<p>I'm looking at miami of ohio's business school (which has a pretty decent rank among public schools) and I was wondering what someone in international business would do. I'm really stuck between electrical engineering and this for different reasons. I feel like I won't find a job with international business but I also feel like I might not do well in electrical engineering. </p>
<p>I really want to own company when I'm older. I hate taking orders from people so I know this is a must. Ideally I would love something with sound systems and lights which is where I get the electrical engineering from. But I also think I would want to move outside the country to do business.</p>
<p>It's also hard because I love doing business via ebay with people from all over the world. It sounds silly but I always get satisfaction from profiting or using personal "exclusive" knowledge to sell things for the best prices. </p>
<p>Fortunately (or unfortunately) I love designing things too. You can give me the most basic materials and in hours I can build something that makes people say "Wow!" I love challenges when people tell me "you couldn't ever build/design that" and proving them wrong by building whatever 'it' is also gives me great satisfaction. On top of this I really love and appreciate music (all forms of electronic mostly). Doing something with speakers and lights would be awesome.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help in advance. I'll be checking back regularly if anyone needs additional details.</p>
<p>Just to start off, Miami U. has a decent business program but their engineering programs aren’t very well known. So, if you’re looking to enter the most established program at Miami with the best outplacement, the business route would make the most sense.</p>
<p>“I hate taking order from people.”</p>
<p>Honestly, who likes taking orders from people? The reality is, however, that when you first start your career, you will be reporting to many people in higher corporate standing. I would guess that, in a general sense, engineering entry-levels have more autonomy in what they do than do business entry-levels. Nevertheless, the ability to climb the corporate latter will move you into management (order giving) positions in a relatively short period of time. Even with this fact being the case, having an anarchist mindset in the work-place will get you nowhere. </p>
<p>I mention business and not international business on purpose. International business a major used to compliment the fundamental business areas of study (accounting, IS, finance, marketing, operations, etc). Otherwise, you are essentially earning a business administration degree with an international focus (no substance and no good). Just look at any school’s international business course requirements for the concentration/major.</p>
<p>Do you really like math? Have you taken any advanced science courses at high school? Do you read any business publications such as Businessweek or the Wall Street Journal? Do you enjoy number computation or number analysis (doing math problems vs. seeing the bigger picture)? These questions can help you find where your passion might lie.</p>
<p>I had been so concentrated on going to a top notch engineering school but I feel like rank hardly even matters. Some of our family friends went to various schools in ohio for degrees in engineering or design and they all have had tremendous success in their lives. The highest ranking engineering schools in ohio are case western (which is way too close for me) and ohio state (which has so many people from school that go there). Still your point does make sense and it’s something that I would worry about a lot. Nevertheless these are the schools I’m applying too:</p>
<p>Northeastern
Ohio State
Miami University (OH)
University of Cincinatti
Purdue University
Virginia Tech
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Cal Poly at San Luis Obsibo</p>
<p>Out of state tuition does get a little intense though and I don’t think we can afford it which is why my parents have been pushing for me to go in state.</p>
<p>Now to answer some of your questions (don’t know if they were rhetorical or not) I would not say I love math but I don’t mind it. Like anything there are some things about it that I like and some that I dislike. I’m taking AP physics this year so I suppose it will help me see how much I really like applied science and the like.
I would also say that I probably like making sense of the big picture more than the number computation. I know this for sure because I took AP statistics last year and I definitely liked ‘making sense’ of the problem or analyzing ‘what was wrong’.
Maybe I ought to start reading business newspapers/magazines to get an idea of everything.</p>
<p>I didn’t quite understand this or the paragraph around it:</p>
<p>‘Otherwise, you are essentially earning a business administration degree with an international focus (no substance and no good).’</p>
<p>thanks</p>