MBA and PhD or masters good combo with engineering major?

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<p>ken, watson - I really didn't mean to discourage the lad from thinking about his future in anyway. It's just that he asks the same thing over and over and over and over. He is just a HS kid, prob an upcoming junior and has no idea exactly how much 120k a year is. He has no interest in engineering or mathematics. He simply posts here because he read somewhere that IBanking firms and consulting firms hire engineering majors. If he thinks a degree in engineering is gonna get him a big fat salary I really do pity the fool.</p>

<p>California_love8 - it does not matter how many degrees you earn, people earn degrees because they want the education and research opportunities in their perspective fields. You want to do consulting but feel BME is the degree to get? just stop for a minute and think. How does that make sense? Do you not think an employer will ask you "I see here you majored in Bio-Medical Engineering - Why do you choose to work here instead of finding something befitting your profession? You really need to wait till you have some life experience under your belt and learn how the world works. You will not survive an engineering program if you don't have it in your heart. Daydreaming about a big fat salary is gonna end up getting you a job at the local Wendy's. There are top paying jobs in every industry out there. There are so many options that you have never even heard of that it is a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME to be posting the same questions over and over again not even listening to what the responses are.</p>

<p>I don't mean to be harsh or discourage you but thinking about PhD before even graduating high school is ridiculous. You can't plan life 15 years in advance. You need to just stick to what you are good at and the opportunities will come to you not the other way around. You need to start at the bottom and work your way up to a good position in the company, The brightest and most talented will get the promotions. Nobody is going to hand you a 6 figure salary without you working your way for it. you are not taking into account that MBA students usually go back to school for an MBA because the company they work for is willing to pay for them to earn the degree to gain knowledge required for higher positions in the company. If the person didn't bust their behind and prove their worth to the company an MBA won't get you a good job - on the contrary - it'll put you at a major disadvantage when it comes to jobs typical BS graduates apply for. It is a very long hard process towards a graduate degree and you need to realize that the questions you are asking are being taken as a joke because you are too young and naive to be trying to figure this out on your own at such a early age.</p>

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<p>dude, sorry but I do have an interest in engineering and math. Don't give people false info. Did you not remember our discussion in that accounting thing where I stood up for calculus and gave a physics based analogy? Yeah, I do have an interest in it.</p>

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<p>You are young you do not know what field you have interests in - that is the entire purpose of all these replies. I am by no means purposely trying to belittle you but everyone on this board is telling you from personal experience that college will open your eyes to a lot of resources and information you have never came across before. The role of a consultant can differ enormously between firms. </p>

<p>You could of made $5,000 this summer in the time you spent bombarding forums with the same question. It is indeed humane nature to worry about the future but you are worrying too much and if you don't settle down and friggin' relax you will be doomed for failure. A degree in BME is not going to help you land a consulting job, you need to prove your worth. Degrees do not matter as much as you think. </p>

<p>It is in all honesty an extreme waste of time to study BME if you plan to go into economics or business administration. Due mostly to the effort needed to obtain the degree, after commencement a degree in BME will not make you more marketable to consulting firms. You would be a lot better off studying business and working part-time the experience will help you land a good position a degree in BME will not.</p>

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ken, watson - I really didn't mean to discourage the lad from thinking about his future in anyway.

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<p>I did not take your posts as such. People in HS rarely know what a phd degree is, and what's needed to accomplish it; i certainly didn't at that time. Most people don't even decide on attempting a phd until their last year of their bachelors degree program. Some even years later. That's all I was trying to point out. A phd is not like an advanced bachelor's degree; it's an entirely different animal. Getting a phd does not necessarily mean one's career earnings will be astronomically higher than one who only has a BS.</p>