schools with good business and engineering

<p>I can't figure out what I want to major in. Everyone says engineering since I am good at math and science. But I am also interested in business. I am looking for schools which have good reputations in both. I have a 2100 on the new SAT (680 verbal, 720 math, 700 writing), and about 4.1 gpa. I rank around 30th out of 600 in my class in a 2000 student suburban high school in Chesapeake, Virginia. I have researched a little bit, and am applying early decision to UVA. I am considering other schools which are solid in engineering and business, and have the following on my list: Vanderbilt, Carnegie-Mellon, and Washington U in St Louis. </p>

<p>First question: should I consider other schools? If so, which?</p>

<p>Second: do I have a chance to get in to the ones I listed?</p>

<p>Thanks for the input, I am new to the board.</p>

<p>UVA is a good choice - also UT-Austin</p>

<p>Penn or Penn State</p>

<p>Cornell would be a good choice.</p>

<p>Berkeley, Michigan</p>

<p>not super selective but purdue should be considered</p>

<p>CMU is excellent in engineering and business, but they will force you to pick a major on their application, as you apply to a department right off. It's not user-friendly for people who aren't sure what they want.</p>

<p>Cornell's undergraduate business program is in the College of Agriculture, again a different school than the engineering school. You should look into whether a transfer would be difficult later.</p>

<p>Good suggestions on Penn, Michigan, Berkeley, Purdue, UT. Others to consider are MIT, Illinois, Case Western, USoCal. Only a few people are admitted to Michigan's business program as freshman; others apply second year, so some never get in.</p>

<p>Look into Berkeley, USC</p>

<p>How is Penn's engineering, MomOfWildChild?</p>

<p>Berkeley Haas doesn't admit anybody as freshmen, but only as juniors. And in fact, only about half of all continuing Berkeley students who apply to Haas actually get admitted. And that's only talking about those that apply - there are plenty of people who want to go to Haas but whose grades and EC's are so poor in their first couple years at Berkeley that they don't even apply because they know they won't get in. Hence, if you come to Berkeley hoping to major in business, you run the significant risk of finding out later that you're not going to be allowed to major in it.</p>

<p>Penn has the M&T program that gives a dual degree in Business (Wharton) and Engineering. If you like Business and Enginnering, there's no other program that will give a better combination of prestige, balance between the two fields and flexibility. Its very difficult to get in, though.</p>

<p>Berkeley, Michigan, M.I.T, USC, UVA...</p>

<p>Those are few off top of my head.</p>

<p>I would put UIUC and Wisconsin madison on there, but your grades put you in a bracket well above what these schools require</p>

<p>UIUC engineering is more selective. The 2004 profile for incoming engineering students are as follows:</p>

<p>Mean HSPR: 90.5
Mean ACT: 31
Mean SAT: 1377</p>

<p>I would say it is a match as the OP is out-of-state (also depends on his/her UW GPA).</p>