<p>I have been granted admittance to both Penn's M&T program as well as Cornell's school of Engineering.</p>
<p>I am a math and science guy. But I do not want to have a profession in Engineering. My plan is Business with an Engineering background. What I am struggling with is I am not sure if it is better to have an engineering background from a good engineering school like cornell, then go to grad school for Business. OR should i go to Penn for a lesser engineering program, but a potential ability to cruise right from bachelors into WHARTON business MBA program?</p>
<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help </p>
<p>I have a friend in the same boat: I got into Penn's SEAS program and Cornell engineering. I have a great work ethic and will be playing football at both schools, but i am a bright kid but there is no doubt that i will do whatever it takes to get into Penn's M&T Program. I know you need a 3.9+ and a good essay/recommendation. I can get this done, but they only admit 5 or less applicants into the program.</p>
<p>Frankly, I believe that Cornell's engineering program is better. But what I want is to have an engineering background and end up going into business (likely for a MBA). Do you think going to Penn is worth the risk for getting a change to gain access into the M&T program, or should i play it safe and get a great engineering degree at Cornell?</p>
<p>Congratulations - what a great choice to have – both great programs and investigated both with my S. I think since you have an interest in both engineering and business, M&T is the way to go (and IMHO, a bit more prestigious). </p>
<p>But I wasn’t clear on what you meant by: "Do you think going to Penn is worth the risk for getting a change to gain access into the M&T program, or should i play it safe and get a great engineering degree at Cornell?”</p>
<p>did you receive likely letters to both schools? otherwise, if you applied ed to one school and were accepted, you should go to your ed school. and congratulations anyway!</p>
<p>if you’re absolutely certain that you’ll be pursuing business in addition to engineering, definitely go with m&t. i hear you graduate with an engineering degree and an MBA, and the starting salary is six digits. good luck!</p>
<p>skibum4:
my friend has gotten into Cornell which is a great engineering school and penn which is not as impressive of an engineering school. He is not sure if he should go to penn and try and transfer into the M&T program, in which case if he did not he would be stuck going to a lesser engineering school. Or should he just cut his losses and got to Cornell. The M&T program has been his dream. He did not get in to it when he applied. He feels he would be better set for the future, going to Cornell where he knows he will get a great degree in engineering, rather than going to penn and applying again for the M&T program (which if he didnt he would be stuck in a lesser-engineering program. Penn is ranked #25 in engineering where cornell is ranked #10) He says he would be genuinely happy going to both. But he does not know what to do.</p>
<p>There is no guarantee taht you will get into the Wharton School for your MBA out of Cornell. Cornell engineering is marginally better than Penn’s afaik, but Wharton’s connections and networking is unbelievable. It’s miles, or kilometers beyond what Cornell has to offer. With a Wharton undergraduate education, there is NO need for an MBA at all. The prestige is enough.</p>
<p>@skibum: Students in Penn SEAS or Wharton can apply for transfer into the M&T Program. He considers SEAS < Cornell, so he doesn’t know whether he would choose to take the risk of going to Penn, with the intention of transferring, or to go to Cornell instead.</p>
<p>^I see now – thanks jungah. Well if your friend wants to eventually go into business as a career instead of engineering, then maybe UPenn. But if set on engineering, then Cornell. If not going to UPenn for M&T, I think it’s a toss up.</p>
<p>At that point considerations about the school’s other elements like environment (urban vs suburban/rural) etc. should come into the decision making process, if they haven’t already</p>
<p>AFAIK is an acronym for “as far as I know.” And the best way to know whether you can transfer into M&T is to simply call the school yourself and ask.</p>
beyond what Cornell has to offer. With a Wharton undergraduate education, there is NO need for an MBA at all. The prestige is enough.</p>