i NEED your advice please!!! would really appreciate it..

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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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>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>-It depends on what area of business you want to go into, the reason why engineering looks good is that it is rigorous and heavily quantitative. So if you want to go into finance or any other quantitative area, engineering will help a lot, but if you take all of the same math courses, it wouldn't really make much difference.</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>-If you enjoy biology, then by all means continue with it. Business is a field that doesn't require any specific degree, anyone can do it, the degree just will give certain people a leg up in certain areas - see #3.</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>-You wouldn't be limited at all, you can do whatever you want. The main thing is in a health/medicine field you will have an advantage over all of the engineers and business majors. So it just depends what you are looking for.</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>-Don't worry so much about what looks "impressive", what looks impressive is results. If you don't enjoy engineering, then don't do it. Business is very broad, so I'd identify what area of business you're look at going into; whether it be accounting, trading, banking, consulting, or just the specific industry you like the best, even if it's cars or cell phones.</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>-The higher you go in a company, the less technical it gets. At the very top, the CEO position, it wouldn't matter if you knew all of the technical stuff, it matters when you're at the bottom (that's not to say a background in the technical stuff is useless, but it's far from absolutely necessary). The technical degree only matters if you want to be doing that type of work, if not, don't get it.</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>The school's rank doesn't matter so much once you reach a certain level. Cornell is definately a great school, but if you would like ND better, then go there. Don't do it just because you think a few higher positions in BusinessWeek matters. The main thing you need to look for is what companies recruit at which campuses. If your dream job recruits at ND but not at Cornell, then it'd be beneficial to transfer.</p>