i NEED your advice PLEASE!! will really appreciate it!

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<p>ok so heres the deal, right now im a rising junior, biology major at Cornell </p>

<p>i have an extensive biology and research background for my age (ive worked in labs the past 5 summers, since i was 13 yrs old, at places like the NIH, MIT, Harvard, etc), but have been thinking about my career and life goals etc. im not absolutely sure that going to medical school is the path that I want to take, nor have I excluded the possibility (mostly bc my parents are telling me im going to regret it if i quit this path later in life, and shouldnt try taking the easy way out). despite having hardly taken any related courses, i am very interested in, and suspect that I would do really well in business. </p>

<p>so ive started to think about if id want to do business school instead.. BUT, this raises a bunch of ?'s:</p>

<p>1) To gain a head start and advantage in the business world, should I switch to an engineering major (especially since Cornell has such a great program)?, </p>

<p>2) Does it make sense to continue to major in Biology, if I would not use the expertise that I would be learning, in business?,</p>

<p>3) If I stayed in the Biology major and then continued on to business school, would I be limited to health-related fields of business?, </p>

<p>4) Should I switch to a business major, or is it more impressive to have completed a degree in the Sciences or Engineering?,</p>

<p>5) Would I be limited to a non-technical business, or hit my head on glass ceilings, if I didn't obtain a highly technical undergraduate degree?,</p>

<p>6) If I did switch to majoring in business, should I transfer to Notre Dame, which was just ranked #3 in the country by BusinessWeek for their undergraduate business program (I applied for transfer to ND, a school I like very much, to open up this option, and was accepted)?</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP</p>

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<p>Maybe you can think of it this way: you can go to medical school with a degree in business or engineering... but you will be better prepared for a business career with a business degree if you choose that route. This is a tough one, because biology and business are worlds apart, although my friend majoring in biology and minoring in management does really well in his management classes and credits this to the thought process learned in his biology classes.</p>

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<p>1) Only if you've always had a hankering to study engineering. If not, being an engineer will not give a big enough boost in the business world to be worth it.</p>

<p>2) If I were enjoying biology, I would consider completing the major, and just adding some business courses, or adding a business-related minor, or a second major, if that's possible. It makes sense to continue in biology if you like it, but not if you don't.</p>

<p>3) No. People end up in fields unrelated to their major all the time.</p>

<p>4) It might be "more impressive" to some people, but you're probably best off majoring in what you enjoy most. Admission to grad school in business is going to come after some work experience anyway.</p>

<p>5) No. People with non-tech backgrounds become the bosses of techie people all the time.</p>

<p>6) This is tough to answer without knowing more. How much do you like Cornell? Does Notre Dame seem like a better environment to you for any reasons other than the highly-regarded undergrad business program? On the whole, I can't see making the move just for the business major - you don't seem sure enough about the whole change in majors / change in career plans thing.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>bump.... ive transferred to Notre Dame, but still need the same advice !im still a bio major but really think more than ever that i want to go towards business.... but now its too late to switch majors! so do i finish up bio, and then apply to mba? but my gpa will be so ######.. sigh..</p>

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<p>you're a rising junior, you still have time. do everything you can related to business. majoring in bio is still fine, but make sure to take business courses and perhaps a minor in finance/business/math/econ. Your best bet would be to see if you can secure some kind of finance internship this summer, maybe with a boutique or maybe even just a mutual fund or buy side firm. Next summer after more coursework and experience then apply to the top boutiques and bulge brackets. Don't worry about MBA yet but concentrate on getting that internship. Almost everyone i know who broke into finance had relevant summer work.</p>