My son got into UIUC business and Purdue Engineering. He is not sure about his interest and such but can someone tell what should be a better choice and why? Both schools are out of state for us. Anyone from having experience from these colleges itself will be very helpful, would like to know about job prospective etc. too.
Two excellent choices but nobody here should decide if engineering or business is best for your son. One suggestion I can make is that he go through the online course catalogues for the curriculum at both schools and see if one path seems preferable.
I think it comes down to intended major. If engineering is on the table, is transferring from business into engineering doable at UIUC?
First, he needs to decide what he wants to study first.
Transferring in to the popular engineering/CS majors at UIUC is very difficult, though getting in to the most popular engineering majors at PU is competitive as well. I don’t know how easy it is to get in to the b-school at PU.
Can be difficult, depending on the specific major.
First, have to apply to pre-engineering (requires math and chemistry course completion, and 3.0 or higher college GPA): https://dgs.illinois.edu/ict-to-pre-engineering
Then apply to a major, requiring a college GPA that depends on major (the least selective majors require a 3.0, while the most selective require a 3.75 just to enter a competitive admission process): https://dgs.illinois.edu/current-pre-engineering (click on “major capacities” at the bottom to see GPA requirements)
Also, all engineering majors require frosh/soph courses (e.g. math, physics, chemistry, CS, etc. depending on major) to be started from the first semester, so a student considering an engineering major needs to follow the engineering schedule template from the beginning.
Check out Industrial Engineering which is like the cross roads of engineering and business. Many industrial engineers actually are in management, finance etc in business companies.
That is true, and many systems engineers also enter business-type roles, but without more input from the OP about goals, etc., it’s difficult to suggest much.
I put system engineers with IOE also but I agree. Need more input if they want more output… Lol.
But too many students don’t realize what this field is and why I mentioned it besides my son graduating in it
Purdue…it’s a nice campus. UIUC Is ugly. Also Purdue is cheaper and has great dining hall food.
I haven’t ever visited PU but I didn’t find the UIUC campus all that ugly. Then again, I’m not an architecture aesthete.
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Purdue because it is easier to move from engineering into business than from business into engineering.
Glad you had the good sense to look beyond the snark. Illinois is not an ugly campus. It has red brick buildings, nice grassy areas and fun school spirit. They have a ton of academic accomplishments and did a fantastic job navigating the pandemic. My husband is a proud Illini but doesn’t bother engaging here on CC, which is smart.
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Mom270 - no one said it’s not a great school. It’s not snark. It’s “opinion”.
I went to Syracuse - it’s gorgeous. Others think it’s cold and dreary and ugly. They’re allowed to have an opinion.
Illinois, to me, is flat - and just yucky. The writer didn’t find it such - it’s fine for him.