<p>I am considering participating in the operations research and industrial engineering program at Cornell. This is because, I wish to pursue a corporate career, or one in finance/banking following my degree. I was wondering if any of you had ideas as to which engineering degree is a better path toward banking/corporate world (i.e. managment).</p>
<p>In an essence, if I do this major at Cornell, which is supposedly the 4th best, will I have better chances of success, then say if I tried to reach the same goal via Chemical Engineering.</p>
<p>You're already going to Cornell Engineering, right?</p>
<p>And IIRC the first year of studies will be mostly the same for all engineering students, reagrdless of future major.</p>
<p>So I suggest just relax a little, take the first year and see how it goes, And during the year make it a point to research all the stuff you're thinking about now. You will be in a better position to get these answers from the inside once you're there.</p>
<p>Personally I can't imagine someone slogging through an engineering program if they have no intention of becoming an engineer. You will have a good number of courses in technical subjects in which you have little or no interest. So good luck with that. </p>
<p>Unless you make serious effort, you will also be suboptimally educated in skills important to ultimate management success in many areas- oral and written communications, interpersonal and social skills, seeing "the big picture", and making decisions under conditions of uncertainty;ie without excessive quantification.</p>