<p>Any of those Sloan students who didn't take the undergrad equivalents MUST have scored a kick-ass GMAT in order to just be a "Classics" major and get into Sloan's program. You just cannot be some high-GPA non-business major and get into Sloan's MBA program unless you have the proper GPA/GMAT qualifications for the program. Even so, the Whartons, Sloans and Kelloggs of the world are going to want some experience too.</p>
<p>If her major was Classics...she must have some good managerial experience, a kick-ass GMAT and a super GPA.</p>
<p>If the major was Business...probably needed only the super GMAT and business GPA.</p>
<p>My point: GPA, GMAT, Business degree and prior experience ALL are factored in. I do not know the weighing of each, but all count.</p>
<p>Now back to the original question. If you think you can go directly into the MBA program with an engineering degree (without business electives)...by all means go for it. I would have but not many MBA programs truly offered a Operations Research/Quantitative Analysis concentration (U of Cinn comes to mind).</p>
<p>Option #2 would be the MS/MBA joint programs. I know someone did that at Univ of Michigan. Problem is that your MS major portion is limited by the school (he had to choose Industrial Engineering).</p>
<p>Option #3 would be Engineering Management...then later on the MBA.</p>
<p>Now I do think the MBA is a better option for the long run.</p>
<p>One more note. I will admit I do not know the minor differences between each B-School. I am speaking from what was told to me by current/former co-workers, friends and associates. Yes, there are MBA programs that have less strict requirements but then we get into that regional vs national accreditation topic which is a different forum.</p>