What should I do?

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<p>i dont know if this is the right forum but what I do from here will affect my career so I guess it is. I am very interested in finance or operations type of stuff, be it corporate finance, M&A, S&T or just consulting. My entire extended family work in all these fields and these are things I hear about and dreamed of doing ever since I was little. (you dont have to remind me of networking because they all work overseas)</p>

<p>Can someone help me? I am at the end of sophomore year, doing some reflection and realized I made many bad decisions in the last few years. First of all, I should never have turned down Wharton and Tepper. Well less so Wharton because I just didnt like UPenn but the brand name factor is just huge...but I actually liked CMU and liked Tepper but chose michigan afterall, not that big of a deal coz i was also a Ross Preadmit.</p>

<p>Then I guess I got wrong information and thought that with a quantitative background due to engineering and the business side of IOE I'd be more competitive than a business school major and therefore I decided to forgo my spot at Ross and stay in IOE. And then now I realize some firms dont even recruit outside of Ross.</p>

<p>And I was told that in IOE you can specialize your degree either in ergonomics or operations management/financial analysis. Apparently it's only semi true because even though you can choose corporate finance, derivative pricing and decision analysis and modelling class at 300 and 400 level, you are still stuck with a number of ergonomics classes, which sucks because ergonomics is just memorizing the textbook and pretend that you know something.and the thing is most recruiters probably view you as just another clueless engineer who doesnt know much about finance who wants to break in and lump you in with other disciplines like ME i guess ?</p>

<p>I am sick and tired of IOE and I want to transfer to a business program or a more "business engineering program" (i thought michigan IOE was but apparently not business oriented enough). The only thing i could think of is financial engineering but we dont offer it here. It's probably too late to apply to transfer to other schools anyway because I'll be starting junior year next year. It's not like I could switch majors either because most IOE classes really dont count as major classes for any majors...</p>

<p>What can I do???????????????????????????????????????????????? ??</p>

<p>sincerely,
desperate and frustrated student who's completely disappointed with Michigan's IOE program</p>

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<p>Too late to transfer. I doubt Wharton even takes junior transfers and Tepper doesn't take external transfers of any kind. I wouldn't go to Stern in this environment anyways. Just stick it out and network, get good grades, etc. Go to a top MBA program, etc. etc. Did you even start applying to internships yet? Who knows, you may still be competitive.</p>

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<p>what i meant about wharton, tepper and ross was I got in as high school senior and turned them down and am regreting it lol</p>

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<p>Hey, I know what you could do! You could whine about it some more on an online forum and maybe all the bulge brackets will come knocking!</p>

<p>Seriously, shut up -- absolutely NO ONE cares about your pathetic self.</p>

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<p>Bearcats, if your contacts can get you great internships overseas, I'd take them. Your major won't matter if you have great work experience. I'd consider taking off a term so you can have lots of work experience before you graduate and seek a job here.</p>