Would an engineering degree from Cornell close doors on an Investment Banking career?

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<p>I am interested in both electrical engineering and finance and hope to eventually work as an investment banker for a top bank.</p>

<p>That being said, would it be possible to work as an investment banker after receiving an ECE undergraduate degree from Cornell and then an MBA from a top 10 business school? Or would I stand a better chance if I major in economics, at say Dartmouth, and then went on to get an MBA?</p>

<p>I know its kind of a specific question, but any advise is appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>ORIE would be more business orientated. Consulting and banking recruit decent amount of ORIE graduates each year. [Cornell</a> Engineering: Post Graduate Reports](<a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/career_services/students/statistics/postgrad_reports.cfm]Cornell”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/career_services/students/statistics/postgrad_reports.cfm)</p>

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<p>I think absolutely you would be able to get an IB job with a Cornell undergrad engineering degree and an MBA from a top school, as long as you had a very good gpa. It might even be possible w/ just a BA or BS.</p>

<p>My D, a recent ILR grad from Cornell, is now working in S & T in trading at a top BB. She had a very high gpa. Both of her Cornell grad apartment mates work in IB at top BBs. But they were business majors.</p>

<p>My D wanted to work in trading and not the banking side of IB. So I have no knowledge of getting into the banking side of IB as an undergrad of Cornell with a non-business degree.</p>