<p>I'll keep this really short, so that you guys don't go Colin Powell on me. I'm in mechanical engineering, but dont' even plan to work as an engineer. Only in it because my school has a reputed engineering program, but not for much else. Engineering seems to be more work that it's worth, for me. I'd rather just do a math/finance combined degree, and then go from there. </p>
<p>Is an engineering degree really as useful as people make it out to be, or would I be fine with a degree in math/finance? I just finished my 3rd semester in mechanical engineering (finished calc 3, differential equations, statics, thermo, and many other weeder courses), and I have a 3.8 GPA.</p>
<p>Look, an engineering degree is pretty versatile and most is isn't strange for an engineer graduate to work in a completely non-engineering field; I know that Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Capital One, Duetche Bank and other financial firms heavily recruit engineers due to their analytical skills.</p>
<p>If you are 100% sure you want to go into Business then go ahead and switch majors but keep in mind that you might have to make up the lost time and that a Math degree is a lot different than an engineering degree.</p>
<p>Personally, since you are graduating from a good engineering school with a good GPA I think it'll be easy to get a financial internship and than an MBA.</p>
<p>If you're sure that you want to do business and not engineering, then a degree in math/finance will probably help you more. The courses you take will be more applicable to what you do in the real world.</p>
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<p>I could see perhaps finance being useful, but it's hard to see how a math degree could be more useful than an engineering degree if you want to be a businessman. At least the aim of an engineering program is that it's supposed to be able to help you manage and operate profitable processes, even if many engineering courses only do so tangentially. Let's face it. Many math courses have NO applicability to the real world. For example, almost all math majors require that you take real and complex analysis. These classes are just not very applicable to the business world.</p>