<p>Hi everyone,
I am little confused as what to do in future. I am doing BS in BME at UCSD. I am starting to lose interest in engineering and I don't really want to switch majors at this point as I am starting my third year. I was wondering what are some options that are available to me if I want to get into the business/financial side of bioengineering companies. </p>
<p>Do I just get a BS in BME and then try to get 4-5 years of experience and do an MBA? Also, do you think I will need to do a MS in between as I have been hearing it is really hard to find a job with just a BS in BME? </p>
<p>My friend mentioned that do a MS in finance, but I feel like then my BS in BME will be useless. What are some options I have that will help me get in the financial side of the bioengineering companies? I am not sure if I want to do research in the future. </p>
<p>Any information will be greatly appreciated!
Thank You</p>
<p>As you mentioned, you should ultimately pursue a full time MBA program to make the switch. To get some sort of financial job with a BS in BME (for work experience), you might want to consider pursuing a minor in a related area.</p>
<p>You mean like minor in economics or something?
And if I do that, does anyone here know how difficult is it to get a consulting job with a BS in BME, if I plan of doing MBA later on.</p>
<p>It’s rather difficult to get hired as an engineer at a BME company with just a B.S. It’s not impossible, but it is hard. I’d recommend checking to see if any internships exist with different companies that might be doing BME work. You might be able to get a non-engineering job at a given BME oriented company as well.</p>
<p>I understand that, thank you very much for the help. </p>
<p>But what about a consulting job, is that very hard to do with just a BS as well. I know that, getting hired as an engineer is very difficult with just BS in BME.</p>
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The majority of BS-BME grads I know (that didn’t go to grad/med school) work at bme-type companies in the sales side of things. I’d imagine it wouldn’t be that big of a stretch to translate that to consulting down the road, or use that kind of work to launch towards an MBA.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about consulting. I rarely see recent grads doing any sort of consulting work. It appears that mostly experienced engineers with 10 years or more of industrial experience actually get involved in consulting.</p>
<p>You can certainly try Johnson181’s approach by also minoring in business or something related. You have to remember that a specific job doesn’t matter much for an MBA, as long as it is meaningful work experience where you accomplished something and possibly advanced.</p>
<p>Alright, all that information was very helpful.
Thank you for all the help (SuperGrad and Johnson181), if there is anyone else who has some extra information on this topic please let me know. </p>
<p>So far I am thinking after I finish BS, just go for an MS and then apply for a job. Then after that if I want to go further I will go for an MBA. So far it looks like just a BS will not get me very far.</p>