<p>I'm currently majoring in Engineering (just because I like the subject and want to do Engineering almost like a liberal art degree) but I'm interested in Finance and Business(management etc..), any suggestions for what to do to make myself more marketable to such firms and careers?</p>
<p>Getting internships in the area is always good, and keep your GPA up. That's pretty much it.</p>
<p>So will Finance co's be interested in a major in engineering (biomed) and a minor in math?</p>
<p>Might be a good idea to take some classes in finance or economics just to show you have a serious interest in the field. Some colleges also offer financial engineering degrees.</p>
<p>MIT Sloan financial engineering:</p>
<p><a href="http://lfe.mit.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://lfe.mit.edu/</a></p>
<p>scorp:
Financial firms are becoming more and more interested in engineers because of one reason: they're smart. These firms aren't worried about teaching what you need to know about finance - they're probably going to retrain the finance majors anyway. What they like about engineers is that they're highly trainable (making you highly marketable). </p>
<p>One thing you have to know is that most engineers are not "people persons," they aren't cut out for the business world. But as time goes on (as we've seen in the past few years), engineers have seen the huge salaries offered by the business world and have started to gain people skills. </p>
<p>Make sure you're an okay public speaker, and try to keep in shape. Get internships in the field and keep your grades up.</p>
<p>I'm a fairly decent people's person (far more say than most engineers, I'm also a decent, better than average writer) in HS I've taken AP US, Euro and Art History both and AP Englishes and got 5s on all except one AP English I got a 4. So I'm ok with writing and communications and I'm not a complete math and science cube, but I'm not sure how in a college where I have left to take only 6 more Humanities or Writing courses I'm supposed to demonstrate my abilities as a "people person." Also, what if any EC should I pursue?</p>
<p>get an mba or masters in finance... with the quantitative background you're not exactly in trouble. grabbing an engineering job for work experience wouldn't be difficult, and a nice pay package while you get ready for b-school. go to a respected one (score well on the gmat, keep up a good gpa, get some good recs), and they'll recruit you. most marketable and feasible route i can think of while sticking to the engineering route (and definitely not saying that's a bad one at all. you leave yourself some great exit options if you find out that business isn't for you).</p>