<p>I want to go into m&t but Im just afraid that a bachelor degree won't do me much when Im looking for a job. I feel that if I just go to a less challenging college and then go to business graduate school to get an MBA will be better for my future and overally eaisier.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>easier yes but if you are lucky enough to go to M&T, the recruiting is insanely good... I think that some top hedge funds and stuff only recruit at M&T and not even the top of Wharton</p>
<p>what kind of job do you want?</p>
<p>and yes, m+t kids get special recruiting access</p>
<p>Every year, a number of well known firms make special visits to Penn specifically to recruit M&T students. These world class organizations have come to recognize the quality of our student body, and their unique strengths in grasping both technology and business challenges. This is further evident during on-campus recruiting when M&T students receive the greatest number of employment opportunities and highest compensation among all other undergraduates.</p>
<p>I don't think you understand what a Wharton degree does for you. When you go to Wharton, you don't need an MBA. </p>
<p>If you go to M&T, you'll land a good job with a big firm your freshman summer. My friend is in his last year at M&T and was hired during the summer to start working after graduation. Trust me, you'll be set if you get into M&T.</p>
<p>If you get into a M+T and think it's better to try your luck for HWS MBA programs (hell, to any top 10 MBA program) you're insane. Competition is so tough for top MBA programs and your application is so far into the future (you generally apply 2-5 years out of undergrad so that's 7+ years away) there is way too much uncertainty to think you'll be better off than a Wharton degree now, especially the strongest degree coming out of Penn (maybe even the strongest one out of the Ivy League). Don't get me wrong, M+T is tough, but it seems like almost everyone in it is incredibly smart and hard working. Their work isn't impossible, but I know I wouldn't have the will to take 6-7 classes a semester of math, science, engineering, and wharton.</p>
<p>Venkat's point about the future/uncertainty is very insightful.</p>
<p>M&T is about studying both business and engineering at the same time - it definitely shapes your engineering and business education doing so. If you'd prefer to study engineering first, work in industry for awhile, and then get an MBA, that might be better for you. Studying just engineering is certainly easier, but you'll have a very different experience, and you better make sure that engineering school is a top kind of place (MIT, Stanford, CMU or an Ivy)</p>