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<p>That’s up to you. The nice thing about the BS is that when you graduate, you have a fall-back career in case you can’t find a business job or aren’t accepted directly to an MBA (which is another can of worms). You can make very good money as an engineer for a few years while you build up experience for an MBA. The BA is a faster degree, though, and less difficult, so you’ll likely have a higher GPA with less effort. Also, the BA is easier to double major and is more flexible.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to go to Rice and ask some existing students. But in my experience, the BA students will all be pre-med or pre-law.</p>
<p>edit: I actually just reread their site and it explicitly says that the BA is “appropriate for students planning further study in law, business, or medicine”.</p>