<p>Is this possible? Or is Undergrad Engineering+MBA the best option?</p>
<p>For Consulting career</p>
<p>doesn’t many schools provide this option? i think cornell does this too. (MBA + MEng)</p>
<p>i think upenn might be doing the same thing although not sure (i know they have eng+wharton program for undergrad)</p>
<p>Of course it’s possible. Do you have an issue with going to grad school twice? I just finished up my master’s degree in civil engineering and plan on going back for an MBA in 4-5 years after I get some real world experience.</p>
<p>MIT offers a combined MBA+MS engineering degree, completing both in just 2 years. </p>
<p>But if you want to be a consultant, then why do you really need a grad engineering degree?</p>
<p>From experience:</p>
<p>Consulting (McKiney/Bain/BCG) will hire you as UG engineer if you attend a target school (see their recruiting schedules) and have a strong GPA and business/leadership skills. In fact, I would argue that they like engineers due to their analytical skills HOWEVER you can’t come across as a pure-tech guy. You need soft and business skills. </p>
<p>If that doesn’t work, attending a top MBA school (harder than it looks to get in) will also grant you the same privileges.</p>
<p>You don’t need a MBA to get a consulting gig. There are plenty of consulting firms that hire experienced BS engineers. Those type of consulting are more specialized.</p>
<p>For Management Consulting (MC), you can get hired with a BS degree even to McKinsey/Bain/Boston Consulting Group, but like nshah9617 said, you need to graduate at the top of your class from a targeted university (of any major). Getting a job outside of engineering is probably the only place in which where you get your engineering degree matters.</p>
<p>As a point of warning, consulting careers isn’t as glamorous as it’s put out of be. Sure there’s high pay and you get to accumulate a lot of travel points, but you also work 12+ hours a day not including travel, under heavy pressure, and have little time for life.</p>
<p>As for consulting…</p>
<p>Don’t all of you rush down here to Washington DC at one time but go INTEL, get a security clearance and just consult the various Federal agencies. You get a $20K to $30K bump just for having a clearance the and your “gubment” clients won’t work pass 8 hours. Pretty secure income as long as the USA has enemies.</p>