib. arts degree in three years.</p>

<p>It’s possible to get into business school with engineering, of course, but unlikely. If you hate the field, bail out immediately.</p>

<p>I am myself interested in engineering as a long-term career, and have spent months looking at different majors. I have never heard of a financial engineering, and am not sure if it exists beyond a few desperate institutions seeking a new major. How do you apply natural sciences to money? So you’re better off getting into a more standardized pre-business path, if possible.</p>

<p>Sorry engineering got in the way of your life. Hope you can find some way to get into a different major. :)</p>

<p>Engineers are not good with business administration (at least, without working for a decade+ first). Have you tried also posting this in business-related sections to get responses from people who know the best path to an MBA? Good luck.</p>

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<p>Financial engineering is a strong major at Princeton, much recruited by Wall Street, and last I heard they were not desperate! Unfortunately, they also don’t take transfers.</p>

<p>Bearcats, I would change majors. It might take you an extra term or two but you can keep IOE as a minor. Is Ross possible?</p>