<p>These are a list of schools that I am interested in, as a current junior. I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on which school would be better for engineering and business major (dual). I have yet to visit any of these schools due to time and money. Nevertheless, I desperately want to go to Wustl because of its friendly atmosphere from students and profs, close to home, and Engineers Without Borders, flexible curriculum, and size of student body. However, I need to have other options of schools to apply to. I like Dartmouth as well, but I don't really know if the other schools are for me, especially if it is true that they are really competitive in engineering. Please tell me what you think. Also, if you know of any other schools that are similar to Wustl, could you please list them?</p>
<p>Time to do some homework! You’re only a junior, so you have time to get some guides and read about some of the schools that match your interests and stats. Don’t rely on strangers on the internet to make a list. We don’t know you! Buy or borrow a Fiske Guide and read at the beach this summer.</p>
<p>I have been searching for the right college since Freshman year. I finally narrowed it down to like 8-10 schools. lbs I’m really just looking for others opinions on these schools, especially those that have attended these schools.</p>
<p>Your post only mentions your dream of WUSTL and Dartmouth.
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<p>What are the other schools? If you’re wondering if Stanford and MIT are good schools, I don’t think you need to worry about that. Getting in is another story.</p>
<p>I will say if you like WashU, you might also like Rice. Excellent all around, as well as engineering.</p>
<p>Yeah, the other schools I was referring to was MIT and Stanford. Some of my teachers said that they were a bit cut-throat. However, I didn’t want to just take their word since they had not attended those schools.</p>
<p>Search the school websites to see if any of them offer programs combining engineering and business. Neither Stanford nor Dartmouth have undergraduate business majors, but they or the other two (MIT, WUSTL) may have an engineering track geared toward entrepreneurship. Also check out Duke, Northwestern, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, and Rice.</p>
<p>These are all very selective schools. Schools that might interest you that are a notch or two less selective: Carnegie Mellon, NYU (and its engineering affiliate, NYU-Poly), Case Western. Again, these schools may or may not support a program combining engineering with business. </p>
<p>Many state flagship universities have strong engineering programs as well as undergraduate business courses. In many cases their financial aid is very limited for out-of-state students. However, a few public universities (Alabama, Ohio State) have more or less generous merit scholarships for strong OOS students.</p>
<p>An alternative to the dual major would be to get a straight engineering degree, go to work for a few years, then get an MBA.</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight. I wanted to get it all done at once because of cost, but I guess I’ll just have to go back for business. It shouldn’t be that bad.</p>
<p>This is a very good and rather popular option. Sometimes the company you are working for will pay for your MBA if you sign on with them for a few more years.</p>
<p>Neither Stanford nor Dartmouth offer undergraduate business majors and Dartmouth’s engineering offerings are very limited. Since one reason that you like WUStL is because it is close to home, then take a look at other midwestern universities like Northwestern, Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, etc. Good luck with your search.</p>
<p>One young woman I know had her engineering graduate degree paid for by her employer as she went to school part time at UCI, but continued working. It took her three years, but her employer paid for it entirely. It’s not uncommon if your company wants to keep you and your degree is relevant to your job.
I’m not saying you can count on it, but it does work out sometimes.</p>
<p>Stanford and MIT are obviously great schools for engineering (difficult to get in though), but I don’t know too much about the business side. Stanford’s location in Silicon Valley, which means you’d be in a entrepreneurial-oriented area, which could mean good internships/jobs in the business world. </p>
<p>I’d recommend you not choose Dartmouth for undergrad engineering. It takes no less than 5 years to get a BS there since the first four years only give you a “general” engineering background before you focus on your specific engineering field. WUSTL is a good engineering school, and it sounds like it would be a good fit for you.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for similar schools, I think Rice is really similar to WUSTL, and Northwestern is fairly similar too. You could also consider Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and Duke.</p>
<p>Consider some of the STEM schools where you can combine engineering or science with business AND have a shot at decent merit aid. WPI, RPI, Lehigh come to mind.</p>