<p>I am currently a sophomore engineering student at the University of Michigan and I have to declare pretty soon. The problem that I'm having is I can't really pick between Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Operations Engineering. I see myself one day ending up in management and because of this I would like to get a MBA at somepoint in my career. Because I want to end up in management I think that the Industrial Engineering degree would set me on a faster track than that but I have my reservations. I feel that a Mechanical Engineer with a MBA or even just a business major could do the same thing that an industrial engineer could do but that that does not hold true in reverse. I like the mechanical engineering curiculum and it does interest me. I like that with the mechanical engineering program I will learn the technical side very well, but like I said I want to ultimately do management and I don't really want to spend too much time before I actually get there. I do however figure that I can always "fall back" upon a mechanical engineering degree but I"m not so sure on how that holds up for an industrial engineering degree. Do you think I would be making a mistake by going for a BS in mechE and then either a MBA or MSE in Industrial or since I really want to go into management should I go straight into Industrial or Business and then go for a MBA? Any Input?</p>