<p>He says I "have" to be an engineer or else he won't pay for my tuition. I wanted to double major in accounting/finance and get an MBA afterwards. How can I prove that this idea is better than engineering?</p>
<p>Same problem here...I'm being forced to study chemistry. Good luck...</p>
<p>Wow I guess this is commen then lol.. he just wants me to do "some type" of engineering, as long as it's engineering. When in truth I know for fact my idea is better..</p>
<p>Truly...go into accounting, there's lots of money to be made if you're willing to work hard.</p>
<p>Just major in engineering and get a high GPA. You can get into business. My dad just hired a Cornell Undergrad who majored in Engineering and had a 3.6 to his private equity firm. It's all about how you present yourself.</p>
<p>Um...get the latest issue U.S. News about the top business schools. They list the typical salary each MBA grad gets.</p>
<p>Let your dad drool over the SIX figures.</p>
<p>oh, the indian parents always pushing for engineering and medical fields, got to love them. engineering is not a bad idea, if you can handle it. my parents too tried to push me into engineering, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. don't pick a field based on what your parents, pick where you feel you will be able to make a living and prosper. many people get into engineering are not able to handle the work load, not to say that undergrad b-schools won't be hard they will be very hard depending on where you go (top 5). pick based on fit. they both offer great job prospects, if you do well.</p>
<p>Heh. Well I am going to deduce that the OPs parents are from the subcontinent. If so, welcome to the outcasts (aka brown people not wanting to be doctors or engineers). </p>
<p>Look if he wants you to be an "engineer" tell him you will go study mathematics+finance and then apply to a PhD financial engineering program. You get the best of both worlds!</p>
<p>OP: Tell your dad to go ***** himself because nothing he does will change your mind. (Right?)</p>
<p>That's what I told my (asian) mom....</p>
<p>mom: "I want you to be a doctor."
me:"Well I don't want to."
mom: "Why?"
me: "I despise science."
mom: "Have fun picking trash in the ghetto."
me: "Whatever. Screw you. Have fun watching me hate my life."</p>
<p>couple days later:
mom: "What are the top 5 business schools?"
me: "Wharton, MIT, Berkeley, UMich, Stern."
mom: "You should apply to UMich and Stern. I hope you get into Stern. If not, then you can go to UMich. ;)"
(Yes!!!!:D )</p>
<p>So she's praying that I'll pull it together and get into NYU Stern, but I want to go to UMich or Stern.</p>
<p>Have your dad go to this website
<a href="http://daveformba.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://daveformba.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>It shows a very recent article from the "India Daily" on how ISB (the Indian Business School) has its top MBA graduate being paid over $233,000 (Rs 1.04 crore) by an Indian company. It says most of its graduates are making number in the $120K range from Indian or American companies. </p>
<p>Then show him how the typical engineering graduate is making about $50-60K and how the typical medical student graduates after 8 years about $100K in debt.</p>
<p>my mom said if i do business i haftoo do insurance cause its less risky than other forms of business.</p>
<p>ihateCA: i wish my mom was more like yours.</p>
<p>my dad likes the idea of going into business and making big bucks. my mom thinks business will take you no where. <em>sigh</em> she wants me to go into premed. nevertheless, i'm going to b-school and earn an mba regardless of what my mom wants. </p>
<p>but then again, i'm afraid to tell her...
oh dear, the wrath of asian mothers.</p>
<p>oh well. shrug it off. A few years after graduating you'll be making big bucks and she'll see you made the right decision.</p>
<p>Hehe Indian Parents crack me up (Patel here.....)</p>
<p>Just do what you want...Yeah your dad will be mad for a couple of days/months; but after you are dropping 5646514654k (and giving me some), while ENJOYING what you do, he is going to be very proud....</p>
<p>umm i would just take a state school and pay for it yourself (go into debt) and major in ANYTHING you want to! a degree is a piece of paper! what you do with the degree is what counts!!!!!!</p>