<p>Where should I go?
Even biased comments are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>the latter...based on what i've heard from people in UPenn Engineering and people from JHU BME. that is, if you are basing your judgment solely on the academic rigour and quality of the two programs. in terms of atmosphere, social life, etc - then UPenn does seem to have a more relaxed and amicable kind of atmosphere. what do you want to do after you graduate?</p>
<p>JHU, no doubt</p>
<p>I wanna get MBA after college.
How does it change my decision then?</p>
<p>jhu BME is the #1 BME program in the country... they only accept around 150 people in to the program every year... they have a BS/MS combined degree option which allows you to finish your undergrad and grad degree in 5 years.... I plan on doing that, and also getting my MBA like you mentioned, which i hope to possibly go to Stanford for (after working for a few years of course)...if you want to do MBA you need to work first, and i'm sure that getting a job will be much easier and you may get a better one if you came from JHU BME rather than UPENN BME</p>
<p>How many people apply to JHU BME each year?</p>
<p>hrm. what sort of business do you plan on going into after you graduate, then? do you want to try for business school directly after undergrad, or do you intend to pursue work experience in a business-related field, and then apply for business school?
how seriously do you intend to include engineering in your future career?</p>
<p>I will have to work for several years after college.....of course with the knowledge acquired from college.
Which engineering major will help me get a better job?</p>
<p>what sort of work do you think you'll go into after college, then? i.e. what sort of job do you want? engineering-oriented or business-oriented?</p>
<p>hrm ok wait, scrap that reply - it IS possible to be in an engineering-oriented job and still go to a top business school, but i am trying to figure out what the criteria is (for admissions) at the moment.</p>
<p>ok, asked around a bit and looked at b-school resources (but still, try asking people more familiar with business school admissions in this respect; take my words with a pinch of salt): i strongly suspect that, given the circumstances you cite (i.e. engineering major, and then engineering-related job (?)), your job would have to be more than just purely technical/engineering-related, in that it would preferably bridge engineering and management (e.g. managing product development), and strong demonstration of leadership skills in your workplace would also be essential. i guess the job you gun for could either be more on the management/business-ish side than the engineering side (but still making use of your engineering knowledge), or vice versa - depends on you, and depends on the school you choose to go to. JHU engineering is better than Penn engineering, IMO, but then you'd also have the option of taking solid business classes at Penn and would be more open to more management-ish-skewed positions (e.g. my friend at Penn is an English major who takes some business classes at Penn; still managed to get an internship at Goldman-Sachs despite the nature of his major).
considering business school, both JHU and Penn seem (approximately) equally viable; considering engineering alone, i'd say go for JHU.</p>
<p>"-----management/business-ish side than the engineering side (but still making use of your engineering knowledge)------"</p>
<p>That's me, I am same torn apart betw JHU and PENN, which is better?</p>
<p>it's tough; and i hesitate to say anything more specific (esp. since i don't know you and your exact circumstances that well). probably the best advice for you at this point now is to inquire at both the JHU and Penn engineering depts and get the stats on what sort of jobs their engineering grads wind up in, and how many grads wind up in which type of job, etc. look at the type of jobs they have, see how managerial/business-ish those jobs are (as opposed to merely technical). if you can, maybe try to get some business school stats too, so you can examine the profiles of those who had bachelor degrees in engineering (although i think it's harder to get these stats).<br>
compare, and use those to help you in your decision-making (factor them in, but don't rely solely on them though).<br>
hard figures are sometimes better than words - in the sense that any school can brag that they have great career guidance/counselling services/resources etc, but not every school can provide the same kind of stats (e.g. JHU said they had plenty of resources to help students to grad school; i asked for econ grad school stats and they were unable to provide me with any, since they never kept track and hardly anyone applies to econ grad school out of JHU.)</p>
<p>Do the WP Carey Business Minor Program at Hopkins. It definitely helps alot in business school admissions.</p>